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EXPERIENCES ON A FISHING TRIP. 
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that, whether they be large or small, go straight 
to ithe heart of the observer in their unconscious, 
silent appeal for admiration. In the sportsman 
they cannot fail to inspire confidence that near 
at hand there are fish which must rise to his 
lure—and seldom is this confidence misplaced. 
But whether or not they justify his faith they 
must delight the eye and stir the heart.” 
BRINGING HOME FISH. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Will you permit me to congratulate you on 
the department of questions and answers which 
you have recently revived? It will serve a use¬ 
ful purpose and no doubt will prove most in¬ 
teresting. 
I am constrained to differ with you, however, 
in your answer to a correspondent who asks 
how to bring home fish caught in camp. You 
tell him to follow Punch’s advice and “Don’t.” 
There is a way, nevertheless, that I have tried 
frequently, and which has always been success¬ 
ful. I claim no originality for the method and 
forgot now where I first ran across the informa¬ 
tion; probably it was in the columns of Forest 
and Stream. 
The method is this. You have caught your 
fish, we will say, the afternoon before you start 
home. Keep them out of the water. As soon 
as you reach camp, open them “along the bot¬ 
tom,” removing the entrails and the gills, and 
wipe perfectly dry with a piece of cheese cloth 
or any clean cloth, being careful to remove all 
the blood. Do not wash with water, but hang 
the fish up in a cool place outside, preferably 
under some shelter, so that the dew will not 
collect on them. If the night is cool, you will 
find, in the morning, that the fish have dried 
reasonably well, but get at them again, re-wiping 
with a cloth. Then when as dry as they can 
be made, wrap each fish separately in cheese 
cloth or other light material, inserting one fold 
of the cloth inside the fish, so that the raw 
surfaces will not touch. After your fish have 
thus been separately wrapped, make them up 
in a bundle, tying around them folds of heavy 
cloth, such as a piece of blanket or bagging, in 
order to exclude the air. 
Thus wrapped and protected, it is possible 
to bring fish home on journeys lasting several 
days. If you happen to have access to ice— 
which is not probable in camp—do not put the 
fish on ice, but keep them cool by placing in¬ 
side the ice house. Traveling on Pullman cars 
you can sometimes induce the chef of the buffet 
or dining car to store the bundle away for you 
in the refrigerator, but this is not absolutely 
necessary. If you stay over night in some town 
awaiting train connections, the hotel people can 
place the package in their refrigerator depart¬ 
ment to good effect. This is not ne' essary either, 
but it simply adds to the surety o. bringing the 
fish home in good condition. 
I have never used salt in trying to keep fish, 
as this tends to draw the juices and make a 
messy package, but I suppose that salt might 
be used in small quantities. 
The whole secret of the plan is to keep the 
fish as dry as possible and to keep the air away 
from them by wrapping in thick outer covering. 
You may recall, Mr. Editor, that the writer 
left a more or less noble specimen of a square¬ 
tailed trout with you last spring, as a souvenir 
of a trip five or six hundred miles into the wil¬ 
derness. This fish, you were good enough to 
say, was one of the finest you had ever seen or 
eaten. It may interest you to know that the 
method I have just described was the one which 
made it possible for me to get your fish to 
New York City. OLD CAMPER. 
ARCHERY. 
The Newton Archers. 
The Newton Archers held a most successful tourna¬ 
ment on Columbus Day, October 12th. The fact that 
there were twenty contesting in this tournament in¬ 
dicates that interest 'in archery is on the increase in 
the vicinity of Boston. 
The scores made by Mrs. Gray, the woman champion 
of the United States, are worthy of note. 
Following are the scores made: 
COLUMBIA ROUND. 
Mrs. B. P. Gray . 
Mrs. E. W. Frentz . 
Miss N. Pierce . 
Mrs. G. P. Bryant . 
Miss Stella Ives . 
Mrs. F. I. Peckham . 
Miss Brewer . 
Miss Bertha Ives . 
Mrs. Shepherdson . 
NATIONAL ROUND. 
Mrs. B. P. Gray .. 
Miss Brewer . 
WOMEN’S TEAM RACE. 
Mrs. B. P. Gray . 
Mrs. E. W. Frentz ... 
Mrs. F. 1 . Peckham . 
Mrs. Bryant ... 
Miss Stella Ives . 
Miss Bertha Ives . 
YORK ROUND. 
