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LEFEVER WON HIGHEST 
POSSIBLE HONORS, 1905. 
( American Handicap—score 99-100 
GRAND ^ Preliminary Handicap—score 98-100 
( Canadian Handicap—score 49-50 
and is already well started on its 
VICTORIOUS CAMPAIGN OF 1906 
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Lord Aberdare (500 shares), Lord Ardwall, judge of the 
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Justice General of the Court of Sessions (200 shares); 
Sir W. TI. Holland (200 shares), Sir Neil Menzies (200 
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one cannot help feeling that in this, as in other ventures 
of a more or less hazardous nature, high-sounding names 
are no guarantee of success, and the surprise will run 
high should this syndicate not share the fate met some 
time ago by the “suckers” who backed Earl Rosslyn's 
scheme to break the bank at Monte Carlo.—Shipping Il¬ 
lustrated. 
THE ANGLING ANANIAS. 
An angler sat by the winter fire, 
While only his wife was nigh; 
And he said to himself, 
Did this cunning old elf, 
“I'll tell ’em a whopping big lie— 
A brilliant and intricate lie.” 
He leaned his chin on his ancient hand, 
While gently he stroked his beard, 
Then he gathered his pen, 
His ink, and then— 
He slyly and knowingly leered— 
A leer that was foxy and weird. 
He gazed aloft at the ceiling dark, 
And then he looked down at the floor. 
And he said “Of a bout 
After salmon and trout. 
I’ll give ’em some angling lore— 
Some lcvely and lying old lore.” 
He wrote and he wrote, a solid hour, 
His wife all the while sitting by. 
Very certain, however. 
That her Hubby, so clever. 
Was working up some novel He—- 
Some wild and extravagant lie. 
When sudden the old man rose up stark 
With looks that were wizen and cold; 
“What’s the matter?” cried she; 
“The devil,” said he, 
“I’m certainly fast growing old— 
“Every lie I can think of’s been told!” 
—Exchange. 
THE BIG TROUT. 
Dashing, splashing, runs the stream. 
O’er the mill-wheel’s dripping beam; 
Hurls in air the whitening spray 
And glistens bounding on its way. 
Underneath the old stone bridge. 
Where the dancing gnat and midge 
Tempt the phoebe from her nest, 
Eddies give a moment’s rest. 
There the big trout lives alone, 
’Neath the deepest shelving stone; 
Handsomest of all his kin. 
Of scarlet spot and white-ribbed fin. 
If a fluttering miller slip 
From the waving fern frond tip. 
Frightened minnows glancing out, 
Mark the first rush of the trout. 
Then with all his might and main 
Springing surfaceward again. 
Turning somersaults in air. 
He casts the clear drops everywhere. 
Foam flecks circle slowly by, 
Water spiders graceful lie 
Near the dipping mosses green. 
Where one white torn wing is seen. 
—Mark West. 
Lieutenant (examining soldier)—What should you do if 
you met an enemy on the field of battle? 
Soldier—Shoot him dead, sir. 
Lieutenant—Right. And what should you do if you 
met a whole battalion of the enemy? 
Soldier—Shoot them dead, sir. 
Lieutenant—You couldn’t by yourself. You should fall 
back and give warning. What should you do if you 
met a cow belonging to the enemy? 
Soldier—Shoot it dead, sir. 
Lieutenant—Wrong. 
Soldier—Fall back and give warning, sir. 
Lieutenant—Wrong again. You should catch hold of 
it by the horns and bring it into camp. Now tell me 
what you should do if you met me in the field? 
Soldier—Shoot you dead, sir. 
Lieutenant—Rubbish! I’m not an enemy. I wear the 
same uniform as you do. 
Soldier—Fall back and give warning. 
Lieutenant—Wrong, stupid! I’m not a battalion of the 
enemy. 
Soldier—Well, then, I’d catch hold of you by the horns 
and lead you into camp'. 
Lieutenant-.—Lustige Blatter. 
Bears I Ha.ve Met—And Others. 
By Allen Kelly. Paper, 209 pages. Price, 60 cents. 
After some years of peaceful slumber, Mr. 
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