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FOREST AND STREAM 
Oct. 18, 1913. 
Fly-Casting Records Smashed. 
The first annual tournament of the National 
Amateur Casting Association enjoyed the favor 
of the Goddess Fortuna on their tourney days, 
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4. The God¬ 
dess lulled old Jupiter Pluvius to sleep and kept 
Jack Frost imprisoned among his icebergs, and 
persuaded Old Sol to smile benignly. The 
Fates decreed that this purely amateur event in 
this charming sport should have delightful sur¬ 
roundings in its first annual meet. The casting- 
pool in Lincoln Park, Chicago, Ill., the location 
of this tournament, was almost without a ripple 
when the first event was called. A goodly num¬ 
ber of contestants were on hand, full of enthu¬ 
siasm, and realizing they had a common motive 
to play the game for the love of the sport'solely. 
There was free interchange of humor and good 
fellowship, open discussion of hopes and plans, 
for each one felt that when the best man should 
win, all could be glad, for had they not all a 
single motive, the good of the game they all 
liked so well ? 
The first event was light tackle distance fly, 
five-ounce rods. The scores follow : 
Event No. 1, 
distance fly 
(light tackle): 
Feet. 
Eect. 
I. 
II. Bellows... 
. 104 
E. Goodwin . 
72 
T. 
A. Forsyth... 
. 100 
F. E. Church .. 
82 
H. 
W. Perce. 
. 84 
E. T. Calley. 
86 
Dr. 
R. Linder .. 
. 89 
Dr. C . O. Dorchester. 
89 
L. 
E. De Garmo. 
. 91 
W. i . Grant . 
90 
Judges — T. A. 
Forsyth, 
IF. Wheeler Perce, D. 
R. 
Linder. 
Event No. 4, Salmon fly: 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Bellows . 
. 127 Goodwin . 
. 115 
Forsyth . 
. 143 Church . 
. 102 
Perce . 
. 120 Calley . 
. 110 
Linder . 
. 100 Dorchester ... 
. 155 
De Garmo . 
. 127 W T Grant... 
. 121 
1 udges. — A. R. 
Gates, D. IF. Ellsworth, 
R. C. Nich- 
clson. 
Saturday morning opened bright and cheery. 
but with a romping wind that toyed 
somewhat 
with the bait-casters' quarter-ounce weights, cut- 
ting down the 
scores in the first event, which 
was quarter-ounce accuracy bait. The 
scores were made: 
following 
‘Event No. 5> 
(4-ounce accuracy bait: 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
Bellows . 
. 94.9 
Forsyth . 
Perce . 
. 98.S 
. 97.2 
. 98.5 
De Garmo . 
.... 98.3 Moffett . 
. 98.9 
(loodwin . 
. 9S.2 
Ellsworth . 
.... 96.5 Spruce . 
. 98.6 
t hurch . 
.... 99.0 Snell . 
. 94.9 
Calley .. 
_ 97.7 High . 
. 96.S 
Wehle .. 
_ 98.2 Rankin . 
. 97.1 
W T Grant . 
.... 98.2 
J udges.—T. A. 
Forsyth, H. Wheeler Perce. 
Next followed the new game, played for 
the first time 
in any tournament—li 
ght tackle 
accuracy fly. 
This event was cast 
with five- 
ounce rods ten and one-half feet long, 
or shorter, 
at distances of 
40, 45 and 50 feet; five casts at 
a target. I. H 
. Bellows achieved in 
this event 
the ideal of every fly-caster in competitions—a 
perfect score. In every one of his fifteen casts 
his fly "fell within the target circle, making each 
one a perfect cast. This score is the first per¬ 
fect score ever made in a national tournament, 
For the next event, half-ounce distance bait¬ 
casting, the constantly growing group of casters 
repaired to the meadow in the park to have 
proper space to lay out the casting court. In 
the half-ounce distance bait, scores were as fol¬ 
lows : 
Event No. 2, distance 1 
I. H. Bellows.122% 
T. A. Forsyth. 149 
II. \Y. Perce. 1(13% 
D. R. Linder. 149% 
L. E. De Garmo... 92% 
L. Goodwin . 32% 
1). FI. Ellsworth.... 123% 
The longest single cast 
worth. 208fl. 
