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FOREST 'AND ' STREAM, 
[Sept. 19, 1898. 
NIAGARA COUNTY ANGLERS' CLUB. 
LoCKPORT, Sept. 11. — The Niagara County Anglers' 
Club had such poor success last spring in their tourna- 
ment at Youngstown that they decided to have another 
trial of their fortunes with the black bass. Accordingly 
a committee was appointed and arrangements made for a 
day's Ashing on the Niagara River near La Salle. Fifty 
members of the club took the 7 o'clock train yesterday 
morning for the rendezvous, resolved to accomplish great 
things piscatorially. 
When the fishermen reached Tonawanda an electric 
car was in waiting which conveyed them to La Salle, 
where boats and bait had been prepared. Each boat was 
numbered and on the train the fishermen drew to see 
which boats they would occupy. 
J. Frank Smith, one of the party, who is a Republican, 
drew No. 16, but by mistake got in boat No. 1. The fish- 
ermen have since been addressing him as 16 to 1. 
Twenty of the fishermen tried their luck in Canadian 
water and the remaining twenty-six fished on the Ameri- 
can side. A steamer visited the fishermen every two 
hours, supplying them with bait and lunch, and at 6 o'clock 
the small boats were towed to La Salle, where an excellent 
fish chowder was in waiting. Tables had been set in the 
long boat house of Jos. Mang. 
The sportsmen returned to La Salle by the electric cars 
and caught the Erie train to this city, arriving at 9:10, 
well satisfied with the day's outing. There were many 
amusing incidenis of the occasion. Jake Fisher felt a 
heavy bite at his hook and was nearly pulled from the 
boat.* He called for assistance and the steamer arrived in 
time to lend a crew, which assisted in landing a 12lb. 
mullet. John A. Merritt was not as successful a fisher- 
man as a politician, as he only secured ore black bass. 
The following is the individual catch as recorded by 
Secretary F. K. Sweet; the bass, unless otherwise desig- 
nated, are black bass: 
F. K. Sweet, 6 bass; George W. Batten, 1 bass; W. R. 
Hoag, 6 bass, 3 rock bass; Charles Warren, 4 bass; John 
Wilson, 3 bass, 1 perch; Frank Reynolds, 2 bites; Charles 
Whitmore, 1 bass; E. Carey, 1 bass, 1 perch, 2 rock bass; 
John Craddock, 1 yellow pike; W. W. Steele, 1 perch, 1 
rock bass; Cris Wolf, 3 bass; J. T. Davison, a collection 
consisting of about 400 of the following: clams, tadpoles, 
beetles, perch, rock bass, dogfish, bullheads, leeches, sun- 
fish, snakes and crabs: A. H. Stevens, 3 bass; Fred 
Williams, 3 bass; W. B. Ryder, 1 bass, 1 perch; E. J. 
Emerforpher, 3 bass, 1 perch, 1 rock bass, 1 sheepshead, 1 
sunfish; J. E. Emerson, 1 bass, 1 yellow pike, 2 rock bass, 
2 catfish; O. D. Prudden, 5 bass; J. F. Davis, 12 bass; A. 
L. Smith, 12 bass, 1 blue pike; La Barr, nothing; J. Frank 
Smith, nit; James Carter, 3 bass, 3 perch; L, H. Sureman, 
3 bass, 2 rock bass; D. E. Broug, no fish; T. H. van 
Horn, 2 fish; Bert Furgason, 6 bass; D. G. McKim, 0; W. 
J. Jackman, 3 bass, 1 yellow pike, 1 perch. 1 rock bass; 
John A Merritt, 1 bass; Jake Fisher, 2 bass, 1 sucker; W. 
R. Smith, not worth mention; F. B. Lewis, 7 bass, 2 rock 
bass; David Millar, 1 bass; F. N. Trevor, 2 bass, 2 rock 
bass, 1 blue pike, 1 perch; W. E. Huston, 7 bass, 2 rock 
bass. M. H. Hoover, 
Senator Quay's Tarpon, 
"I HAVE not been so near death since the war," said 
Senator Quay yesterday at the Walton, "as I was last 
week after catching that 2631b. tarpon off the Florida 
coast," 
"How is that?" asked Senator Penrose, who, with Judge 
Durham, ex-Sheriff Connell, Senator Thomas, and a num- 
ber of other anti-combine leaders, had gathered to discuss 
politics. 
