Aug. 26, 1905.] 
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him my lucky Parmachenee Belle. It was the only one 
of my cast that it was at all reasonable to expect the fish 
to see in the dark, the others being a brown hackle and 
a dark claret. I had no white moth and no other Parma- 
chenee Belle in my hat, and had left my fly-book ashore. 
It was even too dark to see how to properly attach a fly, 
and besides, we had all the fish in the canoe that we could 
use in our next two meals, notwithstanding the voracious 
appetites of the Indians. 
It is but fair to add that the conditions were most fa- 
vorable ones. After a very hot day, the evening was 
cloudy. A very slight shower had fallen just before I 
fished, and a heavy thunder storm, which had threat- 
ened for some time, came on soon after I had secured the 
fish beyond the reach of mink or any other thief of the 
kind who might otherwise break through and steal, and 
had rolled myself up in a blanket for the night. 
Next morning we tried the same pool again. It is prob- 
able that the conditions were less favorable. It is certain 
there were less fish in that particular pool. That plenty 
were still there was evident from the fact that we had 
many rises. But they were neither so strong nor so nu- 
merous as on the preceding evening. Nor were the fish 
as large. Not one of them was killed. We caught a num- 
ber of them, but we had enough for food and returned 
alive to the water all that were caught that morning. 
We passed many beautiful trout waters. That some of 
them: were well stocked with fish we proved to our own 
satisfaction. That others were, too, I have not a shadow 
of doubt, though lack of time — through the mistake of 
undertaking to cover too great a stretch of country in the 
time at our disposal — prevented us from fishing many 
waters where the trout were rising freely around us, and 
others, where we saw no actual signs of the fish, but 
where nature belied herself if the water was not well 
stocked with trout. 
The fact of the matter is that the bass are so plentiful 
in the nearby and most accessible waters of this region, 
and afford such good sport to the anglers who are satis- 
fied with it, that comparatively few of the sportsmen who 
visit Temagami ever take the trouble to look after the 
brook trout at all. 
We had other experiences at Temagami, but these must 
be told another time. E. T. ID. Chambers, 
The Chicago Tournament. 
The Chicago Fly-Casting Tournament, held at Garfield 
Lake, on Friday and Saturday of last week, was well 
attended, and resulted in making new world’s records in 
several of the competitions. In the long-distance fly- 
casting Mr. E. J. Mills, of New York, broke all records 
with a cast of 120 feet, outdistancing by two feet Reuben 
Eeonard, who took second. The score of Mr. Mills was 
by 9 feet better than the club record cast of iii feet, made 
by Mr. Mansfield, of San Francisco. 
Mr. Leonard took the long-distance salmon casting 
trophy with a score of 141 feet. The world’s record in 
this is a cast of 150 feet, by Enright, of England, and the 
previous American record was the i4S-foot cast by Hiram 
Hawes. Mr. Leonard would have exceeded his actual 
performance had he been unhampered ; there was not 
sufficient space behind him, and each time he was impeded 
by striking the bushes in the rear. 
In bait-casting, for delicacy and accuracy, Mr. H. G. 
Hascall broke the world’s record with a score of 98 1-15, 
closely pressed E' Mr. Leonard and William Stanley, of 
Chicago, who tied on 98. 
The weather was favorable on both days ; a shower in- 
terfered with the first event of Friday, but otherwise the 
days were beautiful. Everything passed off smoothly. 
The club deserves unstinted praise for the perfection of 
arrangements and the admirable manner in which the 
meet was conducted. 
The numbers of competitors was unprecedented, sixty- 
two taking par^ in the first event; and the work through- 
out was of high average. There were many fair contest- 
ants, the most skillful of whom, Mrs. Bartholomew, of 
Kalamazoo, rivalled the men. 
There was a notable difference in the styles of the 
Eastern and AYestern casters. In bait-casting the West- 
ern men cast with the bait wound up close to the tin of 
the rod, while the New Yorkers had the bait from a foot 
to eighteen inches away from the , tip. In fly-casting 
there was much more vim to the Eastern casts, with less 
denendence on the wind to carry out the line. 
It was impossible to complete the work in two days, 
and the sixth event was postponed to Sunday morning. 
Very many competitors left the city Saturday night, and 
the event was in consequence not well filled. There were 
some who objected to casting on Sunday. 
AUGUST 18— FIRST EVENT— LONG DISTANCE FLY- 
CASTING. 
No limit to rod or line. Ten minutes allowed to cast fly to 
greatest possible distance. No time allowance for replacing fly. 
Winners. — E. J. Mills, New York, 120 feet, first. 
Reuben Leonard. New York, 118 feet, second. 
F. N. Peet, 108 feet, third. 
John Waddell, Grand Rapids. Mich., 107 feet, fourth. 
