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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. II, 1902. 
the sporting goods stocks. He uses a method which I 
myself have long emplo3'ed, of passing the guide of the 
dropper fly between the strands of the leader at one of 
the leader knots. But he gives another iiseful tip which 
I have never heard of before, of just leaving enough but 
projecting at; each side of the leader knot to enable one 
to take hold of it and spread the knot when he wants 
to. This, supposing one ties his own leaders. Mr. 
Simeon says he catches hold of this loose end on one 
side with his teeth and upon the other with his pincers. 
In this way he can always spread the strands of the 
leader knot without any difficulty. He has learned, 
what everj'^ angler ought to have learned, the value of a 
pair of pincers or pliers. These are very handy in many 
ways, especially so in cutting hooks out of j'our anat- 
omy when the hooks have gone in over the barb. I need 
not state that a pair of scissors is something equally 
desirable in an angling outfit, although Mr. Simeon does 
not mention these. He does add some remarks in re- 
gard to practical fishing which seem to me too good 
to be left out of the approving knowledge of the Fouest 
AND Stream readers. I am afraid my friend, William 
AVood, would not wholly indorse all that is said about 
the fl}' on the surface. Thus: 
"My experience leads me to believe that — whether 
using the fly or spinning — it is, if your tackle is fine, 
a great mistake to fish too fast. The act of drawing 
the fly along rapidly imparts to it an unnatural motion, 
for when did a trout ever see a fly propelling itself 
rapidty under water? Beside this it must have a ten- 
denc}' to bring the fl3' to the surface, when it leaves a 
wake behind it which cannot but frighten the fish. Al- 
though small fish will take a fly imder such circum- 
stances, as, like kittens, they will run at almost any- 
thing which passes rapidly by them, yet it is rarely 
that a steady old trout can be induced to do so. It is 
even more essential, when fishing with a 'dry fly,' to 
leave it almost entirely to its own devices, as it will 
thus float much longer than it would if interfered with 
and its movements unnaturally hastened. These obser- 
vations do not apply with equal force to the bob-fly, 
which, traA'ersing the surface of the water (as its name 
implies) with a succession of dips or bobs, might be 
taken by trout for the natural insect. Steady fishing 
will, however, be found more successful even with the 
bob-fly. In casting generally straightness of line is, in 
my opinion, the first point to be aimed at, and light- 
ness the second. Both, however, are most essential. 
It should be a rule never to fish with a yard more line 
than is absolutely necessary." (There spoke a real 
fisherman, and not a mere tournament caster.) 
"Tn some very fine, clear water," he continues, "trout 
can be taken with a hair casting-line, w-hen it would be 
almost useless to fish with one of gut. I fcund this to 
be the case on the Wharfe, where the tackle ordinarily 
used consists of a hair casting-line and five or six diminu- 
tive flies also tied on hair, and where 'I was told it would 
be lost labor to try gut. I was rather skeptical on the 
point and tried fine gut, but soon had to resign it in 
favor of hair, when I found an immediate and striking 
difference. Where the water is clear, it may, I am per- 
suaded, be often used to great advantage. It is 
samewhat troublesome to fish with, inasmuch as 
it requires great care in its use— for if you get hung up 
slightly and clear yourself without a breakage or ap- 
parent mischief, yet perhaps the hair will start at a 
knot in consequence of the strain and come asunder in 
a minute or two afterward at the slightest touch. It is. 
however, astonishing, if the pull be a steady one, how 
much it will bear." 
Bass. 
Mr. Fred Feet and two or three friends fished for big- 
mouths in Scott Lake, Mich., last week, and had very 
good luck. They killed most of their bass on srnall 
spoons, mounted above large and brightly colored flies. 
Bass fishing was reported good in the Kankakee River 
last week, but the information is too vague to entitle it 
to a great deal of confidence as an actual sporting tip. 
There ought to be good fishing in the Kankakee for 
bass as well as pickerel, since the dams have been over- 
flowed this season and the game fish have had a good 
chance to run up stream. 
E. Hough. 
IIaktford Building, Chicago, III. 
San Ffandsco Fly-Casting Club. 
Medal contests, series 1902, Saturday, contest No. 10, 
held at Stow Lake, Sept. 27. Wind, west; weather, fair: 
Event Event Event 
No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, 
iJistance, Accuracy, , Event No. 8. 1 Lure 
Feet. Per cent. Acc. % Del. % Net % Casting % 
C. G. Young lOS 91 92 84.2 88.1 
Dr. W. Brooks.. 114 92.4 86.4 85 85.8 .. 
