FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 15, igog. 
ing themselves from personal intrusion of this 
or any other character? Ordinarily the discus¬ 
sion of the merits of new lures, etc., is a field 
the angler is eager to enter and a fly club that 
does not talk flies would be something of a 
curiosity. But if “shop talk” is vulgar then 
Halford, tienshall. Wells, Frazer, Gordon and 
a whole host of gentlemen should be the first 
victims. In short, what is it the maker or 
dealer does that degrades, belittles or befouls 
the sport? If any advocate will discard mere 
assertion and abuse and, getting down to the 
specific matter of bait- and fly-casting, give one 
sane, material reason for this rule, then will I 
enlist under his banner for the war. 
Why not let the splendid spirit of good fel¬ 
lowship that so dominates the fly-fisherman in 
all other things relating to the pastime prevail 
in this matter? Why not invite the manufac¬ 
turer or dealer who devotes his entire time— 
not to casting, but to improving our casting im¬ 
plements—to a seat among the elect, classify him 
by his record and let all eligible to that class 
compete without reference to who they are? 
I do not believe the man who makes or sells 
has the slightest advantage over the wide awake, 
interested amateur and strongly suspect the best 
records are largely held by men who are not 
within the rule. Certainly there are many 
amateurs who are capable of competing with 
any professional in the top notch classes. I 
venture the opinion that if every man who is 
a professional under the rule were segregated 
it would develop that the great majority of them 
cannot cast at all, and that not ten per cent, of 
those who can are above the average. Here and 
there you find a professional who is an expert, 
but these are exceptions and not the rule. 
To my mind the fairer rule would be to keep 
the record of all tournament performers ana 
place them in proper distance classes. If these 
classes were extended so as to include a shorter 
distance, say fifty or sixty feet, it would admit 
many an eager tyro who is barred now not by 
the professional, but by the amateur. The law 
which nature adopts for the purpose of sepa¬ 
ration is ability, and a tournament should be 
based upon that law. Then we would all be 
where we belong, standing each upon his own 
merits, and there would be peace on earth and 
good will between fly-casters. 
Chas. T. Hopkins. 
The Anglers’ Club of New York. 
New York City, May 7 . — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The first club contests for this season 
of the Anglers’ Club of New York were held 
May 6, when four events were cast off, two hav¬ 
ing been postponed from April 29 on account of 
the weather. The results were as follows: 
DISTANCE FLY. 
J. L. Kirk. 
Best Cast. 
. 90 
Handicap. 
14 8 
Score. 
104 8 
H. K. Griffin. 
. 79 
25 
104 
P. D. Frazer. 
.102 
0 
102 
H. Friedman . 
. 85 
16 
101 
C. W, Johnson... 
. 65 
33 4 
98 4 
W. McGuckin ... 
. 74 
20 8 
94 8 
P. D. Frazer. 
SALMON FLY. 
. 120 
0 
120 
Mr. Frazer made a cast of 132 feet 6 inches, 
but without a fly. 
QUARTER-OUNCE BAIT, DISTANCE. 
Best Cast. Handicap. Score. 
H. Friedman . 147 22 169 
R. J. Held. 163 0 163 
E. F. Todd. 120 40 8 160 8 
E. B. Rice. 135 12 8 147 8 
HALF-OUNCE BAIT, DISTANCE. 
R. J. Held .211 0 211 
H. K. Griffin. 145 62 8 207 8 
E. B. Rice. 180 23 4 203 4 
E. F. Todd. 149 46 195 
H. Friedman . 161 2 26 187 2 
M. H. Smith. 144 29 4 173 4 
Dr. Held’s scores in the last two events each 
beat the amateur record, that in the quarter- 
ounce being a new record. After the contest 
he made ten consecutive casts with a half-ounce 
weight of over 200 feet each, the longest being 
215 feet. 
The prizes were cups for first place in each 
event. 
The records of members, corrected to date, 
follow: 
7—Distance Fly—^Distance Bait-^ 
Heavy. 5oz. Salmon, ^/^oz. ^^oz. 2i/^oz. 
T.W. Brotherton 
137 
79 
E. Cave . 
68 
144 , 
74 
W. T. Ehrich... 
94 6 
80 9 
108 
200 2 
104 
P. D. Frazer... 
110 
80 
122 
179 
88 
i75 
H. Friedman.... 
86 
73 6 
171 
147 
145 
W. G. Geety... 
124 
109 
E. M. Gill. 
70 
63 6 
. . 
