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FOREST AND STREAM. 
be placed at the outlet of ponds to prevent the 
fish from passing out. Like the darkey’s ’coon 
trap, it catches them “cornin’ or gwine.” An¬ 
other effort will be made to secure its adoption 
by the Legislature of Montana, now in session. 
James A. Henshall. 
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries. 
Southern California Rod and Reel Club 
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 10 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The Southern California Rod and Reel 
Club conducted its second duck barbecue of the 
winter at Anaheim Landing last week with 
nearly 150 members and visitors in attendance. 
Commodore Potter, Jake Danz and President 
Hedderly, all are members of the Canvasback 
Gun Club, and Friday noon they left for the 
club to kill the necessary birds. They had no 
difficulty in killing more birds than were needed, 
and out of these 140 were selected, care being 
taken to get fat spoonbills so far as possible. 
They were yellow with rich fat, and the gun¬ 
ners, after picking, cutting, singeing and draw¬ 
ing them, finished with stuffing the birds with 
onions and roasting them in the big hotel range. 
Meanwhile committeemen Ed. Winfield, Roy 
Shaver, Ed. Abbott and Gene Elliott had left 
town on the midnight car and Winfield worked 
all night, excepting about an hour, when he 
decorated with burnt cork the sleeping faces of 
his distinguished confreres, until in the morn¬ 
ing they did not know themselves. Winfield 
concocted something wonderful in the form of 
a stuffed, cornfed clam entremet, and a no less 
toothsome fish and clam chowder. The majority 
of those who partake of such feasts little re¬ 
alize the amount of hard work entailed in pre¬ 
paring for 150 hungry men, women and chil¬ 
dren, all of which has to be done under pres¬ 
sure. In all, fifteen men were busy in the 
kitchen on that barbecue, most of them for ten 
or twelve hours preceding it, doing work for 
nothing that they could not have been hired to 
do for pay. 
Fifty pounds of fresh rock cod or groupers 
was contracted . for from Catalina Island, and 
about 150 pounds of large quahaug clams from 
Pismo Beach. Ed. Winfield made up a fish 
chowder. This passed for a first course. 
The next number was an entree of stuffed 
clams, served on the half-shell. Then came 
ducks, carried about in a wash boiler by two 
strong men. Everybody had one, and some had 
as many as three. At previous feasts a half 
duck went to a portion, but this time it was de¬ 
cided to try to give everybody one, and none 
was disappointed. 
It was necessary to feed the multitude in two 
installments, the second taking their seats as 
soon as the first had finished, but everything was 
kept hot, and all had their fill by 2:30, when 
casting was announced as the next order of the 
day, so all hands repaired to the course which 
was the same as used for the last event. 
Favored with a drier day and a little wind 
from the rear, the scores were much better than 
anything ever done by the experts heretofore. 
The scheme of classification adopted at a late 
meeting divided the contestants into three groups 
according to their ability as judged by the cast¬ 
ing committee, and notwithstanding the lack of 
public form on which to base the handicapping, 
the committee made very few mistakes. A 
prize was offered in each class, a nice reel going 
to the Class A experts. There was a good- 
sized entry, and to judge by this first event it 
seems somewhat creative of interest in the sport 
to keep the experts in one class, the ultra ex¬ 
perts in another and the novices in the third, 
although personally I would defer final opinion 
until two or three more events have given a 
line on whether the newcomers “stick” or not. 
I have always believed in encouraging the ama¬ 
teur when possible, but not the tyro at the ex¬ 
pert’s expense, considering that skill in hand¬ 
ling the sportsman’s tools comes only as the 
result of a considerable expenditure of both 
time and money, and ought to have all the re¬ 
ward it can get. This form of encouraging the 
acquirement of proficiency I am heartily in ac¬ 
cord with. The situation in our club has been 
to determine whether we would split fifteen or 
twenty dollars apportioned for prizes at each 
casting tourney among three classes, or three 
prizes for one class, or one really good prize for 
the best man that day. And we still are in the 
experimental stage. 
Charlie Garr cleaned up the casting honors in 
the 2k2-ounce class with the superb average of 
2404-5. He has a rod which is the best casting 
tool I ever saw and a long spool tournament 
reel. His longest cast was 260 feet 5 inches. In 
practice, Garr cast over 270 feet. Many made 
good distance, but fell outside th^e triangular 
course prescribed by the National Association of 
Scientific Angling Clubs by a few inches. 