E. A. Mocker.... 110 93 86.8 79.2 82.11 88.8 
H Battu 90 90 85.4 80 82.8 79.1 
H Muller 103 93 87 84.2 85.7 . • 
T. W. Brotherton.123 93 90 82.6 86.5 96.9 
.T. G Kierulff....lOO 86.8 84.4 90.10 87.7 
H. Skinner..... 86 92.4 79.2 85.9 
rr. C. Golcher...l30 92 89 79.2 84.1 
V. H. Reed 92 87 93.4 99.2 96.3 
Judges, Kierulff and Muller; referee, Mocker; clerk, 
Brotherton. 
Sunday, contest No. lo, held at Stow Lake Sept. 28. 
Weather, fair: 
J. S. Turner........ 87.7 89 79.2 84.1 
F. E. Daverkosen 93 86.8 85 76.8 80.10 
A. M. Blade..... 83 83.4 86.4 74.2 80.3 
E A. Mocker.... 112 93.8 91.4 83.4 87.4 
C. R. Kenniff.... 92 91.8 90 90.10 90.5 94.4 
T B. Kenniff.... 120 96.4 91 89.2 90.5 96.9 
F H. Reed 98 95 89.4 87.6 88.5 
C- Htiyck ........ 92 .. 89 78.4 a3.8 
W E. Brooks 100 91.4 92.8 85.10 89.3 
VV. D. Mansfield 94 100 97 93 
H. F. Muller.... 97 88.8 ^4.4 84.2 89.3 
T. W Brotherton. 114 93.4 89 92.6 90.9 84.3 
E. Everett........ 100 72.4 93.4 88.4 80.10 
H C Golcher....l29 90.4 94.8 80.10 87.9 
C' G," Young..... 94 95.4 95.4 90 92.8 82.5 
T C. KieruliT.... 81 91.8 87.4 85 86 
F. M. Haiglit..... 78 91.4 81.4 76.8 79 
T. P. Tonny 90 
K. Charles 80 87 87 66.8 76.10 
A. T. Vogelsang .. •■ .. 95.2 
Judges, Kierulff and Turner; referee. Brooks; clerk, 
grotherton. 
Rainbow Ttout on the Iron Mountain* 
On Friday, Sept. 19 last, the U. S. Fish Commission, 
under the direction of Commissioner Burnham, sent out 
from St. Louis, over the Iron Mounta'n Route, a car- 
load of 10,000 California rainbow trout to be planted in 
certain streams along and adjacent to lines of that rail- 
way system. Upon the return of the party to St. Louis, 
Traveling Passenger Agent A. V. Br gham made the 
following report to General Passenger Agent H. C. 
Townsend of the trip and the places where the trout 
were planted: Friday afternoon, Sept. 19, stopping at 
Big River Bridge (just north of Irondale), 2,500 trout 
were planted; also stopping at Bismark, where one mes- 
senger and 2,500 fish were set out, and carried on to St, 
Francis River Bridge (between Bismark and Lough- 
borough). At Annapolis the car was cut off from the 
train, and 500 fish were planted in a creek just north- 
east of the town, and 2,000 more were carried overland 
seven miles up in the mountains and planted in head- 
waters of one of the tributaries of Black River by moon- 
light at midnight. 
Car was moved back to Bismark Saturday morning, 
and a messenger with 2,500 fish started south for Naylor 
and Doniphan, planting 500 at the former in Big Black 
River, and 1,900 in Current River, at Doniphan. Bal- 
ance of 100 were given to Mr. Adams, a merchant at 
Oakdale, who planted them in an affluent of Black River 
running through his farm, just outside of town. The 
writer accompanied the messengers on all the planting 
expeditions, except the one at St. Francis River." 
The Heron Ntiisance. 
I OWN a large hunting and fishing preserve (Kildare) 
ill the Adirondacks, and I find a great many heron on the 
place, which are eating quantities of my trout. I have 
been stocking the place with trout for a number of years, 
and I find the heron help me get rid of the same. 
Can't you tell me some way in which I can get rid of 
the heron? I have trapped quantities of kingfishers and 
hawks, but I have found it impossible to trap the heron. 
E. 
Mmnel 
Fixtures. 
BENCH SHOWS. 
Oct. 21-24. — New York. — Ladies' Kennel Association of America's 
show. Miss M. K. Bird, Westbury, L. I., Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 26-29. — Philadelphia.— Philadelphia Dog Show Association's 
show. M. A. Viti, Sec'y. 
FIELD TRIALS. 
Oct. 27. — Paris, Mo. — Missouri Field Trial Association's (member 
of the American Championship Club), si.xth annual trials. L. S, 
Eddins, Sec'y, Sedalia, Mo. 
