June 7, 1913 
FOREST AND STREAM 
723 
Lowe’s combination spoon No. 7 or 8 is a killer 
there, too. The writer prefers that and a hand¬ 
made double spoon, copper and brass, which he 
uses. 
To recapitulate; 
Place—Dorset, Hubbard county, Minnesota. 
Waters—Mantrap Lakes. 
The Chicago Fly Casting Club, with its 
ladies, was most delightfully cordial in its re¬ 
ception of the visiting members of the other 
clubs and their ladies, and all came away de¬ 
claring they had a very enjoyable day. 
J. D. Anvvay, Sec'y- 
Resort—Several. 
Surroundings—Woods and lakes. 
Lodgings—Comfortable log cabins. 
Table Board—Good. 
Boats—Rowboats but quite good. 
Terms—Reasonable for the service. 
IMost Successful Spoons—Lowe’s No. 7 or 8 
combination; Skinner’s No. 7 nickel, copper. 
Illinois Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., May 26.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: On the 24th; with a clear sky, the wind 
v^arying from the southeast to the southwest, the 
velocity twenty-one to thirty miles an hour, the 
quarter-ounce accuracy bait, quarter-ounce dis¬ 
tance bait and the light tackle distance fly were 
run off. 
Owing to the high wind, the light tackle 
accuracy, dry fly, was postponed. The scores of 
the events completed are as follows; 
Quarter-ounce, accuracy bait; 
Wehle . 98.5 Humphreys — 
DeGarnio .99.4 Linder .. .. 
Amman . 99 McFarland ... 
Whithv . 99.6 Hornstein - 
Pierson . 99.1 Hartley . 
C. P. Clifford .97.3 
Quarter-ounce, distance bait, feet: 
DeGarmo . 98 1-5 Amman 
Wehie . 78 4-5 
Light tackle, distance fly, feet: 
DeGarmo . 95 Amman 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
The medal contest series of 1913 of the San 
Francisco Fly-Casting Club are as follows: 
Contest No. 5, held at Stow Lake, Saturday, 
May 24; wind, variable; weather fair. 
Event No. 2, Accuracy, per cent.: 
L. G. Burpee . 97.44 Stan ey Forbes .98.56 
C. H. Gardner . 98.20 C. H. Kewell .98.40 
J. F. Burgin . 98.40 u. u. Young . 98.32 
E. A. Mocker . 97.52 
Re-entries: 
E. A. Mocker .. 
_ 96.28 L. G. 
Burpee .. 
. 97.12 
Event No. 3, 
delicacy: 
Accuracy, 
Delieacy, 
Net 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
L. G. Burpee .. 
. 97.52 
98 
97.56 
C. H. Gardner . 
.97.24 
97.50 
97.37 
J. F. Burgin - 
. 98.24 
97.30 
97.57 
E. A. Mocker .. 
. 98.20 
99.30 
98.55 
Stanley Forbes . 
. 98.12 
99.10 
98.41 
C. H. Kewe.I ... 
. 98.36 
99.10 
98.53 
C. G. Young .. 
. 98.20 
99.30 
98.55 
Re-entries; 
E. A. Mocker .. 
. 97.52 
98.40 
98.16 
L. G. Burpee .. 
. 98.32 
97.30 
98.1 
Event No. 4, half-ounce lure casting, per cent.: 
L. 
G. Burpee .. 
. 90.8 
Stanley Forbes . 
,. 97 
.. 98.7 
..99 
.. 97.4 
C. 
H. Gardner 
. 97.6 
C. H. Kewell . 
,. 91.5 
J. 
E. Purgin .. 
.94.1 
C. G. Young . 
,. 95.2 
E 
A. Mocker ... 
.97.1 
James Watt . 
.. 98.8 
.. 97.7 
Re-entries: 
..99 
E. 
A. Mocker .. 
.98.4 
Stanley Forbes . 
.. 96.6 
L 
G. Burpee ... 
. 91.3 
,132 3-5 
Event No. 7, 
light tackle. 
long distance, feet: 
C. H. Keweil . 
E. 
A. Mocker . 
...78 
2*5 
Stanley Forbes . 
.76 
87 
There was no contest at our pool on Sun¬ 
day, May 25, in order that the members might 
accept the invitation to the tournament of the 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club at their pool in Gar¬ 
field Park. 
Judges, James Watt, J. F. Burgin, C. H. 
Gardner; Referee, C. G. Young; Clerk, E. O. 
Ritter. 
Contest No. 5, held at Stow Lake, Sunday, 
May 25; wind, variable; weather, fair. 
Event No. 1, Distance, feet: 
E. A. Mocker .90 Paul M. Nippert .88 
Notwithstanding the cloudy sky and very 
low temperature, our club was well represented 
by members and ladies, and the casting began 
on schedule time with a large gathering of 
casters from all the clubs in this vicinity, in¬ 
cluding those whose names are familiar as lead¬ 
ers wherever the game is played. 
Two events were concluded during the morn- 
Event No. 2, 
accuracy. 
per cent.: 
C. G. Young ... 
.98.48 
Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 
. 99.12 
C. H. Gardner . 
.97.52 
Sam Wells . 
