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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Oct. 20, 1906. 
pleased with its rather impromptu tournament. 
Quarter ounce event, 60 to 80 feet, 15 casts: 
T. W. Bramhall.... 
98 1-15 
Bill Anderson .... 
.95 
F. B. Robinson_ 
97 10-15 
Clarence Cheenev . 
.94 10-15 
W. H. Wetzel. 
96 11-15 
Geo. Robirds. 
.93 2-15 
Ed Mier . 
Tack Elliott . 
.93 1-15 
Tack Davis . 
.95 9-15 
FI. Smith . 
.93 1-15 
W L Rock. 
95 7-15 
Dr. Kerner . 
.92 10-15 
Toe Da Brie. 
95 4-15 
W. I-L Shuff. 
.91 13-15 
Charles Smith .... 
95 2-15 
Fred Burger . 
.91 5-15 
T. W. Clark. 
95 2-15 
Dr. Hollingsworth. 
.87 14-15 
Half ounce event, 
60 to 100 feet, 15 casts: 
W. L. Rock. 
97 13-15 
H. Smith . 
.94 2-15 
Geo. Robirds . 
.97 9-15 
Will Kerr . 
.94 1-15 
Clarence Cheeney. 
.97 8-15 
W. IT. Wetzel. 
.93 13-15 
T. W. Bramhall.... 
.97 5-15 
Lewis Westervelt.. 
.93 12-15 
Fd. Mier . 
97 4-15 
Lowe ... 
.93 12-15 
T. M. Clark. 
96 14-15 
Chas. Hith. 
.93 7-15 
Chas. Smith . 
96 
Tack Elliott ....... 
.93 5-15 
Toe La Brie. 
.95 14-lb 
[ohn Kopp . 
.93 4-15 
Bill Anderson .... 
95 13-15 
Dr. Kerner . 
.92 12-15 
F. B. Robinson.... 
W. H. Shuff. 
.92 4-15 
Tack Davis . 
95 12-15 
Mour . 
.91 
Will Stine ........ 
95 8-15 
Grova ... 
.89 
E. D. Downie. 
.95 1-15 
Simmons . 
.89 
Handicap, 10 casts: 
Ed. Mier . 
.97 9-10 
Will Kerr . 
..95 5-10 
Clarence Cheeney.. 
..97 7-10 
IT. Smith . 
..95 4-10 
Chas. Smith . 
.97 5-10 
Dr. Kerner . 
..94 9-10 
Chas. He ta . 
..97 1-10 
T. M. Clark. 
..94 9-10 
lack Davis . 
..97 
Geo. Robirds . 
..94 8-10 
E. D. Downie. 
.96 6-10 
Lewis Westervelt.. 
..93 9-10 
Fred Burger . 
.96 6-10 
W. 1.. Rock. 
..93 4-10 
Tohn Kapp . 
.96 5-10 
F. B. Robinson... 
. .93 5-10 
W. H. Wetzel. 
.96 3-10 
Lloyd . 
..91 5-10 
Tack Elliott . 
.93 3-10 
Toe Le Brie . 
..91 
Dr. Hollingsworth. 
.96 2-10 
T. W. Bramhall... 
..91 4-10 
Simmons . 
.96 2-10 
Tack Elliott . 
..90 3-10 
Bill Anderson .... 
.96 
W. H. Shuff. 
. .89-9-10 
Will Stine . 
.95 7-10 
Fly-casting event 
40-45-50; 
15 casts: 
F. B. Robinson_ 
97 5-15 
W. L. Kock. 
..93 4-10 
T. M. Clark. 
96 10-15 
W. H. Shuff. 
.94 10-15 
"Lewis Westervelt.. 
96 10-15 
Tack Davis . 
.94 9-15 
Joe La Brie. 
96 2-15 
T. W. Bramhall... 
.90 7-15 
Walter Hair . 
96 2-15 
W. H. Shuff. 
Fighting Qualities of Game Fish. 
Tn speaking of the trout fishing in the Beaver- 
kill, in Sullivan county, New York, recently, a 
well-known fly fisherman said that he could not 
notice any difference in the fighting qualities of 
the German brown trout and the native speckled 
trout. This seems strange. Perhaps, other 
anglers -who have caught both in the Sullivan 
county streams hold different views. 
