FOREST AND STREAM 
1205 
NINTH INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT 
OF THE N. A. S. A. C. 
HE ninth international fly and bait casting 
tournament of the National Association of 
Scientific Angling Clubs was held this year 
under the auspices of the Newark (N. J.) Fly 
and Bait Casting Club from their float in Wee- 
quahic Park Lake, on August 23rd, 24th, 25th and 
26th, representatives from the Chicago Casting 
Club, Illinois Casting Club, Anglers’ Club of Chi¬ 
cago, Anglers’ Club of New York and the New¬ 
ark Fly and Bait Casting Club taking part. 
From a Western standpoint the tournament 
was a huge success—that is, if the score board 
is allowed to tell the tale, for the Chicagoans 
not only captured ten firsts, nine seconds and 
nine thirds out of the thirteen events that com¬ 
prised the program, but also of the nine regular 
events, the men from the Windy City took home 
eight firsts, seven seconds and six thirds. It is 
consequently impossible to make any of the East¬ 
ern casters believe that the initials N. A. S. A. C. 
mean anything but “Not a Show Against Chi¬ 
cago” and incidentally the nail is hit about on 
the head when such a meaning is given them 
because the Eastern casters were beaten before 
they started. 
Men like Mills, New, Schwinn, Marsh, Pettit, 
Darling and others who were depended upon to 
stand the blunt of the attack seemed to have 
stage fright and cracked under the strain. A. J. 
Marsh, in particular, who was thought to have a 
rattling good chance in the half ounce distance 
bait event, came in a poor eleventh; his longest 
cast, however, was 214 feet, which gives an idea 
of what he is at least able to do; L. S. Darling, 
of the Newark Club, taking second place in this 
event with an average cast of 176 feet against 
191 4-5 feet of G. G. Chatt of Chicago. 
So it was in each of the thirteen events, just a 
repetition of successes for the Chicago casters, 
and when all was said and done it was found 
that Call J. McCarthy had regained the all- 
around championship which he lost last year at 
San Francisco to Stanley Forbes, who did 
not defend the title this year. McCarthy did 
not run away with the honor, however, as he 
was closely pressed by George G. Chatt, who 
lacked only two points of taking the gold cup, 
third and fourth places being taken by W. J. 
Jamison and William Stanley, all Western casters. 
The blue pennant offered for the club point 
leader was won by the Illinois Casting Club with 
total points amounting to 30%; the Chicago Fly 
Casting Club second with 21; the Anglers’ Club 
of Chicago third with 15%; Newark Fly and 
Bait Casting Club fourth and the Anglers’ Club 
of New York fifth. An unattached entrant tak¬ 
ing one third place. 
With the exception of the first day the 
weather conditions were excellent and while no 
national records were broken, the records in the 
light tackle distant fly, light tackle dry fly accu¬ 
racy and quarter ounce accuracy bait were ap¬ 
proached. Guy R. Jenkins, of the Anglers’ Club 
of New York, making the second best score ever 
recorded by a winner in the light tackle dry fly 
accuracy event, this event being the only stand¬ 
ard event not won by a caster from Chicago. 
The following officers were chosen for the 
coming year: President, John M. Smith; first 
vice-president, A. J. New, of Newark, N. J.; sec¬ 
ond vice-president, R. E. Carlon, of Portland, 
Ore.; third vice-president, H. J. Steinmesch, of 
St. Louis; fourth vice-president, C. Kraft, of 
Battle Creek, Mich.; treasurer, E. M. Town, of 
Chicago; secretary, F. J. Lane, of Chicago. 
The 1917 tournament was awarded to the Illi¬ 
nois Casting Club of Chicago. 
Tell the Unnatural History Editor the Name of 
This Migratory Bird. 
THE UNNATURAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT. 
Last month’s lesson was a little too hard, it 
seems, only about a dozen correct answers hav¬ 
ing been received to date. The little animals 
shown were infant black bears, about two weeks 
old. One correspondent was moved to righteous 
wrath that anybody should disturb the mother 
bear in the breeding season, and we agree with 
him. Read his communication in another column. 
This month’s lesson may be easy—and again 
it may not be. At the beginning of the duck 
season it is appropriate. Can you tell whether 
there is an open season, and if so, where? 
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Game Farming 
and Good Shooting 
When you are out in the fields and woods with 
your shotgun this fall, or in the marshes waiting fot 
the ducks, bear this fact in mind —your sport ’would 
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Game farming is being carried on much more extensively than formerly, especially during 
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this important subject as have the people of Europe for many years. The wonderful grouse 
shooting in Scotland is one example of the results obtained there. 
There are already many places in this country where good shooting is to be had in abundance 
due to scientific game breeding. It is quite possible that one or more of these is located within easy 
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