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ance of the sun. Too much work had been 
. crowded into two days. 
Sixty of the seventy-eight men who were en¬ 
tered for the half-ounce accuracy bait-casting 
event finished their scores,’ and half of them 
scored 97 per cent, or better. Ten casts at each 
distance, 60, 70, 80, go and 100 feet, was the or¬ 
der, and the event took up most of the day. The 
skies were clear, the temperature rose steadily, 
and a brisk wind was blowing. L. E. DeGarmo 
won the diamond trophy with 98.8 per cent., .2 
below the score of 99 made by E. R. Letterman 
at Racine last year. The percentages: 
Score, 
Per C’t. 
L. E. De Garmo, Illinois Bait-Casting Club cham¬ 
pionship trophy ... ••••;•• 98.8 
W. L. Rock, Kansas City Bait-Casting Club, 1st 
prize, reel . ••••••••■• °°.7 
Fred. N. Peet, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 2d 
prize, rod .. • • • • 93 ■ 1* 
D. F. Beatty, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 3d prize, 
reel' ... 98.3 
A. T. Wintringham. Fox River Valley Bait- 
Casting Club, 4th prize, rod.........-...... 98.3 
G. A. Hinterleitner, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 
5th prize, waders . ; - ••••-•••••• 98.2 
William Stanley, Illinois Bait-Casting Club, bth 
prize, merchandise . 98.2 
H. W. Perce, 7th prize, merchandise. 98.1 
T ’ E. Ammon, 8th, special prize, reel. 98.1 
E R. Letterman. 9th prize, merchandise. 97.9 
G. L. Robirds, 10th prize, merchandise. 97.8 
T P. Mohan, 11th prize, merchandise . 97.8 
T W. Bramhall, 12th prize, merchandise. 97.8 
T. M. Toll. 13th prize.... 97.7 
Dr Van Ornum, 14th prize. JCb 
O. E. Becker, 15th prize. 97.5 
E. M. Meier, 16th prize. 9i.b 
Other scores: 
D. Yount . 
T. Nordholm . 
H. E. Rice. 
Wm McFarlin . 
A. Wagner . 
E. L. Mason. 
B. Greenwood . 
F. W. Heminghaus.. 
Ray Lum . 
C. H. Cheney. 
C. E. Lingenfelter... 
Leroy Latham . 
E. H. Mathews. 
T. H. Bellows. 
P. J. Linderman. 
R. W. Crompton.... 
PT. A. Newkirk. 
O. J. Loomis. 
M. A. Beck. 
B. F. Jackson. 
Wm. McCowan. 
N. R. Winfield. 
97.6 
97.5 
97.5 
97.5 
97.2 
97.2 
97.1 
97.1 
97.1 
97.1 
97.0 
97.0 
97.0 
96.9 
96.9 
96.9 
96.8 
96. S 
96.8 
96.6 
96.5 
96.4 
O. C. Wehle. 96.4 
M. D. Cooley. 96.4 
Tilden Robb . 96.3 
A. H. Whitby. 96.3 
W. O. Van Treese... 96.2 
E. P. Castler. 96.2 
F. M. Clark.. 96.0 
Charles Gustrine .... 95.9 
W. T. Church . 95.9 
H. W. Hutchins. 95.8 
J. M. Ranney. 95.7 
E. A. Duell. 95.5 
John Hohman . 95.2 
William Larnpe . 95.2 
G. Schoenlaub . 95.2 
Charles Stanley. 94.8 
J. E. Farber. 94.8 
C. W. Blodgett. 94.6 
A. D. Whitby. 94.2 
T. M. Schioeder. 93.7 
H. Wait. 93.5 
Distance Bait-Casting, Half Ounce. 
The heat was oppressive when the long-dis¬ 
tance bait-casting was held, on the lawn beside 
the lagoon, but a prettier scene is seldom viewed. 
The V-shaped court was laid out down wind, 
with the long tape in the center, and to assist 
them the judges were equipped with an enormous 
square by which they measured the casts that fell 
to one side of the tape. Hundreds of anglers, 
with their women friends or families, crowded 
the boundary lines or sat on the lawn where they 
could see the fun. Thirty-three entered, but 
only seventeen completed their scores. 
It is one thing to cast over water, with one s 
back to the crowd, but quite another to face a 
large audience like this one, and not a few of the 
contestants, primed to do their prettiest, but who 
suffered from that awful bugaboo of the bait- 
caster, the backlash, confided to friends that 
they had attacks of “cold feet’’ or “stage 
fright.” 