The above recalls what a correspondent of the 
Fishing Gazette said not long ago about the ac¬ 
tions of salmon and sea trout when hooked. 
“In the sea, at any rate, a salmon leaps out 
of the water at an angle of about 30 degrees, fall¬ 
ing on the side, and repeating the leap three or 
four times, with a little more space between the 
leaps and a little more height; while your sea 
trout bounds out of the water vertically, falling 
back tail first in, as it were, the same hole. A 
small sea trout will spring three or four feet 
into the' air, falling tail first, but a large one will 
barely get his tail above the water.” 
The Kansas City Casting Tournament. 
The Kansas City Bait- and Fly-Casting Club 
made its debut before a goodly crowd of anglers 
and their friends on Oct. 6. This club was 
started last March with three members, J. W. 
Bramhall, Clarence Cheney and E. Mier. It now 
has over forty members. In the l 4 _ounce event. 
60 to 80 feet, J. W. Bramhall, captain, carried 
away first prize, while W. L. Rock won in the 
second event, p2-ounce, 60 to 100 feet. The 
hard-working secretary carried away a beautiful 
fly-book as the result of his hard work in the 
handicap, 70 to 90 feet, and the president of the 
club, F. B. Robinson, walked off with an auto¬ 
mata reel in the fly event. 
This is a new game to most of the Kansas 
City anglers, all of whom would have been at 
home on the water with a fish hung on their 
line; in fact, some of our best fishermen made 
poor scores, and all were more or less affected 
with “stage fright,” which was a source of 
great fun to the onlookers, at each individual 
“fall-down.” However, what they lacked in 
science, was made up with good natured fun 
for everybody, and next year we expect to have 
a different tale to relate; the club being well 
Scene at Rock Lake During the Tournament of the Kansas City Bait- and Fly-casting Tournament. 
three trophies, and Leonard and Mills took the 
merchandise prizes for best three casts. The 
judges were E. Ii. Meyers and H. B. Leckler, 
with C. G. Levison-as referee. 
James D. Smith and V. R. Grimwood judged 
the last event, No. 6, and Gonzalo Poey was 
referee. This called for single-hand bait-casting 
for distance, and was open to all. Every contestant 
was required to cast with a half-ounce weight, 
overhead, five times consecutively, his longest 
cast to count for one of the cups, and his aver¬ 
age to count for merchandise prizes. He could 
take not more than three preliminary casts, but 
most of them took only one or two. Reuben 
Leonard won first prize with 187 feet, establish¬ 
ing a new record for the east, and beating the 
highest score made at the Kalamazoo tournament 
last August (182ft. loin., made by Abe Rabbers). 
His average, however, was 176ft., while Mr. Rab- 
ber’s averaged i77 45-6oft. R. J. Held was second 
with 160 feet, winning second cup and second 
merchandise prize, while Charles Stepath won 
third cup. The scores, in feet.and inches: 
Best 
Casts: 
1st 
2d 
3d 
4th 
5th 
Cast. Average. 
R. C. Leonard. 
.159 
175 
173 
187 
186 
187 
176 
R. T. Held. 
.145 
95 
157 
160 
155 
160 
142 
Chas. W. Stepath.. 
.129 
126 
157 
120 
125 
157 
131 1-5 
G. M. LaBranche.. 
.129 
153 
99 
146 
80 
153 
121 1-5 
Robt. B. Lawrence 
. 40 
150 
95 
130 
135 
150 
110 
E. 1. Mills. 
.124 
139 
85 
95 
148 
148 
118 1-5 
Louis Darling. 
105 
130 
125 
142 
142 
127 
Milton H. Smith... 
.116 
13S 
137 
138 
133 
138 
132 2-5 
Perry D. Frazer_ 
.119 
128 
117 
119 
132 
132 
123 
C. G. Levison. 
.130 
90 
95 
124 
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Mr. Enright Ready to Cast with His 14-foot Salmon Rod. 
The Platform and the Crowd of Specta tors on Saturday. E. J. Mills Casting. 
