Sept. 30, 1911.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
523 
narily takes from one-half to an hour from the 
time of hooking until the fish is beached. 
H. I. Phillips. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 17.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: Scores cast yesterday and to-day 
in fair weather on Stow Lake: 
SATURDAY. 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
T. B. Kenniff. 120 J. F. Burgin - 
T. C. Kierulff. 98 *J. F. Burgm.... 
Event No. 2, accuracy, per cent.: 
J. B. Kenniff. 98.50 Geo. C. Edwards. 
F. A. Webster. 98.20 C. G. Young. 
T. C. Kierulff. 98.00 F. H. Reed. 
J. F. Burgin. 97.36 *F. H. Reed. 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per cent.: 
85 
86 
J. B. Kenniff. 
... 98.32 
99.20 
F. A. Webster. 
... 98.56 
99.40 
T. C. Kierulff. 
... 97.44 
99.20 
1. F. Burgin. 
... 96.00 
97.00 
Geo. C. Edwards... 
... 98.16 
100.00 
C. G. Young. 
... 99.00 
98.50 
F. H. Reed. 
... 98.00 
98.20 
Event No. 4, lure 
casting, 
per cent. 
T. B. Kenniff. 
.. 98.8 
Geo. C 
. Edwards 
F. A. Webster. 
.. 96.4 
C. G. 
Young.... 
T. C. Kierulff. 
.. 96.5 
F. H. 
Reed. 
J. F. Burns. 
.. 95.3 
98.16 
99.12 
98.00 
98.4 
Net. 
98.56 
99.18 
98.32 
96.30 
99.8 
98.55 
98.10 
98.1 
92.5 
Event No. 5, lure casting, average, feet: 
J. B. Kenniff. 187.4 J. F. Burgin.. 
SUNDAY. 
Event No. 1, distance, feet: 
J. B. Kenniff. 120 T. C. Kierulff. 
121 
96 
Event N o. 2, 
F. J. Cooper. 
Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 
F. H. Reed. 
C. G. Young. 
T. F. Burgin. 
accuracy, per cent. 
. 97.00 " ~ 
99.24 
98.16 
99.00 
98.28 
J. B. Kenniff... 
T. C. Kierulff.. 
*J. B. Kenniff. 
*F. J. Cooper. 
*F. H. Reed... 
James Watt . 97.28 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per cent.: 
Accuracy. 
F. J. Cooper. 96.28 
Dr. W. E. Brooks. 98.16 
F. H. Reed. 99.4 
C. G. Young. 98.52 
I. F. Burgin. 97.12 
James YVatt . 96.36 
J. B. Kenniff. 99.00 
T. C. Kierulff. 98.44 
*J. B. Kenniff. 98.44 
*F. H. Reed. 98.44 
*T. C. Kierulff. 
99.20 
Delicacy. 
96.30 
99.00 
99.40 
99.10 
94.50 
96.10 
99.40 
99.20 
98.50 
99.50 
100.00 
99.24 
99.8 
98.44 
99.12 
98.40 
Net. 
96.29 
98.3S 
99.22 
99.1 
96.1 
96.23 
99.20 
99.2 
98.47 
99.17 
99.40 
Event No. 4, lure casting, 
F. J. Cooper. 
. 93.7 
J. B. Kenniff. 
.. 98.6 
Dr. W. E. Brooks. 
. 95.2 
T. C. Kierulff. 
.. 97.5 
F. H. Reed. 
. 89.4 
*T. B. Kenniff. 
.. 97.9 
. 97.7 
*F. H. Reed. 
.. 95.4 
J. F. Burgin. 
James Watt . 
. 86.1 
. 93.6 
*T. C. Kierulff.... 
.. 98.0 
Event No. 5, lure 
casting, 
average, feet: 
Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 
105 
T. C. Kierulff. 
. 104.0 
J. F. Burgin. 
. 91.6 
*J. B. Kenniff. 
. 195.0 
Tames Watt . 
J. B. Kenniff. 
*Re-entries. 
87.0 
190.4 
*T. C. Kierulff. 
. 136.6 
E. O. Ritter, Clerk. 
Tarred Road Fish Destroyer. 
I am very glad to see that anglers in different 
parts of the country are waking up to the danger 
from road tarring. For instance, J. H. Hirst, 
in his angling notes in the Yorkshire Daily Ob¬ 
server, says: 
“In Westmorland, a recent flood has pro¬ 
vided one more distressing instance of the bane¬ 
ful effect of tarred roads. That grand river, 
the Eden, in the Kirby Stephen district, has 
been poisoned, and large numbers of fine trout 
have been found dead or dying in its waters. 