"It was this way," said Senator Quay, with his quiet 
smile. "I hooked the tarpon and made ready for a long 
struggle to land him. Curiously enough, he did not adopt 
the usual tactics of running to sea, but began a series of 
somersaults out of the water. He jumped about fifteen 
times, sometimes going up twelve feet. In five minutes 
he had quit, and I pulled him alongside the boat, where 
he lay quietly. Then I noticed that I had a very poor 
hold on him with the hook, and the boatman jabbed his 
gaff hook into him. Immediately he resumed activity as 
he was hauled aboard. We were in a little fourteen-foot 
skiff, and the tarpon at once took possession. He jumped 
up and down at a furious rate, knocked me over, and 
nearly broke my leg; then he jumped up and hit the gun- 
wale of the boat and tipped it over imtil the water poured 
in. If it had not happened that at the same time he 
knocked the boatman down, who fell on the other edge 
of the boat and partially righted it, we should have all 
been in the water. 
"The tide was running out very fast, and if we had 
turned over the boat would have drifted to sea, and we 
should have certainly drowned, I was never so near death 
since the war. I got to one end of the boat and managed 
to right it, but the tarpon kept jumping up and down 
and we expected him to break the boat in two. Fortu- 
nately he got caught imder the seats, which confined him, 
but his struggles continued, and I thought he would cer- 
tainly break the seats and capsize the boat. Fortunately 
he died too soon for this, AU this happened in a short 
time, but they were anxious moments, and I am free to 
say that I was never so scared in my life." 
"Then you went home, I suppose," remarked Senator 
Thomas, 
"No," said Senator Quay, with a quiet smile. "We 
started for another tarpon." — Philadelphia Inquirer, 
Cayuga Lake Fishing. 
Ithaca, N. y,,Sept, 12. — Exceedingly fine perch fishing 
has lately been enjoyed by local anglers at the Ithaca end 
of Cayuga Lake. Strings of from twenty-five to fifty are 
taken frequently during a few hours' fishing. The perch 
are of exceptionally large size. Rock bass and pickerel 
are also caught in goodly numbers, and with the advent 
of cooler weather the angling for them will grow still 
more elating. 
The black bass fishing has scarcely been up to the aver- 
age. 
Messrs. Willson, Selkreg and Kinney, anglers all, have 
gone to Redwood, and will report in due time. 
M. Chill. 
Bass in Millsite Lake. 
LOCKPOET, N. Y. — ^My better half (who is also the bet- 
ter angler) called my attention to J. H, S.'s notes on bass 
in Butterfield Lake, In that lake my wife is particularly 
nterested, as it was there that she took her first lessons in 
angling from the veteran angler H. H, Thompson, This 
was in 1852, At that time Mr. Thompson often visited 
the many lakes in that vicinity with my oldest brother, 
Dr. James Davidson, but he seldom took any one of the 
fairer sex to these places; and in showing his gallantry to 
a stranger he found one whose taste for angling was in 
keeping with his own and in whom he found an apt pupil 
indeed. So apt wfls she that during a shower, while he 
was holding an umbrella over her, she hooked and landed 
a 31b, black bass, for which he dubbed her ' 'the complet- 
est angler." 
Besides black bass, Millsite Lake once contained salmon 
or lake trout. About 1850 1 remember weighing one 
that weighed 42^^1bs. It had been speared (I am sorry to 
say) by one Schuyler Soper. While hunting the wary 
ruffed grouse around the shores of the lake I have seen 
in its clear waters, from the high rooks above, fish that 
must have weighed more than 201bs. J. L. D, 
Outings Near Home. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Now, I have been enjoying (oh! how much!) the many 
good things from other pens in dear old Fobest and 
Stream for a long time, and have not even tried to add 
my poor mite, as far as you know; but the truth is I have 
many times thought of making an attempt to tell of some 
of my little outings for game and fish, and above all for 
health and pleasure, and then I would recall the many 
splendid outings splendidly portrayed which I had read 
from week to week in your journal, and it would take all 
the "starch" out of me and my pencil would refuse to 
move. Between you and me, I did have many quiet little 
tramps last fall — mostly alone — and gathered in a few of 
the brown denizens of the shaded and dense covers; and 
during the past spring I brought to basket more than the 
usual number of trout, one of which I judged would have 
weighed lib, ; another fisherman said l^lbs. I did not 
bring it home, but sent it to a sick friend, or I should have 
weighed it; it was certainly the largest trout I ever caught 
in this locality, and maybe I wasn't proud 1 But you 
know my little stories of the bagging of a few partridges, 
quaU or woodcock, or the catching of a few trout, would 
seem so small beside the achievements of many others 
that I had not the courage to present them in due season. 
But, my dear Mr, Editor, if you or some other man will 
get up a contrivance whereby we can measure our enjoy- 
ment in these things — something like the cyclometer they 
use on wheels to measure distance — I shall be ready to 
compare results with the most of my brother sportsmen, 
for I know I have much real pleasure in getting the few 
birds and fish I bring to my table. How would it do to 
advertise for such a machine? It would beat Edison's 
inventions "out of sight," But alasi every man has to 
measure his own pleasure in this world and hope for the 
next, A. S. C. 
