July 21, 1900.I 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Chicago' IFly-Casting Tournament. 
Chicago, July 10. — Editor Forest and Stream: The 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club announces its third open tourna- 
ment to be held on its grounds on North Lagoon in Gar- 
field Park, Aug. 17 and 18. An unusual interest \Vas 
taken by anglers and others in the tournaments held in 
the past, and the club looks for an increased interest ill 
the coming event. 
FiA^e championship diamond medal. s valued at $50 each 
will be awarded as first prizes in each event. Additional 
merchandi.se prizes valued at several hundred dollars will 
be awarded as second, third, fourth and fifth prizes in each 
event. The competitions will be as follows : 
First Dayt Aug. 17. 
Pirst Ev-fent. — 35*ixfd distance and accuracy flycastitlg at rings 
30 inches in diameter 50, 55 and 60 feet. Rods Hot to exceed 
ounces. Five casts at each ring-. If fly falls inside of fitig it 
shall be sCoied perfect. For each foot or fraction of a foot froiii ring 
a demerit of one shall be scored. Fly striking riiig will be scored 
outside. One minute allowed to extend line. 
Second Event. — Bait casting for distance and accuracy combined: 
Ciistihg Oft Ifiwil itl court fW feet wide. Five casts witlr % ounce 
rubber frog furriished by cUib; Scote is made from spot where 
frog rests. If frog first strikes outside of cotift, cfiSt Is lost. If it 
first strikes, inside court and bounds out. cast is counted,- feffect 
cast is within 1 foot of tape line. For each additional foot Of 
fraction a demerit of one shall be scored from distance cast. 
Third Event. — Dry fly ca.sting for accuracy and delicacy com- 
bined : at rings 30 inches in diameter 35, 40 and 45 feet. Rod not to 
exceed 5% ounces. Five casts to each ring; .?0 seconds allowed to 
extend line; thereafter each time fly strikes it will be sc'ored. Not 
to exceed five dry fly casts allowed between casts. 
Second Day, Aug, I8« 
f'orirth Evertt.^Long di.stanCe fly-casting: Ko limit to rod or 
line. Ten minutes aillowed to extend fly to greatest possible 
aistailce. 
Fifth Event.— Accuracy bait-casting: At buoys 6(!)i, 70', 80, % and 
100 feet. Three easts nt each buoy with %-ounce rubber frog. 
Perfect cast is within 1 foot df buoy. For each additional foot or 
fraction frog drofis from buoy si deiileilt of one .shall be scored. 
Sixth Event. — Team contest: A sfjecial team of two or more 
members of Chicago Fly-Casting Club will meet an equal number 
from any club or clubs in a special contest consisting of long 
distance fly, accuracy and delicacy fly, and accuracy bait, pro- 
viding entries for same ^re made before first event is called. Mo 
entrance fee required. IndividHal prizes will be awarded to the 
team scoring highest grand average. 
Rules Governing the Goatest* 
Rule 1. — All persons competing for prizes shall pav aii entrance 
fee as follows: One event, 13; two events, $5; three events, $7; 
all events, .$10. Entries to each event close 30 minutes before con- 
test commences. 
Rule 2.— The captain shall be the executive officer of the day, 
and tlie secretary-treasurer shall receive all entrance fees and 
issue cards to contestants designating their number in the order 
of competition. The timekeeper shall start and close all events, 
He shall signal the judges with a flag aiid call time to the cdatest- 
ants. 
Rule 3.— Each contest shall be governed by two judges aud ii 
referee, in case of disagreement the referee shall decide. 
Rule 4.— All casting sliall be done single-handed only. 
Rule 5.— Competitors may consult their own wishes in choice in 
reel and line, but hues must not be knotted or weighted, and 
bait-casting reels must be free running. 
Rule 6.— The leader shall be of single gut, and shall not be less 
than 6 nor more than 9 feet in length. One fly only shall be 
used, of a size not smaller tiian No. 12 or larger than No 6 
Hooks .shall be broken oft' at the head. 
Complete official programme, giving detailed informa- 
tion and entry blanks, mailed on application to Geo. A 
Murrell, Sec'y-Treas., Room 2, 161 La Salle street Chi- 
cago, III, 
How Fishxngf Gut is Made. 
Mk. Neville Rolfe, the British Consul at Naples, in a 
recent report to the Foreign Office, says: "Some of the 
inhabitants of the Island of Procida manufacture very fine 
gut from silkworms, They call the product 'HU di seta/ 
or "silk threads,' their special properties consisting in their 
strength and flexibility. They are made from the stomachs 
of silkworms just before they begin to spin their silk and 
form their cocoons. The following is the process of 
manufacture : The worm is selected when fully matured— 
that IS to say, at the moment when his nourishment 
ceases and just before his metamorphosis. He is then cut 
open, great care being taken not to injure the membrane 
of the stomach. This is then removed. The stomachs 
are then put into a pickle, which is the kevnote of the 
whole process, and the secret of which is caVefully kept. 