Dr. Held of New York had practiced steadily 
for this event, and it is safe to say his average 
casts in all his practice were above 200 feet; but 
he was not accustomed to casting on a lawn with 
a dry line, nor was he proof against nervousness 
brought on by the huge audience. His work was 
even, however, and he had no backlashes, but he 
did not let himself out. Captain Murrell, realis¬ 
ing that time was short, ordered all those who 
had entered for the salmon event to finish their 
bait scores as soon as ready, and urged those 
who had no chance in the averages to withdraw 
to facilitate matters. Messrs. Perce, Held, 
Browne of Racine, Peet, Frazer, and others, 
therefore, cast rapidly, and in this way there was 
some slight confusion. Dr. Held had finished his 
five casts when Captain Murrell called him up 
again, and it was not until the Doctor had scored 
210 feet on his sixth cast that the judges in¬ 
formed him he had already completed his score. 
The longest single cast in the event, therefore, 
was not counted. Instead, Ray Lum of Kalama¬ 
zoo received the credit; he scored 198 feet. The 
best previous average in a similar event was 
made in 1905 by E. B. Bartholomew, 183 49-60. 
Last year at Racine Ray Lum won the champion¬ 
ship with an average of 179 feet. The best single 
cast that year was 191 feet. The results: 
Score, 
Average, 
Feet. 
R. J. Held, Anglers’ Club of New York, cham¬ 
pionship trophy . 
M. H. Cooley, 1st prize, reel.... 
Ray Lum, Kalamazoo Fly-Casting Club, 2d prize, 
A. J. Wintringham, Fox River Valley Bait-Cast¬ 
ing Club, 3d prize, rain coat.... 
Tilden Robb, Kalamazoo, 4th prize, rod. 
C. F. Brown, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 5th 
prize, reel .... 
A. F. Gates, special prize, reel. 
S. B. Cramer, 6th prize .•. 
W. W. McFarlin, 7th prize..... 
O. J. Loomis, Chicago Fly-Casting Club, 8th 
prize, reel . ; . 
J. N. Ranney, Illinois B. C. C., 9th prize. 
A. D. Whitby. 
C. E. Lingenfelter . 
E. R. Letterman . 
T. W. Bramhall . 
L. E. De Garmo. 
E. A. Humphrey. 
Longest single cast: 
Ray Lum, Kalamazoo . 
181 4-5 
179 2-5 
172 3-5 
170 4-5 
169 
167 1-5 
161 4-5 
144 4-5 
140 2-5 
140 
139 2-5 
136 
135 4-5 
130 3-5 
121 
110 4-5 
95 4-5 
198 
Salmon Fly-Casting. 
Only four of the sixteen men entered in the 
salmon fly-casting event were able to finish their 
scores on Saturday night, and only eleven in all 
took part, as some of them were unable to re¬ 
main until Sunday to finish the event. This was 
not started until after sunset on Saturday, and 
the storm brought early darkness and finally be¬ 
came so heavy that it drove everybody away. 
The Chicago men very courteously assisted 
Messrs. Held and Frazer in finishing their scores, 
as they were compelled to start for New York 
Saturday night. The rain came on before the 
former had finished, but he would not quit, even 
though casting under a severe handicap. 
Fred Peet cast 108 feet and this was scored by 
the judges, and the clerks entered it. Then it 
was seen that the fly was off. According to all 
rules it could not be scored, but an officer of the 
association, despite the order that no person 
should talk to the judges during an event, in 
sisted that the cast must be scored under the 
rule which says that “No cast shall count after 
judges have notified the contestant that fly is 
missing until after fly has been replaced.” He 
held that as Mr. Peet had not been told that his 
fly was off, he should not be penalized. It is not 
likely this decision will be allowed to stand. It 
is the first time we have ever heard of a cast be¬ 
ing scored when the fly was missing. Instead, it 
is customary, in the East, at least, to ascertain 
whether the fly is on or off before a long cast is 
scored; if it is not on, the cast is rejected, for 
casting without a fly is not fly-casting, and it is 
the business, first, of the contestant to make sure 
his fly is on; and second, of the judges or referee 
to notify him if it is off, and refuse to score un¬ 
til he puts on a new fly. Mr. Peet took no part 
in the argument, but the case was protested by a 
contestant who had no chance to win a place, as 
he believed the decision was not fair. 
Perry Frazer scored 114 feet and was high 
man when the storm broke. Next day John 
Waddell tied this score and the other contestant 
finished. Fred Peet won second prize in the 
cast-off with Mr. Church. This left the cham¬ 
pionship and first prize still undecided. 
There was not room on the lagoon for the 
salmon event except to windward. The measur¬ 
ing line was stretched down wind. Just 105 feet 
from the casting platform the line left the water 
and extended on the shore and up the hill, so 
that the 130-foot mark was some four feet higher 
than the water. After the contestant had ex¬ 
tended his line to 105 feet, the impulse was to 
stop it, as he could not see the line or fly strike 
the grass, and every time it did so he was com¬ 
pelled to stop until the judges hunted for and 
found the fly, thus losing all opportunities to ex 
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THE HALF-OUNCE ACCURACY CONTEST. 
’ Photograph by John R. Dishington. 