CONNKCTICUT. 
Salt-Water Fishing Near New York. 
Salt-water fishing in the vicinity of New- York has 
improved considerably within the past week or two. Few 
bluefish or weakfish are caught, but sand porgies and 
snappers are very numerous. On the south shore of Sta- 
ten Island, near Prince's Bay, one can catch a good mess 
of either of these fish in a few hours. They are also run- 
ning well in Jamaica Bay, but small messes only are 
caught in Sheepshead Bay. 
Sea bass and blackfish have begun to bite in the vicinity 
of Sheepshead, and last week several good catches were 
brought in from the "stone pile." This is a pUe of rocks 
lying off the Oriental Hotel on Manhattan Beach, and can 
be reached by row or sailboat from Sheepshead Bay. 
The heavy swells make fishing extremely tmcomfortable 
for some people here, and it is also dangerous on a stormy 
day. 
A few striped bass can also be picked up by trolling in 
this vicinity, but they are scarce. One weighing 121bs. 
was caught here last week, but most of them are smaller. 
Blood worms is the favorite bait for striped bass. G. F. D. 
A Corrector Corrected. 
Here is a shooting story from the West Highlands of 
Scotland. A party of gentlemen had just set out for a 
day's sport when Mr. B., the lessee, found occasion to 
send the head keeper back with a message to the house. 
On the latter's return he mentioned that the "Miss B's" 
had told him to say so-and-so. , "That's wrong, Donald," 
intrusively remarked a glib-ton'gued youthful member of 
the party; "you ought to say 'the Misses B.'" Donald 
made no reply, but he had his revenge later in the day. 
His censor was an indifferent shot, and having fired 
twice at a covey of birds without causing any damage, he 
exclaimed, "A miss, by Jove!" "That's wrang," shouted 
the keeper at the top of his voice; "it ouoht to be 
'misses!' " — Westminster Gazette. 
Round Mountain Lake. 
Edstis, Me., Sept. 6. — I have been here six weeks and 
cannot say enough in praise of the place after a fruitless 
search for fly-fishing in the Adirondacks for the last six 
years. Any one who understands fly-fishing can take 
from twenty-five to fifty trout a day here that will 
run from ^Ib. to l^lbs. in size; and in my opinion that 
ought to satisfy most people. L. O. Crane. 
Robinson — "Did you hear about Travers? He went 
fishing the other day, and an hour afterward his hat was 
seen floating down the stream just below where he'd 
been." Jagway^"You don't say. Heavens! where was 
Travers?" Robinson— "He was trying to fish it out with 
his pole."— SarZem Life. 
S REPORT YOUR LUCK \ 
\ With Rod or Gun 
To FOREST AND STREAM, 
New York City. 
Can for Carrying Fish Fry. 
Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 1— Editor Forest and Stream: 
I give a cut and description of an improved fish can used 
at the Nook Hatchery of the Plymouth Rock Trout Co., 
Plymouth, Mass. An ordinary galvanized iron ash bar- 
rel, A, with smooth interior, 
is fitted with a tin cone, B, 
carefully soldered in. A 
short distance above the 
lower edge of the tin cone 
is soldered securely a rim 
also of tin, C, and just above 
this are three openings in 
the cone covered with fine 
strainer, one of which is 
shown at D. The can is 
filled with water to about 
the level of the strainer, D, 
and in the space between 
A and B is put chopped ice, 
as much as needed. As the 
ice melts, the water runs 
through the strainers into 
the can and a low tempera- 
ture is thus obtained. We 
have given the above can, 
which is of our own design- 
ing, a thorough trial during 
some very hot weather and 
find it has many advantages 
over anything we have seen. 
No separate receptacle is re- 
quired for the ice; the ice 
cannot come in contact with the fish and bruise them; 
we get the combined advantage of a conical top and 
refrigerator can without the bad features of many of 
them, and in pouring the water for purpose of aeration 
you may have the whole top to pour into and so avoid all 
spilling, A covering of felt, held in place by some poul- 
try netting stretched tightly around it, makes a most 
complete protection during hot weather. 
Our idea is not patented, the cans may be fitted up at 
any tinsmith's, and many neighboring fishculturists have 
adopted them and are well pleased with the result. 
By means of rubber tubes extending a few inches below - 
the water and conpected at the other end with a foot 
bellows, air is supplied the fish as often as necessary, and 
when transporting a lot of fish we sometimes successfully 
aerate six or more cans at once. G. £3t Wood, Supt. 
'he Mmmt 
FIXTURES. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Sept. 22 to 24.— Milwaukee Kennel and Pet Stock Association's second 
annual dog show, Milwaukee. Louis Stellen, Sec'y. 