H. G. Hascall and A. C. Smith, tied for fifth at 104 feet. 
SECOND EVENT— DISTANCE AND ACCURACY FLY- 
CASTING. 
There sliall be three 30-inch rings, distant 50, 55 and 60 feet 
from the edge of the casting platform. There shall be .made five 
(5) casts -at each ring. If the fly falls within the ring or on 
the rim. of same the cast shall be considered perfect. For each 
foot or fraction of a foot outside the ring a demerit of one shall 
be made. The sum total of such demerits, divided by the num- 
ber of casts, shall constitute the demerit per cent. The demerit 
per cent, deducted from the 100 shall be the percentage. Not 
more than one minute will be allowed in which to extend the 
line to 50-foot ring. When the contestant has extended his line 
and IS ready, he shall call “score,” and the next cast thereafter 
shall be counted. When five successive casts have been made 
at 50-foot ring, the Captain shall announce “next ring.” Con- 
testant must then lift his line, and if he so desires can make not 
to exceed five “dry casts” before dropping his fly at the 55 -foot 
ring. A like procedure will be followed between 55 and 60-foot 
rings. Should contestant whip off his fly at any time after calling 
"score,” he will be allowed to replace fly and proceed. For this 
purpose he may “work out” to point where fly was lost, call 
“score,” and resume scoring at point where scoring stopped ’ The 
same procedure will be permitted if contestant’s line is fouled 
through no fault of his. No cast shall count after judges notify 
contestant that fly is lost. ■’ 
Winners. — H. G. Hascall, 992-3, first. 
F. N. Peet, 99, second. 
R, Leonard, New York, 9911-15, third, 
I. H. Bellows and H. W. Perce tied for - fourth at 
987-15. 
E. J. Mills, New York, 98 3-15, sixth. 
E. R. Letterman, 97 13-15, seventh. 
THIRD EVENT— ACCURACY AND DELICACY FLY- 
CASTING. 
(Dry Fly.) 
There shall be three 30-inch rings, distant 35, 40 and 45 feet 
from edge of casting platform, and there shall be made five 
(5) casts at each ring. If the fly falls within the rjng or on the 
rim, the accuracy shall be considered perfect. For each foot 
or fraction of a foot outside the ring a demerit of one shall be 
made. The sum total of such demerits, divided by the number 
of casts, shall be, considered the demerit per cent. The demerit 
per cent, deducted from 100 shall be the accuracy per cent. In 
addition, there shall be kept an account of delicacy. The delicacy 
per cent, shall be .determined by the judges and the referee, in 
manner indicated below. 
Contestant will be allowed thirty seconds to extend his line by 
“dry fly” casting to 35-foot ring. Scoring shall begin the first 
time the fly strikes the water. When contestant has made five 
(5) casts, captain will announce “next ring.” Contestant must 
then lift his line and in not less than one nor more than five 
“dry fly” casts, reach the 40-foot ring. Scoring to begin the first 
time the fly strikes the water. A like procedure shall be fol- 
lowed between 40 and 45-foot rings. No cast made without a 
fly s.hall be scored. If fly is lost, contestant may replace same, 
and in not more than five “dry fly” casts- resume his scoring. 
Not more than two “dry fly” casts will be allowed between 
scoring casts, except between rings, as stated. All casting shall 
be done from the reel. Contestant will be allowed to start with 
loose line and leader equal to length of rod, and may strip line 
but once in every retrieve, and must , retrieve last cast. A perfect 
cast is: (1) Fly to fall by its own weight without a splash. (2) 
Fly and leader to strike the water in advance of line with mini- 
mum disturbance of surface. (3) Retrieve must be made with 
minimum disturbance of surface. (4) The grace and ease of con- 
testant, his “dry fly” casts, back cast and manner of extending 
line, shall be scored for style. A demerit shall be scored for 
each failure to properly execute Nos. 1, 2 and 3, and for lack 
of “style,” as outlined in No. 4; and five (5) points shall be 
deducted for each demerit scored. The total of delicacy demerits, 
divided by the number of casts, deducted from 100 , give the 
delicacy per cent. The accuracy per cent, and delicacy per cent., 
added together and divided by 2 , determine the final percentage. 
Winners — F. N. Peet, 99 1-6, first. 
A. C. Smith and H. G. Hascall tied for second at 
98 23-30. 
L. H. Bellows, 98 1-3, fourth. 
J. AVaddell, 97 12-30, fifth. 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Chicago, 
Aug. 12 : 
Aug. 14 . — Below are 
scores for 
the contest 
Becker 
%oz. 
Bait. 
I4oz. 
Bait, 
Re-entry. 
Q 7 24 15 
Delicacy. 
<& Acc’y, 
Fly. 
Bellows 
Dean 
Dilg 
Heston 
y i Lti 
Hinterleitner 
Letterman, . . 
V i 
Loomis 
McCormick . 