H. K. Griffin... 
79 
63 
i45 
R. J. Held. 
94 
84 
99 
211 
ies 
215 
C. A. Heller.... 
104 
92 
H. C. Henderson 75 
7i 
137 
97 
C. E. Jacobus.. 
82 11 
120 5 
C. W. Johnson. 
65 
D. T. Kennedy. 
7i 
J. L. Kirk. 
90 
84 6 
169 
i65 
i25 4 
G. La Branche. 
91 
87 
118 
167 
110 
i98 
R. B. Lawrence 
89 
173 
70 
189 
\V. McGuckin.. 
79 
75 6 
81 
85 
60 
C. E. Mackey... 
58 
E. B. Rice. 
94 
79 
180 
i42 
269 
J. D. Smith_ 
87 
78 
K. Smith. 
102 
93 6 
. . . 
M. H. Smith... 
65 2 
166 
97 
N. S. Smith- 
91 
82 
E. F. Todd. 
i49 
126 
\V. B. Young... 
60 
Edward Farnham Todd, Sec’y. 
All the fish laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
Yachting Fixtures. 
MAY. 
15. Corinthian Y. C., Philadelphia. 
22. Manhasset Bay Y. C., race with Islip Y. C. 
29. Knickerbocker Y. C. annual. 
29. Edgewood Y. C., first race for Flint cup. 
29. Corinthian Y. C., Philadelphia. 
29. Columbia Y. C. (New York), motor boats. 
30. Manhasset Bay Y. C., one design. 
31. Harlem Y. C. annual. 
31. Indian Harbor Y. C. special. 
31. Manhasset Bay, one-design. 
31- Atlantic Y. C. open. 
31. Wildwood Y. C. 
31 Fall River Y. C. open. 
31. Taunton Y. C. motor. 
31. South Boston Y. C. open. 
31. Seawanhaka Corinthian Y. C., special club races. 
31. Jubilee Y. C„ motor boats for Vittum cup. 
31. Bayside Y. C. club. 
The Yachting Season. 
In one more week the yachting season will 
open. The first race will be sailed, and it will 
be a match between yachts of the Manhasset 
Bay and Islip yacht clubs. From then until late 
in the autumn pleasure craft, large and small, 
steamers, sailing vessels and power boats will 
crowd all navigable waters. On Chesapeake 
Bay, on the Delaware, along the New Jersey 
coast, in the waters of New York Harbor, on 
the bar’s and inlets along the south shore of 
Long Island, on the Hudson River, Long 
Island Sound, Narragansett Bay, off Newport 
and Block Island, in Buzzards Bay and around 
Cape Cod on'Massachusetts Bay, and on further 
east, Marblehead, Gloucester and on further 
east along the Maine coast, and then in Can¬ 
adian waters thousands of these dainty craft 
will be the means of giving enjoyment to their 
owners, and more than that, they will give 
healthy exercise to all who are on board. 
Still further through the rivers on the big 
inland lakes, on the smaller lakes at the many 
summer resorts thousands more will sail. 
Yachting as a sport and as a pastime has 
taken a wonderful hold on men and women, too, 
in all parts of the country. Not many years 
ago the sport was thought to be one that only 
a wealthy man could take part in, but now 
small craft are built everywhere. Often they 
are built by the men who sail them. They are 
sailed by the owner and his friends. They race 
at times and then they cruise, and no better way 
can be found of enjoying life out of doors than 
on a yacht. 
The season from a racing standpoint is go¬ 
ing to be a good one. Many craft that have 
been out of the sport for some seasons are be¬ 
ing put in commission. New yachts have been 
built specially for the smaller classes and the 
regattas that have been arranged by the many 
yacht clubs will be well patronized. 
It is going to be a season of cruising races, 
and several events have been scheduled that are 
to be sailed over long courses. Some of these 
take the racers out to sea, far out of sight of 
land, and those who take part in these events 
must have knowledge of navigation, and be 
prepared to handle their yachts in all weathers. 
Gravesend Bay. 
There are six clubs in the Yacht Racing As¬ 
sociation of Gravesend Bay, and that associa¬ 
tion has arranged a schedule of open events 
for each Saturday afternoon and for holidays 
during the season. Generally these regattas are 
for classes M and below, but the committees 
are always willing to arrange any special events 
that owners of yachts may desire. 
Some of the older yachts that have sailed on 
the Lower Bay will be missed this year, as they 
have been sold, but in their places new craft will 
appear, so that the fleets will be as large, if not 
larger than in former years. It is doubtful if 
there will be racing in Class P, but E. _F. 
Luckenbach’s Sue and S. E. Vernon’s Vivian 
of Class N will probably be in commission and 