Sept. 22 to 25.— Queens County Agricultural Society's bench show, 
Hineola L. I. J. Mortimer, Manager, Hempstead, L. I. 
Sept. 23 to 26.— Stockton Fair Association's bench show, Stockton, 
Cal. D. J. Sinclair, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6 to 8.— DaQbury Agricultural Society's show, Danbuy, Conn. 
G. M. Rundle, Sec'y. 
Dec. 1 to 4.— City of the Straits Kennel Club's local show, Detriot, 
Mich. R. H. Roberts, Sec'y. 
Dec. 8 to 11.— Augusta, Qa.— Georgia Poultry and Pet Stock Associ- 
ation. J. W. Killingsworth, Sec'y. 
Dec. 15 to 18.— Central Michigan Poultry and Pet Stock Associa- 
tion's show, Lansing, Mich. 0. H. Crane, Sec'y. 
HELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 19.— Brunswick Fur Club's annual hound trials, Barre, Mass. 
Bradford S. Turpin, Sec'y, Roxbury, Mass. 
Oct. 26.— Hempstead, L. I.— Natioonal Beagle Club's trials. Geo. 
W. Rogers, Sec'y, 350 W. Twenty-second street, New York. 
Oct. 28.— Greene county. Pa.— The Monongahela Valley Game and 
Fish Protective Association's second annual trials. S. B. Cummings 
Sec'y, Pittsburg. 
Nov. 2.— Oxford, Mass.— New England Beagle Club's trials. W. S. 
Clark, Sec'y, Linden, Mass. 
Nov. 2.— Union Field Trial Club's inaugural trials. P. T. Madison, 
Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 10 — Columbus, Wis.— Northwestern Beagle Club's trials. Louis 
Sfceflen, Sec'y, Milwaukee. 
Nov. 10.— Leamington, Ont.— Peninsular Field Trial Club, Leaming- 
ton, Ont. 
Nov. 10.— Greene County, Pa.— Central Beagle Club's trials. L. O, 
Seidel, Sec'y. 
Nov. 16.— National Fox Hunting Association's third annual trials, 
Bardstown, Ky. F. J. Hagan, Sec'y. 
Nov. 16.— Newton, N. C— E. F. T. Club's trials. S. C. Bradley, Sec'y, 
Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
Nov. 17.— Chatham, Ont.— International Fifeld Trial Club's trials. 
W. B. Wells, Sec'y, Chatham, Ont. 
Nov. 28.— Newton, N. C— U. S. F. T. Club's fall trials. W. B. Staf- 
ford, Sec'y. 
Dec. 14.— Athens, Ala.— Dixie Red Fox Club's second annual trials 
J. H. Wallace, Sec'y, Huntsville, Ala. 
COURSING, 
Sept. 22.— Cheyenne Valley Coursing Club's meeting, Sheldon, S. D, 
Dr. J. P. Aylen, Pres. 
Sept. 29.— Aberdeen Coursing Club's annual meeting, Aberdeen, S. 
D. Dr. F. W. Haragan, Sec'y. 
Oct. 6.— MitcheU Coursing Club's meeting, Mitchell, S. D, H. G. 
Nichols, Sec'y. 
Oct. 21.— Altcar Coursing Club's meeting. Great Bend, Kan. T. W. 
Bartels, Sec'y. 
Oct. 28.— Kenmore Coursing Club's annual meeting, Herrington. 
Kan. C. A. Robinson, Sec'y. 
Oct. 13.— American Coursing Club's annual meeting, Huron, S. D 
F. B. Coyne, Sec'y. 
1897. 
Jan. —.—Continental Field Trial Club's quail trials, P. T. Madi- 
son, Sec'y. 
Jan. 18.— West Point, Miss.— U. S. F. T. C. winter trials. W. B. 
Stafford, Seo'y, Trenton, Tenn. 
C. F. T. C.'S CHICKEN TRIALS. 
There was neither the interest nor the support in re- 
spect to the Continental Field Trial Club's trials on chick- 
ens which the club has cause for expecting, considering 
the success of the trials last year, the great region which 
is the habitat of the chicken, and the vast number of 
shooters, owners of dogs, who reside therein. The club 
was a loser to the extent of several hundred dollars, an- 
other lesson in the erroneous financial system which has 
worked so much harm in the past by discouraging mem- 
bers who have to make good a club deficit, and making 
other sportsmen hold aloof from club responsibility. 
There is no reason why any club should guarantee fixed 
prizes, since it is not a money-making concern, nor can 
it make money. The sweepstake plan is the only sound 
one, and the only one which does not make club member- 
ship synonymous with an assessment sooner or later. 