. 98.8 
J. F. Burgin ... 
.98.12 
Paul M. Nippert .. 
. 94.28 
E A. Mocker ... 
.97.8 
H. B. Sperry . 
. 98.24 
C. H. Kewell . 
. 99 
F'. J. Cooper . 
. 99.4 
Stanley Forbes . 
. 99.4 
A. Sperry . 
. 9i.40 
Re-entries: 
E A. Mocker _ 
H. B. Sperry . 
. 97.4 
. 98.32 
F. J. Cooper . 
. 98.36 
Event No. 3, 
delicacy: 
Accuracy, 
Delicacy, 
Net 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
Per Cent. 
C. G. Young . 
99 
98.58 
C. li. Gardner .... 
. 97.24 
97.30 
97.27 
J. F. Burgin . 
. 97.52 
97.50 
97.51 
E. A. Mocker . . 
.98.16 
98.40 
98.28 
C. H. Kewell _ 
. 97.52 
99 
98.26 
Stanley Forbes ... 
.. 98.4 
99.20 
98.42 
Dr. \\. E. Brooks 
. 98.8 
98.10 
98.9 
Sam W’eils . 
..98.28 
99.20 
98.54 
Paul M. Nippert . 
. 97.16 
96.40 
96.58 
H. B. Sperry _ 
. 97.48 
98.40 
98.14 
F. J. Cooper _ , 
.97.40 
97.50 
97.45 
A. Sperry . 
97.40 
97.32 
Re-entries: 
E. A. iMoeker _ 
.98.52 
99.40 
S9.16 
11. B. Sperrv . 
. 98.24 
99.30 
98.57 
F. J. Cooper . 
.98.12 
98.10 
98.11 
Event No. 4, half-ounce lure casting, per cent.: 
C G. Young . 
.. 96.5 
Sam V\ eliS . 
.... 96.7 
C. H, Gardner .... 
.. 98.6 
Paul M. Nippert . 
.... 94.2 
J. F. Burgin . 
.. 94.5 
H. B. Sperry .... 
.... 96.3 
E. A. Mocker . 
.. 97.2 
F". J. Cooper _ 
.... 97.8 
C H. Kewell . 
.. 94.1 
A Sperry . 
.... 91.8 
Stanley Forbes . 
.. 97 
James Watt . 
.... 91.6 
Dr. \\. E. Brooks . 
.. 95.7 
Re-entries: 
E. A. Mocker . 
.. 91.2 
F. J Cooper . 
.... 96.5 
H. B. Sperry . 
.. 97.4 
Paul M. Nippert . 
.... 9j 
Event No. 5, half-ounce 
lure casting, average 
feet; 
C. H. Gardner . 
... 130 
Sam W ells . 
. 52 
C. H. Kewell . 
,.. 'li 
Paul M. Nippert 
. 110 
Stanley Forbes . 
... 137 
F. J. Cooper .... 
. 71 
Dr. \V. E. Brooks .. 
... 90 
Event No. 7, light tackle, long distance, feet: 
C. G. Young ... 
. 69 
Dr. W. E. Brooks .. 
...82 
J. F". Burgin . 
.74 
Sam Wells . 
E. A. Mocker 
. 78 
Paul M. Nippert .. 
...75 
Stanley Forbe.j 
. 80 
H. B. Sperry . 
...79 
C. H. Kewell .. 
. 82 
F’. J. Cooper . 
...83 
The longest cast in distance lure, half-ounce 
was 205 feet made by F. J. Cooper. 
Judges, F. G. Cooper, C. H. Kewell, J. F. 
Burgin; Referee, C. G. Young; Clerk, E. O. 
Ritter. 
The shell of a crab when once hardened 
cannot grow and the crab is forced to moult 
or cast off his outgrowth shell from time to 
time and grow a new one a little larger. A 
crab, says the Virginian Pilot, when growing 
this new shell is known as a soft shell or “soft 
crab,” and at such times he is, of course, es¬ 
pecially subject to attack from his enemies, as 
the shell which is his natural armor is wanting. 
In museums there are exhibits of as many as 
fourteen cast-off shells of a single crab, be¬ 
ginning with a very tiny one, and each one 
just a size larger than the last. 
ing hours—quarter-ounce accuracy bait and accu¬ 
racy dry fly. 
The large assemblage of ladies and gentle¬ 
men was now called to a banquet tent erected 
on the lawn near the pool, where, on bounti¬ 
fully supplied tables, lunch and steaming coffee 
were served. 
After the refreshments the remaining two 
events, half-ounce bait and aPhuracy fly were 
cast. 
The apparent good natured rivalry was fast 
and fervent throughout the day, and the Illinois 
Casting Club quite maintained its reputation. 
Brother DeGarmo was awarded the beauti¬ 
ful cup in the dry fly accuracy for a score of 
99 7/15; Brother Amman was second with a 
score of 98 2/15. 
In the accuracy fly. Brother Amman re¬ 
ceived the cup, his score being 99 5/15. 
Brother Whitby secured three ribbons for 
place in the two bait and one of the fly events, 
while Brother Hartley’s score of 98.9 gave him 
second place in the half-ounce accuracy bait 
event. 
“INDIANS” OF ILLINOIS CASTING CLUB. 
