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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Aug. 29, 1908. 
Accuracy Fly-Casting. 
Only three targets were used in this event. A 
contestant was permitted to extend his fly to the 
first one, 50 feet distant, cast five times at it, 
then extend his fly by false casts or by shooting 
to the 55-foot target, cast five times at it, then 
extend to the 6o-foot target, and try five casts 
replaced by beautiful willowy ones which, for ac¬ 
tion and balance, equal the best fly rods. 
The work of D. F. Beatty and William Stanley 
was wonderful. Their tie was in fact a miss- 
and-out affair, and enthusiasm ran high during 
the cast-off, the friends of each man “rooting” 
vigorously for him. All ties were cast off at the 
CONTESTANTS PRACTICING QUARTER-OUNCE ACCURACY. 
at it, etc. Scores were high. L. E. DeGarmo 
wop, after a pretty exhibition, on sheer merit, 
as he had practiced steadily for this contest. The 
scores: 
Score, 
Per C’t. 
L. E. De Garmo, Illinois Bait-Casting Club, 
diamond trophy . 99 9-15 
E. P. Sperry, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 1st 
prize, rod . 99 3-15 
H. W. Perce, C. F. C. C., 2d prize, reel. 99 2-15 
I. IT. Bellows, C. F. C. C., 3a prize, reel. 99 1-15 
F. N. Peet, C. F. C. C., 4th prize, subscription. 99 1-15 
W. T. Church, C. F. C. C., 5th prize, subscription 98 14-15 
R. J. Held, Anglers’ Club of New York, special 
prize, rod. 98 11-15 
A. J. Wintringham, Fox River Valley B. C. C., 
Perry Frazer, Anglers’ Club of New York, 7th 
prize, subscription . 98 8-15 
C. F. Brown, C. F. C. C., 8th prize, subscription 98 7-15 
E. R. Letterman, C. F. C. C., 9th, subscription. 98 7-15 
N. C. Heston . 98 3-15 
P. J. Einderman. 98 3-15 
C. F. Browne, Racine . 98 • 2-15 
A. Jay Marsh . 98 1-15 
John Hohman . 97 12-15 
Ft. A. Newkirk . 97 11-15 
John Waddell . 97 9-15 
J. W. Bramhall. 97 6-15 
W. L. Rock. 97 5-15 
G. A. Hinterleitner. 97 3-15 
B. L. Rawlins. 97 5-15 
In this and the previous event rods could not 
weigh more than 8j4 ounces. 
Accuracy Bait-Casting, Quarter Ounce. 
Sixty-three men lined up for this event, which 
was called after luncheon on the 14th. The 
weather was ideal, with a slight breeze. Captain 
Murrell announced that each man would make 
ten casts, instead of 15, as usual. These were 
made at 60, 65, 70, 75 and 80 feet. The center 
of the target was 30 inches in diameter, and very 
few casts, indeed, were more than one foot away. 
It was a revelation to those who had never seen 
a contest of the kind. The majority of the rods 
were between 5 feet 8 inches and 6 feet 4 inches, 
the weight being about 5^2 ounces, and they 
showed the result of the fining down that has 
gone on in recent years. Stiff rods have been 
close of the event. Twenty of the men entered 
averaged 98 per cent, or better. In the cast-off 
Beatty had only 4 demerits. The scores: 
D. F. Beatty, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, diamond 
trophy . 
Wm. Stanley, Illinois B. C. C., 1st prize, reel... 
O. E. Pecker, Chicago F. C. C., 2d prize, reel... 
lohn Hohman, Illinois B. C. C., special, rod. 
H. W. Perce, Chicago F. C. C., 3d, camera. 
C. H. Cheney, 4th prize, waders. 
E. A. Humphrey, I. B. C.C., 5th, rain coat. 
J. E. Ammon, I. B. C. C., 6th, reel. 
E. R. Letterman, C. F. C. C., 7th, reel. 
Score, 
Per Ct. 
99.0 
99.0 
98.7 
95.7 
98.6 
98.6 
98.5 
98.4 
98.3 
98.3 ’ 
A. Wagner, I. B. C. 
C., 9th 
. subscription. 
98.2 
A. D. Whitby, I. B. 
C. C., 
10th, lines. 
98.2 
B. L. Rawlins, 11th, 
subscription. 
98.2 
A. J. Wintringham, F. 1<. V 
. B. C. C., 12th, subs- 
cription .. 
98.2 
F. N. Peet, C. F. C. 
C., 13th, book. 
98.1 
Other scores follow: 
L. E. De Garmo. 
98.1 
D. W. Osborne.... 
. 97.1 
G. A. Hinterleitner. 
98.1 
L. Place . 
. 97.0 
C. F. Brown. 
98.0 
W. L. Rock. 
. 97.0 
G. L. Robirds. 
98.0 
T. Nordholm . 
. 96.7 
O. T. Loomis. 
98.0 
H. A. Newkirk. 
. 96.6 
N. C. Heston. 
97.9 
P. J. Linderman...., 
. 96.6 
A. F. Gates. 
97.9 
T. M. Toll. 
. 96.6 
TI. R. Winfield. 
