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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[May 29, 1909. 
Racine Casting CI«b. 
Racine, Wis., May 22.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: Scores made at first contest of the 
Racine Casting Club at the lagoon, May 15- 
A. H.. Barnes. 
97 il 
%-ounce, Long Dist. 
Accm-acy, Average, 
Feet. 
156 3-5 
172 1-2 
143 
80 2-5 
107 2-5 
87 
89 2-5 
87 1-2 
87 2-5 
110 1-5 
in 
the camp, ranging in color between red and On the following day Nameless stationed him- 
indigo. When all were finally engaged with self on a shelf of a high sandstone butte which 
obstreperous animals, the babel is said to have overlooked the trail a short distance above 
been one of the most inspiring things in the Brewster’s cabin. At his side lay a Sharps 
world. rifle, a sixteen-shot Winchester and four Colts 
On the way to the top the animals would revolvers. An hour later his vigil was rewarded 
sometimes step out of the beaten trail and break by a view of Joe’s long train coming from Sil- 
through the crust. This would necessarily halt verton. Its load that day consisted of dry hides ciirfstianson . ^ 
the serpentine procession, while the helpless which, being hard to compress, made an effec- S’F™Gate"sl !. 
beasts were being unpacked, lifted to the trail tive covering for the burros. When about half Cha?^Washh.■■■!'..!!.’ 96.1 
and repacked; then, if none of the others had had passed, Nameless took “three hurry-up O. F. Botsford" ;. gs'f 
been crowded off during the wait, the train shots at the rear and three rejuvenators at the F.’ . 
would proceed on its trying way. Soft spots in front of the train with the old reliable.” 2 93!6 
the trail were occasionally made by these acci- He then grabbed his repeater and fired its six- • „ . 
dents and, when the outside crust would not teen shots as rapidly as possible at burros in dif- made some remarkable casts 
hold, they had to be filled, pounded down and ferent parts of the train. The loud impact of !distance event, and in explanation of 
bridged with rolls of blankets covered with the bullets upon the dry hides, the immediate average it is stated that only two casts 
canvas. During this bridging it was not un- rushing, milling and braying of the donkeys, the scored. The other three were 
common for one or more animals to fall out carajos and frantic, efforts of the Mexicans as o, on account of breaking line. Of 
of the trail, which, of course, caused further first in an attempt to restore order and then to ^ casts which scored one was 220 feet, 
delay and unnecessary remarks. These expen- escape—made a picture that can never be por- believe is the amateur record for the 
sive bridges were more frequently seen when trayed. Nameless lost no time in delivering the istance event. Afterward in practice he 
the trail had been filled by a new fall of snow, shots from his four revolvers and then cau- 271J4 feet, 
or late in the spring when the snow crust had tiously withdrew. Ble had punctured many of were unofficial, 
been weakened by the warmer nights of ap- the loads, killed six burros and restored union wing to the high wind it was necessary to 
proaching summer. rates. ^ ^ accuracy fly event. This we will en- 
It will thus be seen that packing on the Rio Last summer the spirit of the trail sent a ^o work in at a later date. It is urged 
Grande trail was serious and lonesome work, message of greeting to these old packers, “Come every member make it a point to be pres- 
requiring strong, practical, enduring men who and see me once more before making the final at t e ne.xt contest. May 29. 
could hold a reasonable temper in discouraging trip,” it whispered. Ernest Smieding, Sec’y. 