This mortality is thought to be due to the 
washings of tar entering the river from some 
newly-tarred roads. It is very sad to hear of 
these cases of tar-poisoning in various parts of 
the country. The tar treatment is becoming 
commoner every year, and with the first heavy 
downpour on a road which has been so treated 
a considerable quantity of the tar, in the form 
of a black, poisonous liquid, is washed off the 
‘waterproof’ road, and, getting into the river, 
produces fatal results. Probably the existence 
of British fresh-water fish has never been 
threatened with such a widespread danger be¬ 
fore. The roads near London were the first 
to be tarred, and the River Darenth, in Kent, 
which was once a famous and beautiful trout 
stream, has been utterly ruined by ilie wash¬ 
ings from tarred roads. Not only have the fish 
been killed, but also the water-weeds. In other 
rivers, where the amount of the influx of tar 
has not been so great, an insidious effect has 
been produced. The weeds have gradually de¬ 
clined in numbers, and the fish have become 
lean and diseased. The fact that it is the tar 
which works this mischief has been clearly 
porpoises. 
From a photograph by G. S. Flitcroft, Jr.. 
demonstrated by recent experiments with trout 
placed in tanks containing water in which a 
measured quantity of crude tar has been dis¬ 
solved. It is stated by an eminent scientist that 
not only the rivers but the trees.near the roads 
are affected to their topmost branches, and that 
the dust from the tarred roads is very danger¬ 
ous to the eyes. As the use of tar has become 
more popular, the evil has increased. It has 
been found possible, by special treatment of the 
tar, to eliminate the poisonous qualities, and 
the product known as ‘Tarco’ has been recom¬ 
mended by the Editor of the Fishing Gazette 
as being quite harmless. Anglers in all dis¬ 
tricts should therefore urge on their local 
authorities the importance of using this prepa¬ 
ration if they are bent on tarring the roads. 
As roads traverse the whole of the country the 
danger is far greater than that of manufactur¬ 
ers’ effluents, and it would be a national shame 
and disaster if for the sake of a little care the 
rivers of England were all tainted with the 
black peril of the tar.” 
Referring to the poisoning of the Eden, 
“Peter,” in the Bolton Evening Chronicle of 
June 30, says: “In the district of Kirkby 
Stephen, Westmorland, a considerable area of 
the main road has recently been tarred to settle 
the dust, and the drenching rain of the past few 
days has washed the tar off the roads into the 
River Eden, where numbers of trout have been 
found poisoned. Great concern is felt by the 
farmers who live on the riverside lest their 
cattle should also be poisoned. The Westmor¬ 
land County Council, which is the authority for 
preventing the pollution of rivers, thus finds 
itself in the curious position of being chargeable 
with this offence within their own area.—Lon¬ 
don Fishing Gazette. 
Porpoises. 
Houston, Texas, Sept. 14.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: Two pictures accompany this. The 
little water scene was taken between here and 
Galveston at a place called Point Morgan. The 
one of the porpoises was taken from the bow 
of the San Jacinto of the Mallory Line. 
G. S. Flitcroft, Jr. 
Cincinnati Casting Club. 
Five members were at the pool on Sept. 23 
for the regular scheduled events. The weather 
conditions were as nearly perfect as possible, 
good light and absence of wind. In the quarter- 
good light and absence of wind. Scores: 
Ouarter-ounce accuracy, 
60, 65, 70, SO, 90 feet: 
Tames . 
Liston . 
T. Grcesbeck . 
Greene . 
Murphy . 
ten casts at each distance, 
Demerits. 
. 11 98.9 
. 15 98.5 
. 19 98.1 
. 26 97.4 
. 44 95.6 
Half-ounce accuracy, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 feet, ten casts 
at each distance: 
T. Grcesbeck . 17 98 3 
James .'. 18 98.2 
"Liston . 23 97.7 
Murphy . 24 97.6 
Gieene . 43 95.1 
Salmon Casting. 
At the open tournament of the Newark Bait- 
and Fly-Casting Club, to be held to-day at Wee- 
quahic Park, Newark, N. J., a salmon casting 
contest, in addition to those given in our last 
issue, will be held. 
Take Elizabeth trolley car on Broad street, 
Newark, and leave it at the park, then walk west 
to the lake. The first event will be called at g 
o’clock a. m. This will be distance bait-casting, 
half-ounce. 
Preferred a Few Fish. 
“You’ll be a man like one of us some day,” 
said the patronizing sportsman to a lad who was 
throwing his line into the same stream. “Yes, 
sir,” he answered, “I s’pose I will some day, but 
I b’lieve I’d rather stay small and ketch a few 
fish.”—Fishing Gazette. 
All the fish laws of the United States and 
Canada, reznsed to date and nozu in force, are 
gyven in the Game Lazvs in Brief. See adv. 
