Feb. I, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
143 
fly—presented to this club by the Chicago Fly- 
Casting Club, Wm. Stanley is the first, with a 
score of 99 25/100 per cent. 
At the annual meeting of the Illinois Casting 
Club, Jan. 20, officers for the ensuing year were 
elected as follows: President, A. F. Swisher; 
Vice-President, J. W. Tice; Secretary, J. D. 
An way; Captain, Wm. IMcCandless; Executive 
Committee, H. C. Humphries. 
The Kansas Fish and Game Laws. 
In chapter 198 of the Session Laws of 1911 
the Kansas Legislature passed what might be 
considered a new fish and game law for the 
State of Kansas. Many old sections were 
omitted, others were revised and many new sec¬ 
tions with new provisions were added. So far 
as we have been able to learn, this fish and game 
law has been generally satisfactory to the mass 
of Kansas people. However, no State has suc¬ 
ceeded in making a fish and game law that is 
satisfactory to all its people. Topographical 
conditions and conditions of environment in dif¬ 
ferent parts of the State make it difficult to 
frame a law that will apply with equal fairness 
to all its people. 
Many laws relating to fish and game have 
been ill-advised, due (in part) to the fact that 
they favor special localities and special interests, 
and due largely to their disregard of biological 
knowledge. Any code of laws that can be agreed 
upon by the lawmakers of a State as large as 
Kansas must of necessity be in the nature of a 
compromise; they are experimental and must 
at times be revised and readjusted to meet the 
requirements of changing conditions. 
PURPOSE OF LAW. 
It is the intent and purpose of the law to 
protect certain kinds of wild life because this 
wild life is valuable to mankind. The wanton 
waste and destruction that follows in the foot¬ 
steps of the over-zealous sportsman, the pot¬ 
hunter, the market hunter and the “game hog,” 
has made deep and unnecessary inroads into the 
wild life centers of our State. It is the purpose 
of the fish and game laws, and the duty of those 
who enforce them, to restrain the thoughtless 
and avaricious person who destroys valuable 
wild life without regard for its present value or 
future condition. Without such restraint many 
valuable animals, birds and fishes would soon 
become rare and even extinct. 
LAWS SHOULD FAVOR THE STAY-AT-HOME PEOPLE. 
Persons of means can go to various parts 
of the country and to reputed pleasure resorts 
for their outings, but people in more moderate 
circumstances and the poor man must seek the 
joys of fishing and the pleasures of field sports 
either at home or some nearby place. It seems 
to me that the interests and pleasures of the 
latter, who are vastly in the majority in our 
State, should ever be kept in mind when the 
fish and game laws are being enacted. Laws 
should not be made for the well-to-do sports¬ 
men alone. We had this idea in mind when we 
made plans for the largest and best equipped 
pond fish hatchery in the country. We hope to 
be able, by stocking and restocking Kansas 
waters, to produce a good supply of fish in all 
the streams and ponds in the State; in other 
words, to produce fish enough in Kansas waters 
so that fish will become a common article of 
food for Kansas people and the pleasure of fish¬ 
ing may be enjoyed by thousands at or near 
their homes. L. L. Dyche. 
State, Fish and Game Warden. 
When you think of .nn outdoor publication, there 
stands Forest and Stream. 
Ames . 
Burke . 
Campbell ... 
Chatt . 
Cooley . 
Dickinson .. 
I'ay . 
Gacnzle . 
Gray . 
Hartley .... 
Hokamp .... 
Jamison .... 
Johnson .... 
Keating .... 
Kleinfeldt .. 
Lingenfelter 
McCarthy .. 
Ittaass . 
Maloney .... 
C Nordholm 
J Nordholm 
T Nordholm 
Place . 
Rood . 
Schulze . 
Slocum . 
Town . 
Woernecke . 
Ames . 
Burke . 
Campbell. .. 
Chatt . 
Cooley . 
Dickinson ... 
Fay . 
Gaenzle . 
Gray . 
Hartley . 
Hokamp .... 
Jamison . 
Johnson . 
ICeating . 
Kleinfeldt ... 
Lingenfelter . 
McCarthy .... 
Maass . 
Maloney . 
C. Nordholm 
J. Nordholm . 
T. Nordholm 
Place . 
Rood . 
Schulze . 
Slocum . 
Town . 
Woernecke .. 
The Anglers* Casting Club of Chicago. 
OFFICIAL SCORES FOR SEASON OF 1912. 