and exasperating situations. The monotony of This message of the air accidentally struck 
the labor, however, was broken by manys ludi- the lodge pole of a tepee belonging to a neigh- . etter A. H. Barnes, vice-president of 
crous and disastrous incidents which were bor, who, knowing of my annual intention, came ^ acme Casting Club, gives further details 
usually more enjoyable when reviewed around to my office and proposed. Providentially an- S^eat casting: 
the evening fire than at the time of occurrence, other good spirit had sent me a competent sub- . , . there was a high wind 
One of these took place at the snow camp stitute which enabled us to quickly plan an ex- owing, and it took Gates some time to get 
on Grassy Hill where a party of Mexicans was tended vacation. Ed, my companion, wanted a average for the contest does not 
packing up for the early trip across the range, steady, sure-footed horse. On a previous jaunt .7"" “".account of the breaking 
he had been nearly killed by one that was only 
steady. I told him to get me a big horse; the 
other qualifications did not matter. I did not 
in a small icy depression. The sun of the pre- like to tell him it was my custom to give spec- , ._ _ 
ceding day had deposited about three barrels tacular exhibitions of horsemanship when start- keeps on at this rate, we are looking 
of snow water in the same place which, though ing on these trips. Only the year before I had fo some remarkable scores in this event 
frozen over, had been broken open by the de- succeeded in riding one and holding two buckers the season. His official score for the 
scending keg. This meeting of the waters was —for a short time. When able to properly en- stands as follows: Five casts, o, o, o, 
not unobserved by the Mexicans, who promptly joy the three-cornered display, I had been asked followed by one 
unsaddled, added part of a sack of sugar to the by an unsympathetic bystander if the boxes, ^^7 feet; in fact, 
mixture, and spent the day in singing hosannas, being distributed on the adjacent vacant lots, !casts that he made that scored, gave 
contained eggs ? 
[to be continued.] 
A ten-gallon keg of whiskey slipped from be¬ 
numbed fingers and rolled to the bottom of a 
gulch where it collided with a tree, standing 
* - — uic uieaKing 
of his line at three different casts. Afterward, 
however, he settled down and made a number 
of casts, 230, 240 and one of 271I4 feet. We 
have never heard of this being equaled before. 
After this event the spot was known as Four¬ 
teen to One. 
At the time in the history of the trail when 
the wagon road had reached Carr’s cabin, the 
price per pound for packing goods to Silverton 
was two cents. Joe Lacome, a Mexican, who 
kept a store at Silverton and had two hundred 
burros on the trail, cut the price to one cent. 
Noticing clouds on the horizon, Joe got into 
the habit of sending his two hundred over the 
trail in one train with twenty armed fellow 
countrymen in charge. Argument having failed 
to convince Joe of his error, a meeting of the 
interested Americans was held. After the chair¬ 
man had explained the object of the meeting, a 
packer known as Nameless said he had recently 
noticed signs of mirth among the secessionists 
when he had met them on the trail, and this 
circumstance had suggested a remedy. If his 
worthy colleagues would leave the matter en¬ 
tirely to him he would guarantee to induce Joe 
to rejoin the union. This being satisfactory 
and Nameless having promised to report at the 
him an average of 215 feet.” 
Anglers’ Club of New York. 
New' York City, May 21.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The regular weekly contest, held on 
i\Tay 20, resulted as follows: 
Chicago Fly-Casting Club. 
Chicago. Ill., May 22.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: The scores made in the regular club 
contest of May 22 were as follows: 
distance fly, five-ounce rods. 
ir T ■ J 
11 Friedman . yg 6 
Perry D. Frazer . gfl 4 
H. K. Griffin. 69 0 
D. T. Kennedy. 65 0 
J. L, Kirk. 72 0 
R. J . Held. 72 0 
Best Cast, Handicap, Score 
Feet. 
7 4 
3 0 
14 4 
9 0 
Feet. 
85 10 
83 4 
83 4 
74 00 
72 00 
72 00 
F). F. Beatty. 
^oz. Acc’y. Delic’y Fly. 
n. E. Becker. 
Hr. C. F. Brown. 
R. VV. Crompton. 
F. R. Letterman. 
H. A. Newkirk. 
H Wheeler Perce. 
F. N. Peet. 
97 26-30 
E. A. Snell. 
^Knitters . 
*Guest. 
Geo. a. Davis, 
Sec’y. 
SURF CASTING. 
H. 1 riedman 
R. I Held... 
J. L Kirk... 
E. I, Rice... 
196 
225 
165 
212 
82 8 
36 0 
79 4 
278 8 
261 00 
244 4 
212 OO 
Edward Farnham Todd, Sec’y. 
Rensselaer County Trout. 
Berlin, N. Y., May 22.—Editor Forest and 
Stream: I would have sent you something 
about trout fishing before this, but the severe 
drouth of last year and high water and cold 
weather have made a poor season, and I did not 
want to send a hard luck tale. 
Warm weather is here now and some good 
All the dsh laws of the United States and _ __ 
next meeting, the chairman said the motion to Canada, revised to date and now in force, are catches were made during the past week 
adjourn had been carried. given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. R. A. Saunderson 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