The casting summarized is as follows; 
R F B Shaver. 
E Elliott . 
\V F Weber... 
Chas. Garr _ 
Smith Warren 
E E Salyer ... 
W L Heller .. 
ri Berry . 
S S Spier. 
P Lowenthal . 
O C Smith.... 
C F Nichols.. 
J B Winston . 
Geo. Reynolds 
C E Musick... 
M Lowenthal 
J N Schott.... 
E R Abbott... 
T R Clayton.. 
Brant . 
Class A. 
Class B. 
Class C. 
Total. 
Average. 
598 5 
119 3-5 
469 11 
93 4-5 
349 8 
79 4-5 
1247 
240 4-5 
745 5 
149 
1134 8 
226 4-5 
686 1 
137 5 
814 11 
162 4-5 
399 3 
79 4-5 
487 2 
97 2-5 
305 8 
61 
348 
69 4-5 
555 
111 
Broke rod. 
128 10 
138 
63 6 
625 
125 
333 
66 3-5 
782 11 
156 4-5 
Edwin L. Hedderly. 
Fine Launch for Walter J. Green. 
Vice-Commodore Walter J. Green, of the 
Frontenac Yacht Club has placed an order 
with William Gardner for a launch which is 
to be built by the Gas Engine and Power 
Company at Morris Heights. This launch will 
be of the flush deck, trunk cabin type, 75 feet 
long on deck, and ii feet 6 inches beam. The 
trunk house is in two sections, the forward 
house extending over the owner’s room and 
partly over crew’s quarters; the after house 
extends over the owner’s saloon, galley, lav¬ 
atory and engine room, thus affording excel¬ 
lent ventilation, light and full headroom 
throughout the boat. 
The owner’s stateroom, forward, is fitted 
with two berths; bureau, desk, wardrobe and 
separate companionway to deck. There is a 
lavatory on port side, with access from state¬ 
room, fitted with porcelain basin, large linen 
locker, etc. The saloon in after part of boat 
is fitted with upholstered seats and backs ar¬ 
ranged to sleep four persons when required. 
Buffets, silver lockers, bookcase and ward¬ 
robes are built in this room. 
Directly forward of saloon, on port side, is 
the galley, fully equipped with ice-box, dres¬ 
sers, electric stove, etc. On the starboard 
side is a lavatory arranged similar to forward 
one. All the furniture in the owner’s quarters 
is of mahogany, highly polished, in natural 
color. The rest of the woodwork is of white 
pine, finished in white enamel. All deck fit¬ 
tings will be of polished bronze. 
The hull will be double planked, cedar on 
the inside and mahogany for the outside. The 
frames, stem, stern post, deck beams, floors, 
etc. will be of selected white oak. The main 
deck will be of clear white pine and the deck¬ 
houses entirely of mahogany. All the fasten¬ 
ings entering into the construction of the 
yacht will be of bronze or copper, and none 
but the best of materials will be used, so as to 
insure strength and fine finish. 
The machinery consists of two loo-horse- 
power, 6 cylinder, 4 cycle Craig engines. The 
engines are to be installed in a water-tight 
compartment amidships. Eorward of the en¬ 
gine room will be three copper gasoline tanks 
with a capacity of 500 gallons, which will be 
placed in a water-tight compartment and 
water-jacketed, insuring absolute safety in 
case of any leakage or damage to the tanks. 
The boat will be lighted and heated through¬ 
out by electricity. A 3,000-candlepower 
search-light will be fitted on the forward deck 
and controlled from steering platform. All 
the plumbing will be open and exposed, of 
the most modern type. A speed of 20 miles 
an hour is expected of the boat in service. 
The launch will be complete in every respect 
and no expense will be spared, either in the 
construction or equipment. 
The construction of the boat and machinery 
is well advanced and delivery will probably 
be made in early spring. 
Mr. Green intends using her in these waters 
for a few months after delivery, and will then 
take the boat to the Thousand Islands, where 
he has a summer residence. 
No Seawanhaka Cup Races. 
One of the treats looked forward to by 
those yachtsmen interested in small boat 
racing was the match arranged by the Man¬ 
chester Y. C. holders of the Seawanhaka 
Challenge Cup for small yachts and the 
Royal St. Lawrence Y. C. There has not 
been a race for this cup for four years and 
