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Dr. F. M. Johnson: F. W. Hill, 85 feet; F. A. 
Niccols, Jr., 84 feet 6 inches; H. L. Welch, 81 
feet; W. H. Hammett, 78 feet; F. B. Aber¬ 
crombie 74 feet 6 inches; Fred Robbins, 72 feet; 
L. D. Chapman, 70 feet 6 inches; Frank West, 
70 feet; F. P. Sibley, 67 feet; W. P. Stevens, 
60 feet. 
Event 5, trout fly-casting from canoe for dis¬ 
tance—Judges, C. j. McCarthy, L. Dana Chap¬ 
man; Referee, E. R. Owens: Francis A. Nic- 
colls, Jr., 70 feet 6 inches; C. E. Jacobus, 69 
feet; L. D. Chapman, 67 feet; H. L. Welch, 66 
feet 6 inches; W. H. Hammett, 61 feet; A. R. 
Brown, 59 feet 6 inches; F. W. Hill, 57 feet; 
R. F. Abercrombie, 51 feet 6 inches. 
Event 6, trout fly-casting for accuracy and 
form rather than distance—Judges, Dr. F. M. 
Johnson, E. R. Owens; Referee, Dr. G. H. 
Payne: C. E. Jacobus, 98 14-30 per cent.; H. L. 
Welch, 98 8-30 per cent.; Fred Robbins, 98 6-30 
per cent.; Francis A. Niccolls, Jr., 97 27-30 per 
cent.; L. Dana Chapman, 96 9-30 per cent.; W. 
P. Stevens, 94 23-30 per cent. 
Event 7, salmon fly-casting for distance, 
amateurs only—Judges, Bernard Taylor, F. A. 
Niccolls; Referee, E. R. Owens: Call J. Mc¬ 
Carthy, 107 feet; Lawrence D. Chapman, 102 
feet; L. Dana Chapman, 95 feet; C. E. Jacobus, 
88 feet; F. A. Niccols, Jr., 87 feet 6 inches. 
Event 8, trout fly-casting for distance, open 
to those who have never cast more than 80 feet 
at any club or tournament. Any weight and 
length of trout fly-rod; amateurs only—Judges, 
Charles G. Wells, Bernard Taylor; Referee, E. 
R. Owens: Call J. McCarthy. 86 feet; L. Dana 
Chipman 81 feet; H. H. Hammett, 79^2 feet; 
C. E. Jacobus, 72 feet; F. A. Abercrombie, 71 
feet; A. R. Brown, 69 feet. 
Event 9, bait-casting for distance, E? ounce 
weights—Judges, Francis West, Bernard Taylor; 
Referee, F. A. Niccolls: Call J. McCarthy, 139 
feet; Francis A. Niccols, Jr., 133 feet: L. D. 
Chapman, 132 feet; Mrs. E. R. Owens, 117 feet; 
L. Dana Chapman, 98 feet. 
Event 10, live . trout fishing from canoe for 
accuracy and form in landing fish; barbless 
hooks—Judges, Dr. F. M. Johnson, Dr. Geo. H. 
Payne; Referee, F. A. Niccols. Tied for first 
and second places, Call J. McCarthy 100 per cent, 
and F. H. Talcott 100 per cent.; tie for third 
and fourth places, W. P. Stevens, 98 per cent, 
and Francis A. Niccolls, Jr., 98 per cent.; fifth, 
H. H. Hammett, 97 per cent.; sixth, J. T. Night¬ 
ingale, 95 per cent.; seventh, F. W. Hill, 94 per 
cent.; eighth, P. J. Baker, 93 per cent.; ninth, 
Lawrence D. Chapman, 89 per cent.; also cast 
F. E. Soule, R. J. Held, T. F. Baxter, J. S. P. 
Alcott, L. Dana Chapman, C. E. Jacobus, H. L. 
Welch and A. R. Brown. 
Event ix, trout fly-casting for distance; open 
to boys not oven eighteen years of age—Judges, 
C. J. McCarthy, A. R. Brown; Referee, E. R. 
Owens; Clerk, Bernard Taylor. F. W. Hid, 
96 feet; Francis A. Niccolls, Jr., 86 feet; I. S. 
Hill, 67 feet; John T. Nightingale, 55 feet; W. 
Ordway, L. D. Chapman. 
Event 12, trout flv-casting for distance, open 
to all members of the N. E. F. F. & G. A.— 
Judges, Dr. F. M. Johnson, Dr. G. H. Payne; 
Referee, Cecil A. Johnson, E. R. Owens. H. 
H. Hammett, 84 feet; Call J. McCarthy, 78 
feet; F. E. Soule, 60 feet. 