Judges. — Bellows, Lambs 
it, %-ounce: 
F. E. Church. 159% 
E. J. Calley. 94% 
O. E. Wehle. 41 
W. T. Grant. 159 
E. Lambert .w. 
A. P. Paulson__ 15S% 
was made by D. IF. Ells- 
t, Calley. 
Then followed a merry time at luncheon at 
the commodious refectory in the park after which 
the light tackle accuracy dry-fly, five-ounce rods, 
was cast, resulting in the following scores: 
Event No. 3, accuracy 
dry fly (light tackle): 
Per Cent. 
Per C ent. 
I. 
11. Bellows. 
99 4-15 
F. 
E. Church... 
.. 99 2-15 
T. 
A. Forsyth. 
99 9-15 
E. 
T. Calley. 
.. 97 
IF. 
W. Perce. 
98 5-15 
Dr. 
C. Dorchester 99 2-15 
D. 
R. Linder. 
98 5-15 
W. 
T. Grant_ 
.. 99 
L. 
E. De Garmo.. 
98 13-15 
E. 
1 -ambert .... 
.. 99 2-15 
L. 
Goodwin . 
98 14-15 
G. 
D. Lyon. 
.. 9S 8-15 
D. 
IF. Ellsworth.. 
98 9-15 
Judges. — O. C. 
Wehle, 
R. C. 
Nicholson. 
The closing 
event 
of the day was 
salmon 
fly-casting, in which Dr. C. O. Dorchester ex¬ 
tended himself so finely that a new world's rec¬ 
ord with 15-foot salmon rods was the result, as 
his fly alighted 155 feet along the buoy line from 
the casting point. This score was achieved with 
a salmon rod of his own making. The scores 
were as follows: 
also remarkable in that the wind caused many 
cross currents, making conditions unfavorable. 
The following scores were made: 
Event No. 0, accuracy fly (light tackle): 
Bellows . 
... 100 
Calley . 
98 14-15 
Forsyth . 
... 99 7-15 
W. T. Grant. 
99 4-15 
Perce . 
... 99 9-15 
Goble . 
99 2-15 
Linder . 
... 99 2-15 
Lambert . 
99 6-15 
De Garmo .. .. 
... 99 4-15 
Moffett . 
98 1-15 
Goodwin . 
... 99 7-15 
Spruce . 
99 5-15 
Ellsworth . 
... 98 8-15 
Lucke . 
99 1-15 
. .. 99 9-1 fi 
Tlioh . 
9S 11-15 
Judges.- O. 
C. Wehle, Robert S. Talcott, Dr. 
Waters. 
The last 
event of the tourney was 
cast in 
the afternoon after luncheon. (There sure was 
something doing at that luncheon). The 
“field" 
in this event 
was the larg 
est, as more of the con- 
testants were 
able to enter, while the wind played 
' ducks and drakes” with many of the contestants’ 
weights. On 
the whoie, 
the scores made 
in the 
half-ounce accuracy bait were creditable and 
were as follows: 
Event No. 
7, M>-ounce accuracy, bait: 
. 97.2 
... 9S.1 
. 98.7 
... 98.1 
. 98.5 
... 98.4 
. 98.0 
Moffett . 
... 9S.0 
De Garmo .. . 
. 98.8 
Waters . 
... 97.0 
Goodwin . 
. 97.5 
Spruce . 
... 96.2 
. 97.8 
... 96.5 
Church . 
. 98.9 
Lucke . 
... 97.9 
Calley . 
. 97.6 
Rankin . 
... 97.3 
Wehle . 
