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SPORT IN FLORIDA. 
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ing was good; moreover, the prices were most 
reasonable, which is something unusual in 
Florida. As the young couple who ran the es¬ 
tablishment had been married only two weeks, 
it is probable that by this time they are more 
sophisticated and are charging higher rates. The 
oysters they .served were as fine as any that can 
be found in the United States, being fairly large 
and about as well flavored as the little Cuban 
oysters which we appreciated so much when we 
were in Havana. 
Next day we made an early start, and as be¬ 
fore went down the river or more strictly speak¬ 
ing the estuary, for it is from one to two or 
more miles wide, and after a good morning’s 
sport we landed on the north shore and tried 
for jacksnipe. I walked over some very rough 
ground for nearly a mile, seeing only two or 
three birds which Leonard drove my way, then 
concluding that the game was not worth the 
candle, I returned to the launch, stretched out 
on some dry sand, and took a snooze. In an 
hour or more Leonard returned with thirteen 
snipe, then we took lunch and went out again 
for ducks, of which we secured all we wanted, 
returning as before to town about sunset. 
The next day being Sunday, and it being 
against the law in P'lorida to shoot on that day 
in places where you are likely to get caught, we 
took a larger launch belonging to Mr. Meredith 
and fished down toward the Gulf, intending to 
spend the night in the hotel at Punta Rassa. We 
had a quiet day, catching a few small skip-jacks 
(or ladyfish), trout and jackfish. It is a puzzle 
to me why so many people go in the winter to 
Fort Myers for fishing, as the fish are almost in¬ 
variably small—not over two or three pounds 
each—and the catches are never large. Later 
in the season there are a few tarpon, and there 
is said to be good sport obtainable out on the 
Gulf some six or eight miles from Punta Rassa, 
but the latter is about eighteen miles from Fort 
Myers. If one is looking for climate or shoot¬ 
ing, it is all right, but for fishing—no. 
We reached Punta Rassa at sunset and found 
the hotel was full, consequently we went to a 
supply station nearby and found comfortable 
quarters and a fair table. 
Next morning we started back early, and after 
going some seven miles against a strong ebb 
tide, we reached our old shooting ground and 
hunted ducks. The launch was not convenient 
for retrieving, consequently in the afternoon we 
trasferred our impedimenta to the smaller launch 
which we picked up near Mr. Meredith’s resi¬ 
dence, some four miles below the town. As be¬ 
fore, we bagged all the birds we wanted and got 
home at sunset, where I found awaiting me a 
telegram from an old client asking me to meet 
him in Kansas City for a conference and then 
to proceed to Washington, D. C. By doing some 
careful figuring with time tables I decided that 
we could have one more day’s shooting, and 
Leonard and I thereupon determined that it 
should be our record day, consequently we bought 
a few extra cartridges and arranged for an extra 
early start. Hitherto we had been using shells 
loaded with twenty-four grains of Laflin and 
Rand’s Infallible powder and an ounce and an 
eighth of No. 6 shot, but this time we had to 
take (at a higher cost) shells loaded with twenty- 
six grains and No. 5 shot. These cartridges I 
WESTY HOGAN WINNINGS 
" ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., SEPT. 17-20, 1912 ^ 
WITH POWDERS 
WESTY HOGAN CHAMPIONSHIP AT SINGLES 
Won by C. H. Newcomb of Philadelphia with SCHULTZE. 
Mr. Newcomb broke 99 ex 1 00 and 19 ex 20 in the tie. 
WESTY HOGAN CHAMPIONSHIP AT DOUBLES 
Won by Allen Heil of Allentown, 91 ex 100 (50 pairs) with 
DU PONT. A. L. Chamberlain of New Haven, second, 
88 ex 100 with DU PONT. 
WESTY HOGAN SPECIAL 
Won by C. R. Seelig of Chicago, 92 ex 1 00 with DU PONT. 
M. Hepburn, of New Haven, 2d, 9 1 ex 1 00 with DU PONT. 
YOUNG’S HOTEL SILVER CUP 
Tied for by C. H. Newcomb and H. E. Buckwalter with 431 
ex 450. Mr. Newcomb shooting SCHULTZE won the 
shoot-off. Mr. Buckwalter shot DU PONT. 
Atlantic City Trophy 
Won by Allen Heil, 
144 ex 150 with DU PONT 
High Professional Ave. 
Lester S. German, 
437ex 450 with SCHULTZE 
HIGH AMATEUR AVERAGE 
C. H. Newcomb and H. E. Buckwalter tied on 43 1 
Mr. Newcomb shot SCHULTZE. 
Mr. Buckwalter shot DU PONT. 
ex 
450. 
LONG RUNS 
High Professional Long Run—J. M. Hawkins, 125 " with DU PONT. 
High Amateur Long Run—C. H. Newcomb, 1 03* with SCHULTZE. 
Other Centuries: 
j L. S. German, 124 with SCHULTZE. 
(J. R. Graham, 119 with SCHULTZE. 
The se run won Du Pont Gold Long Run Trophies. 
? WHAT POWDER DO YOU USE 
knew would be too powerful for my light gun 
and might not fit Leonard’s automatic, but would 
be all right for my heavy gun, and I found them 
so much more effective than the others that I 
regretted I had not used them on the previous 
days. 
As nobody but ourselves had been shooting 
ducks near Fort Myers since our arrival, and as 
those below the city had become too well ac¬ 
quainted with us, we decided to go up river, there 
being some three or four miles of good shooting 
ground before reaching the railroad bridge. It 
was a fortunate decision, because the birds were 
plentiful and not nearly so wild as those which 
we had hunted previously. During the forenoon 
we had excellent sport, but failed to retrieve a 
number of dead birds that floated into shoal 
water. Up near the head of the estuary we ran 
into some large flocks of coots or mudhens and 
took toll out of them, but we preferred the blue- 
bill shooting. After reaching the birds we found 
too many weeds and too shoal water for travel¬ 
ing, hence turned back and crossed to the south 
side. It had been windy in the morning, and 
being in the bow that day I had gotten soaked, 
but we found it more sheltered and comfortable 
on the south shore. The ducks were certainly 
plentiful, and we both shot unusually well. 
About noon we spiraled on a fine bunch and 
got quite close to them, consequently I picked 