Event 13, trout fly-casting for distance, open 
only to contestants under twenty-one years of 
age—Judges, A. R. Brown, L. O. Crane; Referee, 
H. L. Welch. L. D. Chapman, 90 feet; Francis 
A. Niccols, Jr., 83 feet. 
Special event, fly-casting from canoe—Judges, 
A. R. Brown, L. 'O. Crane, H. L. Welch. F. 
W. Hill, 97 feet; L. D. Chapman, 95 feet; F. 
Niccolls, 93 feet. 
Event 14, trout fly-casting for distance, open 
to all—Judges, Dr. F. M. Johnson, Dr. G. H. 
Payne, J. O. Crane. L. S. Darling, g 6 }i feet; 
Call J. McCarthy, 92)4 feet; Francis A. Niccolls, 
Jr., 90J 4 feet; tie for fourth and fifth, Lawrence 
D. Chapman; C. E. Jacobus, 88 feet; F. W. Hill, 
8514 feet: H. L. Welch, 83 feet; L. Dana Chap¬ 
man, 77 feet; Dr. A. R. Brown, 71 feet. 
Event 15, Judges, F. H. Talcott, Bernard Tay¬ 
lor; Referee, Chas. L. Hamden. Won by E. R. 
Owens, 97 per cent.; second, L. S. Darling, 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
95 I 3 _ i 5 per cent.; third, Mrs. E, R. Owens, 
82 13-15 per cent.; fourth, Call J. McCarthy, 
92 9-15 per cent.; fifth, F. A. Niccolls, 91 7-15 
per cent. 
Event 16, trout fly-casting for accuracy and 
form in landing fish. Ten minutes allowed in 
landing fish. Barbless hooks—Judges, Dr. F. M. 
Johnson, Dr. C. H. Payne. Tie for first and 
second, Call J. McCarthy and T. H. Baxter, 
100 per cent.; tie for third and fourth, F. H. 
Talcott and F. A. Niccolls, Jr., 99 per cent.; 
Lawrence D. Chapman, 98 per cent.; Dr. A. R. 
Brown, 97 per cent.; H. L. Welch, 96 per cent.; 
F. H. Niccolls, 90 per cent. 
Event 17, live trout fly-casting; contestants 
'donning high rubber boots and wading out into 
the lake, instead of casting from canoe—Judges 
E. R. Abercrombie, Bernard Taylor; Referee, E. 
R. Owens. H. L. Welch, 100 per cent.; Call J. 
McCarthy, 98 per cent.; F. A. Niccolls, Jr., 93 
per cent. 
Event 18, grand handicap trout fly-casting for 
distance, open to those holding previous records 
in this tournament—Judges, Dr. C. PI. Payng, 
F. A. Niccolls, Chas. G. Wells. F. R. Aber¬ 
crombie (handicap 22 feet 9 inches), 112 feet 
3 inches; H. L. Welch (handicap 11 feet 9 
inches), 105 feet 9 inches; F. P. Sibley (handi- 
BROOK FISHING. . 
cap 29 feet 9 inches), 105 feet 6 inches; J. S. T. 
Alcott (handicap 51 feet), 103 feet; scratch, Lou 
Darling, 94 feet. 
Event 19, accuracy and form in casting for live 
fish from a canoe—Judges, J. W. Brackett, J. B. 
Carville; Referee, Joseph IT. White. H. L. 
Welch 100 per cent.; F. A. Niccolls, Sr., 100 per 
cent.; L. S. Darling, 95 per cent. 
Event 20, fly-casting from canoe for accuracy, 
form and distance up to 60 feet—Judges, F. M. 
Johnson, Chas. G. Wells; Referee, E. R. Owens. 
Call J. McCarthy, 99 2-15 per cent.; Francis A. 
Niccolls, Jr., 98 2-15 per cent.; Lawrence D. 
Chapman, 96 1-15 per cent.; W. P. Stevens, 
95 12-15 P er cent. 
Event 21, trout fly-casting for distance for 
guides—Judges, Dr. A. R. Brown, H. L. Welch ; 
Referee, E. R. Owens. C. L. Hamden, 85 feet; 
J. H. White, 75 feet 6 inches; Bernard Taylor, 
66 feet 6 inches; S. A. Potter, 63 feet; Ed 
Lowell, 52 feet. 
Event 22, trout fly-casting for accuracy, open 
to all—Judges, Dr. F. M. Johnson, L. D. Chap¬ 
man ; Referee, E. R. Owens. Lawrence D. Chap¬ 
man, 98 10-15 per cent.; H. L. Welch. 98 9-15 
per cent.; Call J. McCarthy. 98 3-15 per cent.; 
Francis A. Niccolls, Jr., 97 13-15 per cent.; F. 
W. Hill, 96 3-15 per cent. 
Special fly-casting event for the N. E. F. F. 