MAY 19 JUNE 2 
A 
V2 A 
VzD 
A f' 
V4 A 
%D 
D f' 
97.0 
98.4 
128.7 
97.11 
90.2 
98.6 
90.7 
99.4 
93.9 
96.12 
98.2 
37.2 
99.4 
171.9 
97.6 
103.4 
98.3 
140.9 
89.7 
99.1 
95.5 
97.6 
91.5 
98.8 
98.3 
99.2 
166.5 
99.6 
97.7 
137.4 
98.11 
98.3 
111.3 
97.6 
83.4 
93.9 
98.2 
134.9 
98.7 
84.1 
97.6 
172.1 
97.8 
97.3 
137.8 
95.10 
97.2 
49.6 
99.6 
98.7 
67.0 
98.6 
82.5 
97.0 
98.2 
98.2 
98.6 
98.1 
140.2 
97.3 
98.2 
162.7 
98.7 
118.2 
97.7 
99.2 
124.6 
97.9 
96.0 
144.3 
96.4 
96.8 
97.1 
98.6 
136.2 
98.0 
153.8 
97.1 
JULY 21 
98.3 
AUG. 4 
14 A 
98.4 
Yi D 
H6.9 
D i- 
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CT. 05 
%D 
A F 
98.9 
98.2 
30.5 
98.8 
86.4 
95.9 
97.8 
91.9 
98.5 
91.4 
97.9 
98.5 
98.4 
112.5 
99.0 
98.0 
173.2 
99.7 
96.8 
98.7 
95.6 
98.5 
72.4 
91.3 
142.8 
97.8 
149.7 
97.10 
96.6 
222.5 
98.13 
98.8 
87.2 
98.14 
98.2 
99.4 
96.4 
97.8 
98.1 
99.1 
97.1 
97.7 
73.2 
99.3 
125.9 
98.0 
184.4 
98.6 
89.9 
97.11 
99.5 
98.6 
95.9 
97.1 
96.6 
140.2 
97.1 
115.4 
98.1 
161.5 
94.5 
97.2 
JUNE 16 
JUNE 30 
V2 A 
Vz D A F 
4 A 
14 D D F ' 
98.5 
99.3 
132.0 
96.3 
98.4 
96.6 
98.2 
99.2 
37.2 
98.5 
67.1 
96.3 
123.3 
95.6 
98.2 
37.2 
96.3 
98.5 
98.4 
98.8 
98.6 
134.9 
98.7 
98.1 
122.2 
98.9 
97.3 
37.6 
84.8 
98.0 
164.9 
99.4 
119.4 
98.3 
215.7 
97.0 
97.4 
144.2 
97.1 
98.3 
137.4 
99.0 
98.8 
77.2 
97.14 
96.7 
96.5 
98.9 
98.6 
96.8 
98.1 
97.3 
98.8 
175.0 
98.6 
123.4 
98.9 
98.4 
99.3 
82.8 
97.14 
95.2 
117.4 
96.6 
99.0 
167.6 
98.7 
144.3 
98.0 
98.9 
AUG. 11 
AUG. 25 
' % A 
14 D 
D f' 
' Ya A 
¥2 D 
A f' 
97.8 
97.6 
98.8 
169.0 
98.9 
96.9 
98.2 
96.4 
98.2 
97.3 
83.0 
97.4 
98.4 
130.1 
98.6 
98.6 
189.1 
98.3 
98.2 
99.0 
148.1 
94.5 
98.0 
142.7 
98.2 
158.9 , 
111.3 
96.11 
97.7 
87.8 
97.11 
98.9 
67.7 
98.7 
97.8 
99.1 
91.6 
98.1 
96.7 
98.8 
97.2 
98.0 
97.8 
133.1 . 
98.1 
196.0 . 
98.4 
20.9 
97.6 
98.4 
98.13 
92.0 
95.6 
59.9 . 
98.4 
122.4 . 
97.4 
123.2 . 
95.8 
96.7 
JULY 14 
A 
-^ 
¥2 A 
V 2 D 
A F 
97.2 
96.2 
98. i2 
99.3 
97.7 
97.5 
98.1 
97.10 
88.7 
109.2 
98.4 
97.6 
58.0 
95.9 
98.0 
162.6 
95.6 
98.3 
223.2 
97.9 
97.1 
98.2, 
98.13 
83.5 
92.5 
98.4 
97.6 
98.0 
168.2 
98.5 
98.6 
97.3 
97.8 
118.4 
98.6 
SEPT. 
8 
'y4 A 
ViD 
D F 
98.7 
96.12 
98.8 
141.9 
96.9 
99.0 
97.9 
154.5 
98.8 
98.2 
97.9 
148.6 
98.0 
147.3 
94.10 
97.8 
99.3 
96.9 
99.2 
98.4 
98.6 
127.9 
98.5 
96.2 
96.8 
97.9 
142.5 
97.9 
A—Accuracy Bait. D—Distance Bait. A F—Accuracy Fly. D F—Light Tackle Dry Fly Accuracy. 
Note —Decimals in Accuracy Bait, and Distance Bait scores read as tenths. In Fly scores as fifteenths. 