When the pickling process is -over, the work people, who 
are mostly women, take one end of the stomach in their 
teeth and draw the other end with their hands. This 
part of the work requires great dexteritv, for the threads 
are drawn out and the whole value of the product depends 
upon Its length in relation to its thickness, and the strain 
it will carry. There are two seasons for the production— 
namely, in spring, when the best gut is produced, and in 
autiunn, when the quality is inferior. There is an im- 
portant market for this specialty, and the whole produc- 
tion is exported to Northern Italy and abroad. The cost 
of production is also considerable, as the worms must be 
bought just at the moment when they are coming into 
profit for making silk— that is to say, when they are at 
their dearest. Again, the results are frequently dis- 
appointing, many worms being found on dissection not to 
be suitable, and have to be discarded. The various opera- 
tions require a good many hands, and though labor is 
cheap, It runs away with a good deal of money, as skilled 
hands are alone satisfactory. The gut is used for fishing 
tackle, brushes, and any purpose where fineness and 
tenacity are jointly requisite." 
Pennsylvania Fishing-. 
Sayre. Pa.— Fishing on the Chemung and Susquehanna 
rivers at this point yields the angler black bass, rock and 
yellow^ bass, a few perch, carp and eels. The bass 
average small in size, but furnish a smart dash of sport 
with fly-rod. At Harvey's Lake, below Towanda, some 
of the best fishing hereabouts is obtainable. Black bass 
and lake trout are reported plentiful, the trout beino- 
cspecially brave fighters^ M. Chill ° 
he Mmttel 
Fixtures. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug-. 21, — Emmetsburg, la. — Third annual field trials of the 
Iowa Field Trials Association- M. Bruce, Sec'y, Des Moines, la. 
Aug. 28.— Sioux Falls. S. D.— Inaugural field trials of the South 
Dakota Field Trials Association. Olav Haugtro, Sec'y, Sioux 
Falls, S. D. 
Sept. 3-4.— La Salle, Manitoba, Can.— Western Canada Kennel 
Club's annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec'y, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 
Can. 
Sept. 6-7.— Brandon, Manitobft, Can.— Third annual field trials ol 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr, H. J. Elliott, Sec'y. 
Sept. 11. , Manitoba, Can.— Fourteenth annual field trials of 
the Manitoba Field Trials Club. Eric Hamber, Sec'y, Winnipeg, 
Manitoba, Can. 
Oct 30.— Senecaville, O. — Monongahela Valley Game and Fish 
Protective Association's sixth annual field trials. A. C. Peterson, 
Sec'y, Homestead, Pa. 
Nov, 7. — Hampton, Conn, — Connecticut Field Trials Club's field 
trials. T. E. Bassett, Sec'y Box 603, New Haven, Conn. 
Nov. '7-8.— Lake View, Mich.— Third annual field trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice, Sec'y, Grand Rapids, 
Mich. 
Nov, 12.— Bicknell, Ind.— ThSfd annual field trials of the In- 
dependent Field Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, 
Ind. 
Nov. 13.— Chatham, Out.— Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternational Field Trials Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 16.— Newton, N. C— Eastern Field Trials Club's twenty- 
second annual field trials — Members' Stake. Nov. 19, Derby. 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
No. 20. , . — Illinois Field Trials Association's second 
annual field trials. O. W. Ferguson, Sec'y, Mattoon, 111. 
Nov. 20. — Ruthven, Ontario, Can.^ — ^Second annual, field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon, Jr., Sec'y, 
Windsor, Ontario, Can. 
Nov. 20. . Pa.— Central Beagle Club's annual field trials. A. 
C. Peterson, Sec'y, Homestead, Pa. 
Nov. 22.— Glasgow, Ky. — Kentucky Field Trials Oub's annual 
field trials. Barret CJibson, Sec'y, Louisville, Ky. 
Nov. 27. — Paris, Mo. — Fourth annual field trials of the Missouri 
Field Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo, 
Nov. 30. — Newton, N. C. — Continental Field Trials Club's sixth 
annual field trials— Members' Stake. Dec. 3, Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. 
Bamegfat Fishingf. 
bAKNEG.\T. N. J.. July 15.— Lots of wealvfish all oyer 
the bay and many kingfish are biting; also a few bass 
around the inlet. Average fifty to th e man. Herb. 
Bass in the Delaware. 
Black bass fishing is good now in the Delaware from 
Port Jervis to Narrowsburg, aftd excellent sport has re- 
warded anglers, * 
Some More Dog Lore. 
Speaking about dogs, in reading the letters of the poet 
Cowper the other day I found under date of June 27, 
1788, in a letter to Lady Hesketh, the following incident, 
which well illustrates the intelligence, affection and good 
will of the dog : 
"I must tell you," he writes, "a feat of my dog Beau. 