& G. A. championship cup. Open to all minors— 
Series of three trout fly-casting contests.: 
First event, trout fly-casting for distance; 
(April 20, 1907. 
contestants to have five minutes to cast for dis¬ 
tance, longest cast to score, 100 feet 100 per 
cent, and this reckoned to 25 per cent.—Judges, 
Dr. F. M. Johnson, Dr. G. H. Payne; Referee, 
Call J. McCarthy. Lawrence D. Chapman, 94 
feet 3 inches; F. A. Niccolls, Jr., go feet 6 
inches; F. W. Hill, 81 feet. 
Second event, accuracy and form at taflget 40, 
50 and 60 feet from platform; five casts at each;! 
five demerits to be deducted for bad form in 
casting; for each foot or fraction of foot out 
side the ring a demerit of 1 shall be deducted, 
the sum total to these demerits divided by 15 j 
and deducted from 100 shall be the percentage. 
Judges, Call J. McCarthy, Dr. F. M. Johnson, 
Dr. G. H. Payne; Captain H. L. Welch. F. A 
Niccolls, 98 22-30 per cent.; F. W. Hill, 98 17-30 
per cent.; Lawrence D. Chapman, 98 4-30 per 
cent. 
Third event won by L. D. Chapman. 
Event 23, grand handicap trout fly-casting for' 
distance, open to those holding previous records 
in this tournament—Judges, Joseph H. White. F. 
H. Talcott; Referee. A. R. Brown. I. S. Hill 
(handicap 29 feet 9 inches), 100 feet 3 inches; 
Call J. McCarthv (handicap 4 feet 3 inches), 100 
feet 3 inches; F. A, Niccolls, Jr., (handicap 6 
feet 3 inches), 100 feet 3 inches; L. D. Chap¬ 
man, Sr., (handicap 15 feet 9 inches), 99 feet Q 
inches; L. D, Chapman, Jr., (handicap 2 feet 6 
inches), 98 feet; Francis West (handicap 22 feet 
3 inches), 93 feet 3 inches; L. S. Darling, scratch, 
93 feet. 
Event 24, bait-casting for distance, J 4 ounce 
weight, open to all—Judges, Dr. F. M. Johnson, 
Dr. G. H. Payne; Referee, C. G. Wells. E. R. 
Owens, 185 feet; L. S. Darling, 136^2 feet; Mrs. 
E. R. Owens, 128J4 feet; Call J. McCarthy, 128 
feet; F. A. Niccolls, Jr., 118 feet. 
Anglers Off for the Streams. 
Boston, Mass., April 13 .—Editor Forest and 
Stream: The new law on trout fishing in Mass¬ 
achusetts opens the season April 15. For many 
years this much desired recreation began April 
r, and many anglers have criticised the change 
to a later date. They are feeling better now, how¬ 
ever, after witnessing the abominable weather! 
which has prevailed during the first fifteen days 
of the month and are willing’ to admit that this 
year at least the new order of things is far the 
best not only for the fish, but for their own com¬ 
fort as well. It is a never ceasing surprise to 
note how many trout fishermen there are whoi 
insist on wetting a line on the. opening day. No; 
condition of weather is sufficiently bad to keep! 
them off the streams, and if the season opened 
March 1 they would apparently be just as anx¬ 
ious to begin. The fifteenth, coming on Monday 
this year, is timed just right and a visit to the 
north and south terminals in Boston on Satur¬ 
day showed a well assorted stock of rods in the 
hands of eager fishermen who were on the way 
to nearby and distant points on the Cape and 
to southern and central parts of the State. 
Many members of the several clubs near Mar¬ 
ion, Plymouth and Sandwich are preparing to 
go down for the first fishing, and in the central 
and western parts of the State—where there are 
fewer leased waters—individual anglers and 
small parties are getting ready for the fifst 1 
weeks’ fishing. Some of the men who will be 
out on the first day are William Smith and C. 
A. Lane, of Winchester, Mass. Mr. Lane is! 
never so happy as when getting up a party to ! 
go fishinsr. He is just now planning an auto¬ 
mobile trip to include eight friends. They will 
cover some fifteen or twenty miles of country,! 
fishing the different streams. A. D. Wheeler., 
of Hyde Park, will also be out on the first day 
and no angler around Boston knows better where; 
to drop a line for good results than he. Another 
first day fisherman is Frank W. Benson, of 
Salem, one of Boston’s most distinguished artists., 
This gentleman confesses to having had some] 
most excellent fishing in past years when weather! 
conditions were fully as bad as they are now. 
He is therefore expecting much from his first 
effort this year. Located right in the midst of 
the best of Massachusetts fishing is Dr. J. G .1 
Hersick, at Greenfield. As a veterinary sur- 
