March, 1920 
FORES T AND STREAM 
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the top one fast at small cost. The 
propeller may be purchased from any of 
the supply dealers in New York or Chi- 
cago or an advertisement in a city news- 
on throttle and the brake held down. 
A coat of gray “white lead” and oil 
finished in dull and bright red runners 
and driving seat of the same color 
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paper will bring results, or write the 
Curtiss Aeroplane Co. A 2" grease cup 
should be screwed into top of the “U” 
loop and through to bearing, and kept 
always well filled with grease. The 
motor is to be mounted on steel brackets 
from crank case to centerboard and com- 
plete with magneto (set spark), carbu- 
retor, and exhaust pipes. No muffler 
is required unless specially desired, as 
the free exhaust not only keeps the mo- 
tor at normal temperature, but enhances 
the sport and the sensation of gliding 
over smooth ice with the exhaust hum- 
ming is almost the same as flying an 
aeroplane. 
T HE gasoline tank is made of an old 
Presto-lite tank with galvanized 
iron cones soldered over ends and 
filler cap and outlet valves soldered in 
top and bottom respectively. Use a 
3-16” soft steel wire for throttle rod with 
a %" x 4" spiral spring holding the 
throttle closed within easy starting and 
“idle running” R. P. M. The brake is 
made of flat iron and a spring holds it 
make a very sportsmanlike appearance. 
I T is generally a wise plan to map 
out a course on river or lake and 
first go over it slowly, watching any 
breaks or ice hummocks, and when 
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FROST FISHING 
T HIS is a rather tame sport but as it 
affords an extra good meal it is 
worth while. Seek out any good 
frozen over lake, harbor or river where 
the ice is strong enough to hold your 
weight. With your hatchet or belt axe 
cut a hole in the ice about 18 inches in 
diameter, and having provided yourself 
with rubber blanket to lie on and “rod” 
as shown in drawing, lie in wait for 
your fish. The light through the hole 
attracts the fish and as they swim past 
it is only necessary to pull up quickly 
on the rod to catch a good mess in an 
hour. The hook catches the fish squarely 
and serves its purpose most admirably. 
I find it has been great sport and it is 
surely worth a trial. 
The principal hold it has on the sports- 
man is in the unique way it is practised. 
It would seem that in this age of per- 
fected schemes of taking fish the man 
who invents a new game, or, if not a 
really new game, at least a new way of 
playing it, will have many followers. 
Like many other things it looks fairly 
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safe from the surface when running. 
Provide a catch on hook to hold the 
lever into “on” position when starting 
but it is always well to have some one 
assist by turning the blades over while 
the driver remains in his seat with foot 
found to be good, then speed up to 
“wide open.” A cut-out switch button 
should be placed on steering wheel 
ready at instant touch. Almost any 
speed may be attained depending on the 
horse power and R. P. M. of the motor. 
simple when the rules are explained, but 
in the working it is not so easy. A fish 
has a way of squirming out of the way 
of the hook just as you have it nicely ad- 
justed beneath him. 
P. P. Avery, New Jersey. 