. 98.2 
... 97.4 
Dorchester 
. 97.2 
D. F. Beattv . 
... 98.7 
W. T. Grant... 
. 98.2 
Gates . 
... 9S.4 
Lambert . 
. 99.1 
Goble . 
... 96.5 
Tudges.—W. 
T. Hapeman, 
W. IF. Babcock, 
Robt. S. 
'\ alcott. 
The all round championship—the highest 
honor in the tournament and which stands for 
the highest average efficiency in all of the events 
cast — in this instance, seven events, was won by 
T. A. Forsyth. This proved a happy conclusion, 
as it seemed fitting that the N. A. C. A.’s first 
president should be also its most efficient caster. 
The "all around" or championship—necessary 
to play all events to qualify: First place, T. A. 
Forsyth; second, F. E. Church; third, I. H. 
Bellows and W. H. Perce; fourth W. T. Grant; 
fifth, L. E. De Garmo; sixth, D. R. Linder; 
seventh, Leonard Goodwin; eighth. E. J. Calley. 
First entrants in a National tourney — win¬ 
ners in the four accuracy events: Accuracy dry- 
fly (light tackle), E. Lambert; quarter-ounce 
accuracyf bait, F. E. Moffett; accuracy fly 
(light tackle), Leonard Goodwin; half-ounce 
accuracy bait, F. E. Church. 
One of the attractions of the tournament 
was the competition between those members who 
had never before cast in any national tourna¬ 
ment, and for which special trophies—beautiful 
cups — had been provided in the four accuracy 
events, both bait and fly. 
The tourney concluded with a banquet at the 
Lincoln Park Refectory that will linger long in 
the memory of those who attended. Practically 
every contestant, many of them with their ladies, 
were seated at the table. A pleasing feature of 
the occasion was the presentation by President 
T. A. Forsyth of the trophies to the successful 
contestants, which were loving cups for all first 
places, gold stick pins for second and third 
places, and silver stick pins for fourth and fifth 
places, a loving cup for the all around cham¬ 
pionship and special cups for the winners in the 
first entrant classes in a national tournament. 
Many speakers commented with enthusiasm on 
the fine success of the meet, on the delightful 
spirit of good fellowship, on the harmony of 
ideas and ideals, of the rightness of playing the 
game, for the love of the game solely—without 
other motives, on the rapid growth of the asso¬ 
ciation, and happy predictions were numerous 
of the ultimate membership, which is increasing 
by large bounds. 
Anglers’ Club Tournament. 
The Anglers’ Club of New York held their 
annual fall tournament at- the Big Lake, Central 
Park, on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 26, and- 
Saturday the 27th, with the following results: 
event no. 1 . 
Quarter-ounce distance bait, average of five casts; 
120-foot c’ass: 
C. II. Iligby .10S 2-5 Dr. J. G. Fulton.... GS 4-5 
J. L. Kirk . 85 
Longest cast, C. II. Iligby 134 feet. 
Oitarter-ounce distance bait, average of five casts; 
open class: 
Dr. R. T. Held.... 116 4-5 J. L. Kirk. 84 
Dr. J. G. Fulton... 105 
Longest cast, Dr. Held 129 feet. 
EVENT NO. 2. 
Dry-fly distance, average of five casts: 
Dr. R. J. Held. 61.8 C. IF. Iligby . 54.6 
Perry D. Frazer. 60.2 Dr^ F. C. Raynor ... 34.2 
Longest cast, P. D. FTazer 76.6 feet. 
EVENT NO. 3 . 
Dry-fly accuracy for cup presented by Mr. G. M. L. 
LaBranche: 
J L. Kirk . 99 11-15 C. H. Iligby.9S 9-15 
G. R. Tenkins.98 12-15 R. J. IFanners _ 98 7-15 
Dr. R. T. Held.... 98 11-15 Dr. F. C. Raynor. 98 1-15 
W. C. Metcalfe_9S 10-15 P. D. Frazer . 97 13-15 