Oct, 27.— Washington C. O., Ohio.— Monongahela Field Trial 
Club's field trials. ' A. C. Peterson. Sec'y. 
Oct. 28.— Whitby Island, Wash.— Pacific Northwest Field Trials 
F. R. Atkins, Sec'y. Seattle, Wash. 
Oct. 28. — , Wis. — Northwestern Beagle Club's second 
annual trials. Louis Steffen, Sec'y. 
Nov. 3. — Robinson, 111. — Illinois Field Trial Association's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. W. 
R. Green, Sec'y, Marshall, 111. 
Nov. 3. — Thirteenth annual field trials of (he National Beagle 
Club of America, Charles R. Stevenson, Sec'y, 106 Market street, 
Camden. N. J. 
Nov. 3. — Lake View, Mich.— Michigan Field Trial Association's 
(member of the American Championship Club) fifth annual trials. 
C. D. Stuart, Sec'y, Benton Harbor, Mich. 
Nov. 4. — Washington C. H., Ohio.— Ohio Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the Amer.ican Championship Club) fifth annual 
trials. C. E. Baughn, Sec'y. 
Nov. 6. — Eastport, L. I. — Pointer Club of America's (member of 
the American Championship Club) second annual trials. R. E. 
West lake. Sec'y, Scranton, Pa. 
Nov. 7-8.— Robinson, III. — Western Irish Setter Club's inaugural 
trials. T. L. Fenn Secy. 
Nov. 10. — Bicknell, Ind. — Independent Field Trial Club's (mem- 
ber of the American Championship Club) fourth annual trials. 
11. S. Humphrey, Sec'y, Indianapolis, Ind. 
Nov. 11. — Hampton, Conn. — Connecticut Field Trial Club's trials, 
F. W. .Smith, Sec'y, New Haven. 
Nov. 10. — Ruthven, Ont. — North American Field Trial Associa- 
tion's (member of the American Championship Club) fourth 
annual trials. Richard Bangham, Sec'y, Windsor, Ont, 
Nov. 11.— St. Joachim, Ont,— International Field Trial Club's 
fourteenth annual trials. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'y. 
Nov. 17. — Glasgow, Ky. — Third annual trials of the Kentucky 
Field Trial Cltib. S. B, Hays, Sec'y. 
Nov, 18. — Branchton, Pa. — Central Beagle Club's seventh annual 
trials. A. C. Peterson, Sec'y. 
Canine Elegies and Epitaphs. 
XXIV.-Fannie. 
(in tjreertwood Ceinetery, Brooklyn, N. Y.) 
FANNIE. 
Died Dec. 10, 188L 
Only a dog, do yoii Say^ Sir Critic? 
Only a dog, but as truth I prize 
The truest love I have won in living 
Lay in the depths of her limpid eyes. 
Frost of winter, nor heat of summer 
Could make her fail if my footsteps led; 
And memory holds iri its treasure casket. 
The name of my darHng who lieth dead. 
i : 
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National Beagle Cltib. 
For the information of those who intend to attend the 
thirteenth annual field trials of the National Beagle 
Club of America, which will commence on Nov. 3 next, 
the club desires to state that the trials will be hfeld on 
the Westbury grounds. Long Island, and that the head- 
quarters of the club will be Johren's Hotel, Mineola, 
L. I. 
Mineola is on the line of the Long Island Railroad 
about one hour's ride from New York city, and is 
reached from the Thirty-fourth Street Ferry, New York 
city. The train service is convenient and there are fre- 
quent trains between Mineola and the Thirty-fourth 
Street Ferry. 
All those who intend to attend the trials should com- 
municate with George F. Reed, Committee on Arrange- 
ments, Barton, Vt., in order that hotel accommodations 
jnay be arranged for them. 
C8A§, R, Stevenson, Secretary, 
<$> 
For Cruising Yachtsmen. 
With the purpose of stimulating the interest in cruis- 
ing, and the keeping of a detailed log by cruising yachts- 
men during the season of 1902, the publishers of Forest 
AND Stream ofifer prizes for the best stories of cruises 
submitted to be published in Forest and Stream. It is 
believed that these will form not only entertaining records 
of pleasant summer days spent afloat along our coasts and 
waterways, but will furnish information of practical value 
to other yachtsmen making subsequent cruises on the 
same waters. 
Prizes will be awarded to the three best stories as fol- 
lows: ^ . , . I ; ; I J^Ll J 
First prize, $50.00. 
Second prize, $30.00. : ' 
Third prize, $20.00. 
Contributions are invited under the following condi- 
tions : 
1. The cruise must be made in waters of the United 
States or Canada in the season of 1902. 
2. The cruise must be made in a sailing yacht, power 
to be used only as an auxiliary, if at all. 