Walking b}^ the river side, I observed some water lilies 
floating at a little distance from the bank. They are a 
large white flow'er, with an orange-colored eye, very 
beautiful, I had a desire to gather one, and, having your 
long cane in my hand, by the help of it endeavored to 
bring one of them within my reach. But the attempt 
proved vain, and I walked forward. Beau had all the 
while observed me very attentively. Returning soon after 
toward the same place, I observed him plunge into the 
river, while 1 was about 40 yards distant from him, and 
when I had nearly reached the spot he swam to land with 
a lily in his mouth, which he came and laid at my foot." 
There have been manjr fine anecdotes related of the 
dog; but I doubt if any has been told that more striking- 
ly suggests certain of the nobler qualities of the human 
mind than this. The incident furnished the poet with a 
theme for his muse, and he has embalmed it in verse. The 
closing stanzas of the lines are these: 
"Charmed with the sight, the world, I cried, 
Shall hear of this thy deed; 
My dog shall mortify the pride 
Of man's superior- .b^eed'. 
"But chief myself I will enjoin, 
Awake at duty's call, ' 'H^ 
To show a love as prompt as thine 
To Him who gives me all." 
This same dog, his "beautiful little spaniel," as he terms 
him, was the subject of another poem by Cowper, in 
which the dog is addressed reprovingly for having killed a 
young bird ; and the dog is supposed to reply at length, 
justifying his conduct, and at the close asks very perti- 
nently : 
"If killing birds be such a crime — 
Which I can hardly see — 
What think you, sir, of killing time 
With verse addressed to me?" 
In one of his later letters Cowper acknowledges the 
receipt of his picture by Hayley, and in commending its 
likeness to the original, he says: "Beau walked up to it, 
wagging his tail as he went, and evidently showing that 
he acknowledged its likeness to his master." Now this is 
interesting testimony to the intelligence of the dog. We 
do not know what observations a dog may be making upon 
his surroundings or what enjojmient he' may perceive in 
regarding a landscape. I recall an incident 'somewhat in 
line with that related by Cowper. My father had painted 
a picture almost life-size on a canvas, representing a man 
extended upon the ground, and upon his prostrate form a 
tiger about to tear him to pieces. The picture w'as made 
to be placed on the stern of a canal boat, as the boatmen 
sometimes had their craft thus decorated. The subject of 
the picture, I remember, was "Pedro Valdai." Now who 
Pedro Valdai was, or what was the story connected with 
the picture, I never knew. But when my father brought 
the picture home, the old dog. Pomp, became so enraged 
and made such demonstrations toward tackling the beast, 
that it was necessary to place it on the bureau out of his 
reach. He had sense enough to recognize the tiger as a 
dangerous enemy, but he had not sense enough to know 
that it was only a picture. T. J. Ch.a.pman-. 
Dogf Meat as Food in Germany. 
Consltl-General Guenther writes from Frankfort to 
the State Department: 
"On account of the high price of other meat, not only 
horse meat but also dog meat is used by people as an 
article of food in Germany. The new- meat inspection 
bill (called here "a law to raise the price of meat") does 
not adequately protect the consumer against bad meat, 
but excludes many first-class products from the country' 
According to the statistical year book of German cities, it 
appears that the consumption of horse meat is on the in- 
crease, and in Breslau, Cheimtitz, Dresden, Leipzig 
Zwickau and other places dogs ^re slaughtered for foo4 " 
The "Mad Dog" Folly. 
From the Springfield (Mass.) Repithlican. 
Let us ask, right here and now, for some decenlJ re-'-- 
spect and consideration for the dog — some little exhibitionJ 
of uncommon sense and human .sympathy for the animal' 
that comes nearest to man in character and in reasonisig; 
power. The customary mad dog scare is on its yeari.> 
round.s, and the tale of its victims is mounting day by 
day in the cities and the villages. Hydrophobia is one of 
the rarest diseases, and in nine cases out of ten it is 
imaginary. Take the case which occurred in this city 
Sunday. A spaniel was slaughtered by a policeman, 
aided and abetted by a crowd of people. What wais the 
story? On a hot summer day the puppy disported himiseli 
in the Calhoun Park pond for the amusement of bhiie 
children. After a while he wearied of the sport andl 
wanted to be left alone. He got mad, just as a boy 
would have done if he had been submitted to the same; 
sport after he was tired of it. He made for the children,, 
as the boy would have done. He was pushed back into> 
the water. Finally, the crowd chased him into a field,, 
where his "leading chain" — the poor dog had to drag that ; 
"leading chain" in all his pretty exercise — caught on a\ 
sturnp. When the policeman came in view the dog was. 
yelping and jumping, "making frantic efforts to free it- 
self." Why not.'' What would a boy do — nay, what: 
would a man do— pursued by a rout of fools and unable to - 
get away? The officer, with a brilHant stroke of wisdom, 
put a basin of water before the dog. He was "madder 
than ever." y\gain, why not? Before the officer could' 
shoot him, he bit that basin so that his sharp young 
teeth went through its thin sides. But he was shot. Poor 
little .spaniel ! harried and killed because he got tired of 
exertion for the amusement of children on a hot day ! 