97.8 
C. P. Clifford. 
. 96.6 
T. H. Bellows. 
97.5 
W. W. McFarland., 
. 96.6 
T. P. Mohan. 
97.5 
B. F. Tackson. 
. 96.6 
F. A. Snell. 
97.5 
F. W. Hemmghaus. 
. 96.5 
A. Jay Marsh. 
97.4 
W. II. Ball. 
, 96.5 
T W. Bramhall. 
97.4 
Leroy Latham .. 
. 95.4 
TT. E. Rice. 
97.4 
1. M. Schroeder. 
. 95.2 
P>. Greenwood. 
97.4 
C. W. Keiser . 
. 95.2 
O. C. Weh'e. 
97.3 
G. II. Slocum. 
. 95.2 
E. L. Mason. 
97.3 
T. N. Ranney.. 
. 94.0 
Charles Gustrine ... 
97.2 
E. M. Meyer. 
. 91.8 
Tilden Robb . 
97.2 
William Lampey .... 
. 91.0 
C. L. Provost. 
97.1 
William Stanley 
won 
this event at Racine last 
Single Hand Fly-C asting. 
The ties in the accuracy event took so much 
time that the distance fly-casting event was 
started too late for all contestants to finish on 
Friday. The judges finally struck and declined 
to continue, as they said they could not see the 
fly. Captain Murrell urged them to help him 
run off the event, but they were not willing, and 
several of the contestants were compelled to cast 
on Sunday morning, as there was no time on 
Saturday. 
The lagoon where the tournament was held 
is very irregular in outline, and three platforms 
had been built, but while these and the water 
were in every way adapted to accuracy casting, 
there was not sufficient clear space for distance 
fly-casting save in two places, and the direction 
of the wind prevented utilizing one of these; 
why the other one was not used was not ex¬ 
plained, for it had been chosen by a number of 
the contestants. The line was finally stretched 
across a narrow part of the lagoon, with willow 
trees to cause eddies in the wind, and with a hill 
behind the platform to interfere with the back 
cast on every long retrieve. The handicap was 
severe, for it was impossible to straighten the 
line on long casts. Instead the line shot out 
while the leader drifted off to the right and the 
fly was blown back, to alight last of all. Often 
the leader was carried across the judges’ punt, 
some ten feet to the right of the line. 
Fred Peet was fortunate enough to get the full 
benefit of his skill in one cast and won the trophy 
with no feet, but his friend, I. H. Bellows, was 
badly handicapped by the wind and retired with 
0554 feet. E. P. Sperry, another expert, fell be¬ 
low his average, and he and Dr. Browne of 
Racine did not reach the 90-foot mark. Dr. Held 
of New York increased his record slightly 
through hard effort, and scored 93 feet. Perry 
Frazer of New York started in with a rod and 
line equipped with a long leader and scored 104k; 
feet, but could not straighten his leader. He 
then took up another rod and finished his inning 
with it and a short leader. 
Uncle John Waddell of Racine cast on Sunday 
and scored 100 feet. Others cast off their scores 
that day. The results gave the trophy to Fred 
Peet, and first prize to Perry Frazer. The rods 
used were about 11 y 2 feet long. They weighed 
ten to twelve ounces. Ten minutes’ time was 
given each man, with no allowances for acci¬ 
dents. The prize winners and their best casts: 
Feet. 
Fred N. Peet, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, diamond 
trophy . 110 
Perry D. Frazer, Anglers’ Club of New York, 1st 
prize, reel . 104 ] /2 
John Waddell, Grand Rapids Fly-Casting Club, 
2d prize, reel . 100 
I. H. Bellows, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 3d prize, 
reel . 95*4 
W. T. Church, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 4th 
prize, fly-book .'. 94*4 
R. J. Held, Anglers’ Club of New York, special 
prize, rod . 93 
Ray Lum, Kalamazoo Bait-Casting Club, 5th prize, 
landing net . 93 
L. E. De Garmo, Illinois Bait-Casting Club, 6th 
prize, subscription. S8 
E. P. Sperry, _ Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 7th 
prize, subscription . S6 
J. W. Bramhall, Kansas City Bait-Casting Club, 
8th prize, subscription. 85 
C. F. Browne, Racine . 84 
C. F. Brown, Chicago .... 83 
George Hinterleitner . 80 
B. L. Rawlins . 73 
Accuracy Bait-Casting, Half Ounce. 
On Saturday morning the rain was falling 
steadily, but this tapered off to a drizzle and 
finally the skies cleared. To the surprise of 
everyone the half-ounce accuracy contest, 
scheduled for 8 o’clock, was not started until 
nearly noon. With such a contract before it, the 
committee should have started the event on 
time, rain or no rain. Comments of “fair 
weather fishermen” were passed in jest, but the 
fact is that the long-drawn-out executive com¬ 
mittee meeting of the night before caused its 
members to oversleep, and it was a tired crowd 
that straggled into the park with the reappear- 
