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FOREST AND STREAM 
Dec. 27, 1913. 
On the 1913 Ladder of Fame 
(In Limerick.) 
Say, boys, have you heard of that ladder, 
Hits Score 
That mighty long ladder of fame; 
With its numerous rungs, whose praises 
are sung, 
And whose apex is everyone’s aim? 
They tell me a fellow named RENDT- 
ORFF 
Came out of the glorious West; 
And straight away flew, to SIX EIGH- 
TY-TWO, . 90 682 
Nor did he once stop for a rest. 
We’ve all left our homes in the past, 
Now our HOLMES has left us in great 
glee; 
He must like fresh air, to be wandering 
there, 
Away up at SIX TWENTY-THREE... 89 623 
When the news was conveyed to H. 
TAYLOR, 
’Mong his records he started to delve; 
Then he threw off his coat, and he 
started to float 
Up as high as SIX HUNDRED AND 
TWELVE . ,..90 612 
Tust below him stood famous Doc. HER- 
TIG, 
Giving comfort to them in a fix; 
Come, boys, aspire to get a bit higher, 
I’m up on SIX HUNDRED AND SIX.. 90 606 
With a smile on his face, HOMER 
BISHOP 
Looked as climbing had only begun; 
One could easily see, as plain as could be, 
He reposed on SIX HUNDRED AND 
ONE . 89 601 
At his heels comes the champion ELMER 
An example to all who would be 
Quite willing to try their wings and to 
fly; 
He’s now on his FIVE EIGHTY- 
THREE . 89 583 
When I called out to JILES, are you 
stuck, 
With a grin he responded, Oh, nixy; 
I love to endure, going slowly but sure, 
So that’s why I pause at FIVE SIXTY.. 90 560 
In the race for the top Dr. DOUGHTY 
Has stopped for a moment to see 
If one more step he’ll take, the ladder 
won’t break, 
So we find him on FIVE FIFTY- 
THREE ... 89 553 
Then I heard the sweet voice of PHIL. 
BRYANT, 
’Way up where the breezes are shifty; 
How you fellows do soar; well, I’ve been 
up before, 
Now I’m feeling content at FIVE 
FIFTY . 88 550 
G. L. NICHOLS is going great guns, 
The top run he’ll reach in good time; 
While the bells are a chiming, keep on 
with your climbing, 
You’ll soon leave the FIVE FORTY- 
NINE . 89 549 
Keep your optics on BURTON P. GRAY, 
That’s if you’re inclined to feel sore; 
Never backward he glances, but upward 
he prances, 
He won’t rest on FIVE THIRTY-FOUR 90 534 
That his comrade, S. W. WILDER, 
Is after him plainly I see; 
He’s got the real grit, that won’t let him 
sit, 
Forever on FIVE TWENTY-THREE.. 83 523 
You see right up there J- H. PENDRY, 
With him you should all be acquainted; 
He’s bidding adieu, to some old friends 
he knew, 
Much below his FIVE HUNDRED AND 
TWENTY . 84 520 
L. C. SMITH is a fellow from Newton, 
What a talent they have in that team; 
When again he gets started, we’ll soon 
find him parted 
From step No. FIVE AND FIFTEEN.. 89 515 
Let me shake hands with you, C. E. 
DALLIN, 
That’s if you don’t find me too late; 
To see you at rest, with the elite and best, 
On your noble FIVE HUNDRED AND 
EIGHT . 84 508 
C. T. SWITZLER, and dear old TAC. 
HUSSEY, 
Neck and neck in the race they have 
striven; 
Like two comrades dear, right through¬ 
out the year 
They stood on FIVE HUNDRED AND 
SEVEN . 89 507 
In tabulating the above I may have omitted 
someone accidentally, but as far as I can see the 
above contains the highest scores of archers 
shooting in the American Round during the pres¬ 
ent year. When we take the fact into considera¬ 
tion that there are only some seventeen shooters 
who have exceeded the 500 mark, although many 
have repeated the performance on several occa¬ 
sions during the past year, it will readily be seen 
that to most of us at least that total is elusive 
indeed. The most gratifying point is that 50 
per cent, of the above list is made up of names 
that are almost new to the sport. Watch the 
progress this coming year; the bordering many 
are after blood. James Duff. 
(Continued from page 810.) 
escape the direct rays of the summer sun and 
heat. There are open spaces or pools here and 
there where one may cast fly or minnow, letting 
it fall just over the edge of the moss then reel 
slowly in allowing the lure to appear as if com¬ 
ing out of the moss for a “lark” in the more open 
water, when zip, zip and the fight is on and, from 
the boat which is anchored in the edge of the 
moss, the angler gets an occasional glimpse of 
the fish as he darts here and there trying to 
shake the lure from its hold and return again to 
its lair in the cool moss. Failing in this method 
he next breaks water- and with a mighty effort 
endeavors to shake that deceptive thing from his 
mouth, and tiring in this, his fight gradually 
grows weaker until at last he is brought to boat 
exhausted, yet possessing enough strength for a 
final struggle when being lifted into the boat. 
Occasionally one is not well hooked or else 
catches you with a few inches of slack line and 
his efforts to secure freedom meet with success, 
much to your chagrin, and you determine to be 
more careful in the future that they do not catch 
you napping. 
Time passed more rapidly than it does under 
other circumstances and, when at noon we pulled 
up at the boathouse for lunch, there were seven 
beauties attached to my stringer beside the boat. 
After lunch I started on a tour of inspection 
of the lake, going on foot around the lake, and 
had made almost the entire distance before find¬ 
ing a place from which I could cast beyond the 
moss into open water. 
Within the next hour I landed seven more, 
and then getting in the boat continued to fish the 
open spots until almost sundown, when upon 
counting my fish I found that there were 21, not 
including the small ones which had been returned 
to the water as soon as taken. I really felt 
ashamed of the number that I had taken, but the 
thrill and pleasure of the fight was such that I 
really lost track of the number. Please don’t 
brand me “A Game Hog.” 
I certainly did wish for you many times that 
day, that you might enjoy with me the sport you 
enjoy so well, and at the place where we had 
planned so many times to go. Perhaps there may 
yet come a time? 
None of the fish taken were very large, rang¬ 
ing from % to 2% lbs. Yours, 
Randle. 
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