N,aylor 
Peet, 
98 22-30 
98 15-30 
Smith 
B. J. Kellenberger, Sec’y-Treas. 
The Fishing Gazette. 
New York/ Aug. \S.— Editor Forest and Stream: I 
have just returned from the Pacific coast after an absence 
oi two months and note your statement in the obituary 
r C. Elarris, that “afterward he pub- 
hshed the American Angler , which was followed by the 
Fishing Gazette. _ The deceased at no lime during his 
career had anything to do, with the Fishing Gazette 
either as publisher, editor or contributor. ^ 
Ld he F,sh„ig Gazette published by Mr. Harris was not 
the Fishing Gazette published by Mr. Jennings.] 
Belgrade Lakes Fishing. 
Belgrade Lakes, Me., Aiig_. 15 .— Mr. F. L. Bickmore 
took thiee square-tail trout in Great Pond this morn- 
ing weighing 5, 4 and 2 pounds respectively, and seven-- 
teeii 3-pound bass in the afternoon. The 5-pound trout 
IS a male, and has been sent to a taxidermist for mount- 
ing. 
A New Munchausen. 
SATURDAY, AUGUST 19.— DELICACY AND ACCURACY 
BAIT-CASTING. 
FAoz. Weights.) 
There will be a target provided for this event with a center 
or bullseye thirty (30) inches in diameter, and so arranged that it 
can be located at distances of 60, 66 , 70, 75 and 80 feet from 
casting point on platform to exact center of bullseye. There 
shall be made three casts at the target at each of the distances, 
viz., fifteen casts in all. If casting weight falls within the 30-inch 
center, or bullseye, the cast shall be considered perfect. For 
each foot or fraction of a foot away from the 30-inch center, a 
demerit of one shall be made. The total of such demerits, divided 
by the number of casts, shall be the demerit per cent. The 
demerit per cent., deducted from 100 , shall constitute the per- 
centage. In case contestant casts with drag or click, captain 
shall call “foul” and contestant shall be allowed another cast. 
The %on. casting weights provided by the captain shall be used 
in this event. If weight strikes iron rings or outside edge of 
circular wooden float, cast scores as though just inside of said 
ring or edge. 
Winners. — International championship, H. G. Hascall, 
Chicago, 98 1-15 per cent. 
First prize — William Stanley, Illinois Bait and Casting 
Club, 98 per cent 
Second prize — Reuben Leonard, New York, 98 per cent. 
Third prize — E. B. Bartholomew, Kalamazoo, 97 14-15 
per cent. 
Fourth prize — G. A. Hinterleitner, Chicago, 97 11-15 per 
cent. 
Fifth prize — L. N. Place, Illinois Bait and Casting Club, 
97 10-15 per cent. 
Sixth prize — Tilden Robb, Kalamazoo, 97 10-15 percent. 
Seventh prize — F. N. Peet, Chicago, 97 10-15 per cent. 
FIFTFI EVENT— LONG DISTAF^ AND ACCURACY 
BAIT-CASTING. 
(i^oz. Weights.) 
In this event, the center of bullseye will be located at distances 
of 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100 feet from casting point on platform. 
Three casts shall be made at each distance. The casting weights 
are to be the %oz. weights provided. Scoring and other con- 
ditions to be the same as for Fourth Event. 
Winners. — Diamond trophy, E. R. Letterman, Chicago, 
987-15 per cent. 
First prize — E. R. Owens, Kalamazoo, 98 3-15 per cent. 
Second prize — O. J. Loomis, Chicago, 98 2-15 per cent. 
Third prize — H. W. Perce, Chicago, 98 per cent. 
Fourth prize — A. Rabbers, Kalamazoo, 98 per cent. 
Fifth prize — W. E. Kidder, Kansas City, 98 per cent. 
Sixth prize — N. C. Heston, Chicago, 97 9-15 per cent. 
Seventh prize — All three contestants, is^aylor, Stanley 
and Bramhall, tied with a percentage of 97 8-15. 
The salmon casting for a championship cup given by 
the club was won by Reuben Leonai'd with a cast of .141 
feet. 
SIXTH EVENT— LONG DISTANCE BAIT-CASTING. 
(i/^oz. Weights.) 
The casting in this event shall be done on the lawn in a 
V-shaped court, which is to be laid out as follows: From the 
casting point two diverging straight lines are to be laid out at 
an angle which shall cause them to be 3F feet apart at a distance 
of 100 feet away from the casting point. Diverging lines to be 
continued indefinitely at the same angle. Contestants each to 
make five (5) casts, in turn, one cast at a time. If casting 
weight falls outside the court, the cast shall be scored 0. Length 
of cast to be computed from casting point to where weight falls 
inside of court. 