3. The story must be prefaced by a description of the 
boat. Cruises should be treated in as interesting and 
readable a way as possible, but should be practical and 
contain all possible information and data that would be of 
value to men going over the same route. A description 
of the handling of the ship in all weathers will be re- 
garded very favorably in making awards, and it is sug- 
gested to writers that an accurate account be kept of all 
incidents happening while under way. 
4. An outline chart suitable for reproduction, showing 
the course taken, must accompany each article. When 
possible, articles should be accompanied bj^ amateur photo- 
graphs taken on the cruise, including one of the boat. 
Good photographs will be considered in making the 
awards. 
5. The_ story should contain about seven thousand 
words, written on one side of the paper only, and must 
be received at the office of the Forest and Stream Pub- 
lishing Company, 346 Broadway, New York city, on or 
before Nov. 15, 1902. 
Mr. T. C. Zerega has very kindly consented to act as 
judge and to make the awards, 
Seventeen Days' Cruise on Long 
Island Sound. 
BY THE CREW, THE SKIPPER AND THE OWNER. 
Believing it fooHsh to ignore the lessons learned 
frcmi Mother Experience, and it being "moot" to set 
down as matters of record and observation those inci- 
dents which would be likely to prove of interest to Oth- 
ers, one of three who cruised for eighteen _ days on the 
beloved waters of Long Island Sound last summer, has 
jotted down this somewhat amplified log in the hope 
of interesting his fellow Corinthians. 
First, the boat! The Innocent is a 'keel boat, 27ft. 
6in. over all, 2ift. on waterline; draft about 5ft. 6in., 
all outside ballast, head room, 5ft. tin. She has a small 
watertight cockpit, large cabin, plentjr of storage room, 
extension bunks, and is comfortably "fitted for cruising. 
The cut of Medart, which has appeared in Forest and 
Stream for the past two years, shows how she looked 
in frame, Mr. Medart having furnished this material to 
the Sk ipper, who built her from the design of Mr. Charles 
Young, of Brooklyn. She had on starting a full com- 
plement of stores, 60 gallons of fresh water, according 
to the Crew, who was supposed to fill the water tanks, 
and a party of three — the Owner, the Skipper and the 
Crew. The Crew was also, on occasion — generally about 
six times a day — Cook, also Bartender. Thus, we vir- 
tually had on board that which the'Sk'pper called the 
"Holy_ Trinity." This nautical Pooh Bah filled what- 
ever role the occasion might call for. At mess he was 
the Cook; when old Sol was getting in his fine work 
the Bartender, and when Boreas was putting the Inno- 
cent's decks under, the Crew. On Sunday the Owner 
mildly asked him to read prayers, but the Skipper de- 
ferred. He was afraid that the Crew's religious train- 
iing was hardly orthodox. Indeed the Crew himself in- 
formed the Skipper ''he was no bloomin' sky pilot." 
The Crew had been through the Spanish-American War, 
and was as rich in anecdote as a vivid imagination and 
actual experience could make him. The Skipper and 
Owner — well, their pectiliarities are to some extent set 
down in this log. 
On Saturday, July 27, at li o'clock, after various trips 
in a new dinghy which showed a decided disinc'ination 
to accommodate the Owner's 180 pounds comfortably 
in the. stern sheets, with the water a scant two inches 
from the top streak aft, carrying dress suit cases, bags, 
pillows, the Owners easy chair (an "indispensable" to 
him after dinner), the few belongings of the Skipper; 
canned goods, boxes of beer, soda, ginger ale, etc , etc., 
we hoisted sail. The day was warm and sultry, with 
the faintest breath of air from the south. Slowly we 
drifted with the ebb tide from our moorings off the 
Harlem Y. C, City Island, not a very auspicious start 
from the Skipper's standpoint, as we had decided to try 
for Port Jefferson that evening. For two long, Avarm 
hours there was "nothin' doin' " in the way of a breeze, 
and we slowly boxed around the compass, gradually 
drifting out to the red tower of Stepping Stones. It 
was here we noticed that the Crew was very intimate 
with the Bartender, and that a vigorous onslaught was 
being made on the Wet Goods' Department. The 
Crew's invariable formula was to take a drink anrl then 
ask the "Bartender" to "have somethin'." However, 
the Owner and the Skipper had no objection to this 
providing they were included — and that was the way it 
was fixed up. By this time the ebb had taken us off the 
southern end of Hart's Island, and far astern some yachts 
seemed to be getting a little breeze. Gradually Ave 
brought old Execution on our port bow, the breeze 
still light and fiuky. By this time a score or more of 
working schooners bound eastward, with here and ther§ 
