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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dec. 8, 1906. 
TOGUE CAUGHT IN MAINE. 
trout, from drawing (he breeders from the pond 
to the planting of the fish in the streams. There 
is a large aquarium of Schuylkill River gold¬ 
fish and bottles of trout eggs in all stages of 
development, colored plates of fishes and photo¬ 
graphs of hatcheries. In the chief warden’s 
100m the walls are hung with pictures and fes¬ 
tooned with nets which have been seized as 
having been used illegally, and in the clerk and 
stenographer’s joom there are all he imple¬ 
ments of a busy life. 
Fish Warden F. B. Whiteman, of Blair 
county, was shot a few days ago while pursuing 
a party of lawless Italians. He killed or 
wounded one of his assailants and afterward 
made his way alone to the Altoona Hospital, 
using his gun and a gun of one of his assailants 
as crutches. He is now lying in a precarious 
condition in the hospital. Warden Whiteman 
is the second victim to duty this year, the first 
being Warden Houck, of New Castle, who was 
murdered last March by a party of Hungarians. 
Bonifacius. 
Racine Fly-Casting Club. 
Racine, Wis., Nov. 27.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: At a recent meeting of the executive 
committee of the Racine Fly-Casting Club, the 
following chairmen were appointed for the 
various committees to take care of the inter¬ 
national tournament, which is to be held at 
Racine, Wis., during August, 1907: Programme, 
Dr. C. F. Browne; Publicity, A. H. Barnes; 
Tournament, J. R. Dishington; Financial, C. 11 . 
Washburn; Reception. E. B. Hand; Entertain¬ 
ment, A. J. Horlick; Trophies, O. F. Botsford. 
In all probability the forthcoming rules, of the 
National Association will provide that the presi¬ 
dent and secretary of the National Association 
will be ex-officio members of any tournament 
or governing committee of any national or in¬ 
ternational tournament, and therefore the names 
of Messrs. H. W. Perce and H. E. Rice, presi¬ 
dent and secretary of the National Association 
of Scientific Angling Clubs, have been added to 
the tournament and grounds committee. 
Organization plans are being perfected, and 
everybody is taking a keen interest in the pro¬ 
ject. and it is expected that a large entry list 
will be shown. Any club in process of forma¬ 
tion, or any sportsman or angler who is inter¬ 
ested or desires to keep in touch with the situa¬ 
tion. please send their names to A. H. Barnes, 
Sec’y, Racine, Wis. 
Anglers’ Club Casting Contest. 
What was designated as a contest in the fall 
competition of the Anglers’ Club of New York, 
but might well be termed a winter's day con¬ 
test, was held on the Pool, in Central Park, Nov. 
24. But if the cold northwest wind chilled all 
those who were at the lakeside during the after¬ 
noon, it did not affect the members’ enthusiasm, 
and the event was a pretty one and a close fight 
between first and second, and third and fourth 
respectively. But for the fact that the fluky wind 
spoiled otherwise good casts, the results would 
have been even closer. 
Dr. R. J. Held won the first prize loving cup 
with a percentage of 86 12-15. He had only 48 
demerits and an average of 3 1-5 per cast. G. 
M. L. LaBranche had a still better average of 
214 for his first ten casts, but in his twelfth 
inning a gust of wind carried his weight aside, 
a 13 spoiling his chance for first place, and he 
took second prize, also a loving cup. 
Milton H. Smith defeated Perry D. Frazer for 
the third cup by one point. The latter was 
beaten like Mr. LaBranche, by a puff of wind, 
and another 13. Charles Stepath’s practice had 
been so good that he was regarded as dangerous, 
but a backlash in his seventh cast ruined his 
chances. Mr. Rice was defeated by backlashes, 
too, and Messrs. Towne and Todd gamely 
finished their scores, although both are beginners 
in overhead casting. 
The conditions follow: Each contestant had 
one preliminary cast and five casts to score for 
accuracy at each distance, 60, 80, and 100 feet, 
using half-ounce weights, casting overhead with 
one hand only from a free-running reel. For 
each foot or fraction of a foot that the weight 
fell from the center of the target, a demerit of 
1 was scored. The sum total of such demerits, 
divided by 15, was scored as the demerit per 
cent. The demerit per cent, deducted from 100, 
constituted the accuracy per cent. After the con¬ 
testant was ready, every cast counted, and back¬ 
lashes cut down some of the scores very much. 
The scores: 
60 feet. 
_A._ 
R. J. Held.••. 1 3 6 6 5—21 
G. M. L. LaBranche. 2 3 2 0 1—8 
Milton IF. Smith. 6 2 4 2 4—18 
Berry D. Frazer. 5 8 5 2 7—27 
Charles Stepath . 4 5 4 2 1—16 
Edward B. Rice. 4 4 7 7 0—22 
E. B. Towne. 1 2 6 7 5—21 
Edward F. Todd. 7 2 9 11 10—39 
Messrs. Towne and Todd have only lately 
begun to cast and are as yet novices in distance 
casting. They did very well at the first mark, 
but at 8o and ioo feet were handicapped by the 
80 feet. 
100 feet. 
De- 
Total 
Per cent. 
0 0 
5 1 2—8 
5 
1 
3 
5 5—19 
48 
96 12-15 
8 3 
3 2 1—17 
0 13 
2 
4 8—27 
52 
96 8-15 
7 9 
7 6 8—37 
8 
3 
7 
1 5—24 
79 
94 11-15 
2 13 
4 6 0—25 
5 
2 
8 
9 4—28 
80 
94 10-15 
1 59 
7 5 1—73 
5 
8 
2 
0 2—17 
106 
92 14-15 
22 4 
4 11 4—45 
5 
0 
7 
7 25—44 
111 
92 9-15 
withdrew. 
withdrew. 
wind and lack of practice, so their scores are not 
given for those distances, although both finished. 
The judges were Allen B. Humphrey and 
J. G. Larison. Referee, Joseph B. Hauf. 
Matchless Misery. 
BY W. J. CARROLL. 
Photographs by P. Doyle. 
‘Roses have thorns, and silver fountains mud; 
Clouds and eclipses stain both moon and sun, 
And loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud.” 
—Shakespeare. 
His fondest dreams were realized; 
Fie was free from every care; 
Fie was heart to heart with nature, 
With spirits light as air. 