The sum total of the five casts in feet, divided by the num- 
ber of casts, shall be the average and .constitute the score of 
the contestant. All casting to be done from ground level. The 
casting weights used are to be the t/^oz. casting weights provided. 
Conditions concerning free running reels and casting with click 
or drag as outlined in Fourth Event to prevail in this event. 
Winners. — Diamond trophy — E. B. Bartholomew, Kala- 
mazoo, 183 49-60 feet. 
First prize — F. T. Rhodes, Kalamazoo, 178 40-60 feet. 
Second prize — L. G- Tooley, Kalamazoo, 176 24-60 feet. 
Third prize — D. W. Osborn, Kalamazoo, 167 46-60 feet. 
Fourth prize — A. Rabbers, Kalamazoo, 16152-60 feet. 
L. G. Tooley was awarded a Bristol rod in the , special 
prize contest, regardless of his average with a score of 
1948-12 feet. 
The next annual championship tournament is being 
planned to be held in Kalamazoo, Mich. 
THE MANF-USE OIL 
The famous Reel oil that never clogs the agtioji.— 
One of our readers, whose veracity is above question, 
tells the following: “The terrible news comes from the 
western part of the Cherokee Nation that a boy climbed 
a cornstalk to see how the corn was getting along, and 
now the stalk is growing up faster than the boy can climb 
tiown. The boy is clear out of sight. Three men have 
undertaken to cut the stalk down with axes and save the 
boy from starvation, but it grows so fast that they can’t 
hack twice in the same place. The boy is living on noth- 
ing but raw corn, and already has thrown down over four 
bushels of cobs.”— Checotah (I. T.) Times. 
“Ihe Art of Chess,” by the famous master of the 
gieat game, Mr. James Mason, is now in its third edition, 
revised and enlarged. It contains 460 pages of . chess lit- 
erature. It thoroughly treats of every factor of chess, 
from the most_ elementary to the most profound. All the 
different openings and gambits are demonstrated, ex- 
plained and compared with clearness and painstaking 
thoroughness. The best manner of finishing games, when 
only one or two pieces or more are left to each player, 
is alsO' fully and clearly illustrated. “Chess Openings,” 
by the same author, contains 120 pages, treats of about 
eighty different openings and gambits, of value alike to 
the beginner and the advanced student. Horace Cox 
Wimlsor-House, Finch Lane, London, publisher. 
Cabia Blanco. 
Clearfield, Pa., Aug. 18. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
By reference to your editorial columns this week I learn 
with deep regret of the death of Cabia Blanco, who died 
on last Saturday at Erie, Pa. 
For many years I have been a reader of Forest and 
Stream and among the many writers who have endeared 
themselves to your readers, I take it that Fred Mather, 
Nessmuk and Cabia Blanco^ were among the most promi- 
nent. There have been others, possibly as prominent and 
as interesting writers, but just now, while I pause for a 
moment, these three stand out prominent as contributors 
to Forest and Stream. For several years I have thought 
of writing to Cabia Blanco for a photo.graph of himself, 
and I trust that you can see your way clear to secure one 
and publish it for yOur readers. 
These men whom I have mentioned, together with 
others, are dead, and it seems hard to fill their places. I 
have Fred Mather’s “Men I Plave Fished With,” Ness- 
muk’s “Woodcraft,” but I do- not know that Cabia 
Blanco ever wrote any books. He certainly was an in- 
teresting writer, and he knew Indians and Indian life as 
few men have known them. I never read anything he 
wrote that was not intensely .rnteresting', and after I had 
traveled extensively over the West and visited many 
places referred to in his letters, his stories of adventure 
became more interesting to me. I regret exceedingly 
his death and his loss is a personal one to me and to the 
many readers of Forest and Stream. If I had known 
that his home was at Erie, Pa:, I would have hunted him 
up ere this and become personally acquainted with him. 
His story of how he took his name of Cabia Blanco was 
intensely interesting, his breaking of the white pony and 
his many other Indian stories and stories of adventure 
were entertaining: because they were true. ' He must have 
been a soldier above* the ordinary rank- in intelligence, 
and I have no doubt he was a brave man. 
When I next visit Erie, Pa., I shall visit the Soldiers’ 
.Home and take pleasure in dropping a flower upon the 
grave, of. the old soldier, the hunter and Indian fighter,. 
Cabia' Blanco. Peace to his ashes. Frank G. Harris. 
Butler, Mo., Aug. 19 . — Editor Forest and Stream: 
Cabia Blarico is dead. I closed the paper and through my 
mind a few of the many fine descriptive articles written 
by our old friend passed in review. We will all miss him. 
ivho will take his place? He wrote so- true to life that one 
could almost see the very things he wrote of. Peace to 
his ashes. May the Supreme Architect of the universe, 
whose book he had read on the sea and on the land, give 
him a resting pla.ee in the valley of perpetual sunshine. 
Frank H. Crowell, 
