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viz., Wm. E. Rice in 1909, 305 ft and Wm. J. 
Moran in 1910, 314 ft. 10 inches. The first-men¬ 
tioned cast was made with a rod of two or 
three feet more length than anything usually 
used in 'fishing on the Jersey Coast up to that 
time and by some of the more stoical or spartan¬ 
like beach pounders it was regarded as a freak 
rod. However this may be, it had the effect of 
drawing the more venturesome and enthusiastic 
casters away from the short rod and its influence 
has been to add a foot or two to the length of 
the rods seen along the beach, part of the addi¬ 
tional length being in the butt and part in the tip. 
As a result of lengthening the rod longer 
casts have consistently been made. During the 
years 1912 and 1913 there were a dozen or so 
of casts of 300 ft. or over measured at Asbury 
Park and Belmar tournaments and the wielders 
of the long rods began to find out what they 
could do. Unfortunately, however, it seemed im¬ 
possible to get a favorable wind at any of the 
tournaments and nothing remarkable was 
achieved except the generation of a strong be¬ 
lief that a new high record could be made by 
any one of several promising men if the con¬ 
testants could get a little wind on their backs. 
This belief spread to the Midland Beach club 
of Staten Island and this year the Tournament 
Committee of that club made a laudable effort 
to help its long casters pull down the blue rib¬ 
bon of the casting world by laying out their 
court straight down the wind. But the fates 
were unkind and sent a drizzling rain with the 
wind, in spite of which, however, a new Ameri¬ 
can record was established by Dr. Carleton Simon 
with a cast of 322 ft. 6 inches- 
It remained for the Asbury Park club to draw 
the great prize on Aug. 1st, when after casting 
from 9 a. m. until about 3.30 p. m. in a cross 
wind from the west the little red gods aloft sent 
a gentle zephyr up from the south and the leads 
began to fly beyond the 300 ft. mark. Between 
that time and six p. m. forty-two casts of over 
300 ft. were achieved, the longest being made by 
John E. Clayton, who scored 348 ft. flat, with 
Dr. Simon pressing him hard at 337 ft. 1 inch. 
Probably the most consistent long casting was 
done by J. J. Yates, who averaged over 320 ft. 
in five casts, every one of which dropped within 
5 or 6 ft. of the center line of the court. 
John E. Clayton. 
There are rumors of foreign records of 320, 
336 and 345 ft. floating up and down the coast. 
Would Forest and Stream be kind enough to 
dig into the matter, now that Mr. Clayton has 
hung up a record of 348 ft., and tell a breathless 
world whether it has ever been exceeded? 
The polo cup and the tennis championship 
have gone abroad and we need something to 
even matters up. 
Mr. Clayton’s rod was a split bamboo of 
Seger make, 30 inch butt, 6 ft. 6 inch tip, total 
length assembled, 8 ft. 9% inches. His reel was 
a 1-0 Meisselbach throw-off, and his line a 12 
thread Ashaway linen Surfman’s line without 
reinforcement. The cast was made from the 
ground on a level field where absolute accu¬ 
racy of measurement was obtainable. 
Credit is due alike to the Ashaway Line & 
Twine Mfg. Co., who developed the line espe¬ 
cially for surf fishing, and to A. F. Meisselbach 
& Bro. off Newark, who have labored hard to 
produce the reel which should do the trick, while 
J. F. Seger, the rod builder of Asbury Park 
went to great lengths to bring out a split bamboo 
tip of this unusual length. With such a splendid 
combination of tools in the hands of a caster 
of Mr. Clayton's abilities something remarkable 
was bound to happen. 
So please tell us, Mr. Editor, isn’t this the 
longest cast in the world? 
SWITCH REEL. 
Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 7th, 1914. 
Since this was written Dr. Carleton Simon 
made the remarkable cast of 349% ft. This we 
believe to be the longest cast on record.—Editor. 
INTER-CLUB TEAM CASTING TOURNAMENT. 
Washington Park Amateur C. C. vs. Garfield Park 
Amateur C. C. 
October 16, 1914. 
the eagerly anticipated inter-club team contest be¬ 
tween the Washington Park Amateur Casting Club and 
the Garfield Park Amateur Casting Club, has become 
a reality and passed into history as one of the most, if 
not the most enjoyable affair in the annals of tourna¬ 
ment casting. Veterans of the game participating in 
the events were heard to declare the meet to be perfec¬ 
tion in very detail. Not one single disturbing condi¬ 
tion arose to mar the splendid esprit de corps of the 
occasion and the form of the contest was so unique that 
it added the spice of variety to the many other charm¬ 
ing phases. The affair took place at the Garfield Park 
Anglers* Pool on October nth. The day was one of 
those marvelously beautiful October days so frequent 
in Chicago. A soft west wind stirred the surface of the 
pool into gentle ripples of azure reflected from a clear 
sky and an autumn sun shed a gentle radiance over all 
and glinted from the tiny wavelets. The tang of the 
season was invigoratingly in the air but still was warm 
enough to permit the hanging of coats in the com¬ 
modious club lockers so generously provided by the 
park authorities in the newly erected locker room for 
the use of the casters. 
The plan of the contest is believed to be an entirely 
new and original one at least in so far as the sport of 
tournament casting is concerned and great credit is due 
Mr. Chas. C. Lucke, president of the Garfield Park 
Amateur Casting Club who devised it and who, with 
the able assistance of Mr. L. E. DeGarmo, president of 
the Washington Park Amateur Casting Club worked 
out the details down to the finest point with such nicety 
that the plan worked out with absolute precision. Each 
club divided its participating members into three teams 
of five men each, basing the relative position of each 
man in each team on his season’s score (just completed), 
in his club, beginning with the highest score and so 
on down through the list. 
Team No. 1 of the Washington Park Amateur Cast¬ 
ing Club competed for points with Team No. 1 of the 
Garfield Park Amateur Casting Club. Tearn^ No. 2 
with Team No. 2 and Team No. 3 with Team No. 3. 
In addition to this each man of each team competed 
individually for points with the corresponding man on 
the opposing team. 
In this way it was possible for any one team to ac¬ 
quire six points for its club, one point for the highest 
general average of team scores and five points (one 
(Continued on pave szo.) 
SAN FRANCISCO FLY CASTING CLUB. 
Medal Contests—Series 1914. Saturday. Contest No. 9 held at Stow Lake, October 
10. Wind, moderate. Weather, fair. 
The features of to-day’s casting was the unusual casting of Mr. F. A. Webster 
in accuracy light tackle fly, his score of 99 48-60 was within 3 demerits of a perfect 
score. In dry fly accuracy Mr. Webster also made a particularly fine score of 99 8-15, 
which is within 2-15 of the world’s record in this event. Mr. F. J. Cooper made a 
cast in long distance lure that measured 225 feet. 
Judges—C. H. Gardner, S. Forbes, J. F. Burgin. Referee—C. H. Kewell. Clerk— 
E. O. Ritter. 
Medal Contests—Series 1914. Sunday. Contest No. 9 held at Stow Lake, October 
11. Wind, moderate. Weather, fair. 
The Sunday contest was enlivened by a number of special casts made for a 
moving picture machine. Mr. F. J. Cooper made an average of 198 feet for five casts 
in long distance lure. 
Judges—J. Springer, C. H. Gardner, J. F. Burgin. Referee—C. H. Kewell. Clerk— 
E. O. Ritter. 
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