There was not the least sign of hydrophobia about tliis 
dog, as the account .shows. He was sacrificed to the 
ignorance and the fear of his supposed superiors-^ of the 
human race. How was it that not a single man or wwnan 
in the crowd that persecuted him made any effort to pre- 
vent this cruelty? There ought to be some lessons om tllbe 
dog given to the children in our public schools, so that 
they shall know the difference between a dog whose 
temper has been enraged by maltreatment or by mere; 
thoughtlessness— as was probably the case in this instance: 
—and a dog that has hydrophobia. That rare and sullent 
disease does not manifest itself in any such fasion. And! 
assuredly the police, who are called on for every im- 
pleasant duty, ought to be instructed in the characterizing; 
symptoms of the disease. A wearied, worried and angry 
dog should be met by a friend in a friendly way, and noi 
difficulty would be found by such a friend in quieting 
and rescuing him. Humanity is what we lack in dealing 
with this younger brother of man— one more race, as 
Robert Louis Stevenson said, developing toward im- 
mortality. 
Another such case occurred in New York city Sunday. 
A little black and white mongrel wandered about the 
streets in the East Side, looking for a cool place for a 
Sunday nap. He lay down in a doorway; the children 
saw him panting, cried "Mad dog!" and stones, sticks, 
tin cans were pelted at the poor creature by a screaming 
mob. A young man caught him and put a rope around 
his neck. The dog stood still, feeling that he had found 
a friend. He followed his friend to a police station. 
There he was tied to a hydrant, and he began to howl. 
Consequently a policeman shot him, as a "mad dog." It 
is a wonder that a cat was not treated likewise that bit Iseir 
little mistress' thumb to the bone Saturday while she \tss 
being conveyed across the ferry from Camden to Philair- 
delphia. where she did not want to go. "Look out for the- 
cat! it's got hydrophobia!" yelled a cheerful idiot. But 
the cat can hide when the dog can't, and that cat hid, and 
when her little mistress reached home, the cat was curled 
up on the lounge in entire happiness, and without the 
least suspicion that her ebullition of temper would be 
counted against her. Let us become better acquainted 
with these humble friends of ours, who owe their exist- 
ence to us, who depend upon us for their sustenance, and 
who. in the immense majority of cases, repay the boom by 
service of one kind or another— if onlv in their fello%v5ldpi 
as creatures of God, placed in our 'charge. 
Charles Heath. 
Charles Heath, of Newark, one of the best and best 
known sportsmen in America, died on July 6, after a long- 
illness. He was eminent in the canine world as the owner' 
of the finest pointers, his kennel being particularly suc- 
cessful in bench show competition. He also was a prac- 
tical sportsman, and passed many weeks of the opem 
season in Virginia shooting birds over his pointers, im 
which branch of sport he was eminently skillful and suc- 
cessful. His sterling, gentlemanly qualities made friends, 
of all with whom he became acquainted. In disposition he^ 
was frank, amiable, companionable and friendly. He was, 
a gentleman and sportsman in the true sense of the term.. 
There is no one who ever met him but will feel a pang o£ 
grief at his passing away. 
Philadelphi.\, Pa., July xi.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: I received a telegram yesterday stating that my 
old friend, Charlie Heath, had passed aw^av the even- 
ing of July 6 at W>ightsville Beach, near Wilmington. 
N. C, where he had been located for the past five months 
endeavoring to recover his lost health. Every one who 
ever owned a sporting dog knew Mr. Heath, and none 
knew him but to like him.. He was one of the noblest 
characters I ever knew — a man who didn't know how to 
do wrong, generous to a fault and the best friend a man 
ever had. He had a wonderful eye for a pointer, was a 
fine field shot, a good shot with the rifle, and was alto- 
gether a thorough sportsman. I have known him in- 
timately for eighteen years, and when I say he was one 
of the best men I ever knew. I am but voicing the senti- 
ment of his many friends. I received a letter from him 
on Friday last, dated July 5, and to show that he did not 
know death was so near, I will quote from it. for I know 
it will interest all the pointer men : 
"You know the light weight pointer bitch Fay Temple- 
ton, which was sold for $400 after winning first at New 
York. I have one that can beat her — I think I have two 
I have a very good heavy weight bitch that can make anv 
of them look to their laurels. My best heavy weight dog 
tmfortiin^tely, has half of his tail cut off; he is a great 