70-398 
67-343 
61-307 
54-266 
53-232 
50- 212 
43-189 
51- 187 
39-123 
63-335 
29-153 
94-516 
79-375 
49-245 
63-223 
41-169 
37-135 
C. E. Dallin . 
S. W. Wilder . 
C. T. Switzler . 
F. I. Peckham .. 
AMERICAN ROUND. 
S. W. Wilder . 
L. C. Smith . 
C. E. Dallin . 
B. P. Gray . 
G. P. Bryant . 
92-384 
67-297 
62-248 
57-211 
86- 500 
84-476 
87- 471 
84-462 
78-420 
C. T. Switzler . 80-390 
Ellis Spear, Jr. 76-380 
E. W. Frentz . 75-368 
F. I. Peckham . 72-305 
F. J. Lightbody . 62-298 
Mr. Shepherdson . 58-298 
DOUBLE AMERICAN ROUND. 
S. W. Wilder . 86-500 
83-439 
169-939 
L. C. Smith . 84-476 
78-462 
, 162-938 
C. E. Dallin .. 87-471 
77-455 
. 154-926 
C. T. Switzler . 80-390 
78-398 
158-788 
TEAM ROUND FOR MEN. 
C. E. Dallin .-. 93-473 
L. C. Smith . 91-456 
S. W. Wilder . 85-430 
C. T. Switzler . 70-338 
On Saturday, October 10th, the following scores were 
made on the Archery Range of the Newton Archers. 
AMERICAN ROUND. 
C. E. Dallin . 
S. W. Wilder . 
B. P. Gray . 
Mrs. B. P. Gray . 
C. T. Switzler . 
F. I. Peckham . 
H. A. Ives . 
Mrs. Peckham . 
Miss Brewer . 
MEN’S TEAM ROUND. 
88-574 
84-474 
86- 472 
87- 463 
81-397 
80-394 
63-259 
51-214 
29-153 
Mrs. B. P. Gray . 90-«6 
S. W. Wilder . ° 7'449 
B. P. Gray . 86-443 
C. E. Dallin . 8l-4 35 
C. T. Switzler . 74-324 
F. I. Peckham . S6-276 
Mrs. F. I. Peckham . 52-216 
H. A. Ives . 3 / _I 5 
L C. Smith was not able to shoot Saturday, but on 
October 6th he shot an American Round making a 
score of 87-505. 
The score of 88-574 by C. E. Dallin is the best that 
he has made up to date. In fact all of these sc ° re * 
compare very favorably with those which have been 
recently printed in “Forest and Stream. 
On October 3d the following scores were made: 
TEAM ROUND. 
(96 Arrows at 60 Yards). 
Total 
H. S. H. S. H. S. H. S. H. S. 
Mrs. B. P. Gray ... 21—8523—12324—12024—13892—466 
L C. Smith . 18— 94 22—126 22—118 22—102 84—440 
S. W. Wilder .. 21—105 21—115 22—100 21 —hi 85—431 
B P Gray . 18— 84 20— 98 20—100 22—106 80—308 
C' T." Switzler . 16— 66 19— 83 18— 76 15— 81 68-306 
F. I. Peckham . 14— 84 12— 56 14— 60 19— 81 59—281 
Mrs. F. I. Peckham. 12— 60 12— 65 12— 42 7 — 33 48—200 
AMERICAN ROUND. 
(30 Arrows at 
L. C. Smith ... 
S. W. Wilder . 
Mrs. B. P. Gray ... 
C. T. Switzler . 
B. P. Gray . 
Miss Norma Pierce 
F. I. Peckham . 
Mrs. F. I. Peckham 
Each Distance). 
H. S. H. S. H. S. H. S. 
60 yds. 50 yds. 40 yds. Total 
28— 144 30—170 30—188 88—502 
26—100 28—166 30—182 84—448 
29— 145 27—105 30—182 86—432 
24—142 27—127 26—162 77—431 
23—115 29—149 30—166 82—430 
19— 79 28—110 27—147 74—336 
17— 75 20— 74 24—120 61—269 
18— 76 19— 69 22—116 59—261 
LOUIS C. SMITH, 
Secretary, The Newton Archers. 
SAFETY FIRST 
You hear it everywhere. The 
Safety is one of the superior 
points of the “Gun that Blocks 
the Sears.” The Safety which 
makes accidental discharge 
impossible. 
ESTABLISHED 1853 
N. R. DAVIS & SONS, Lock box 707, Assonet, Mass. 
