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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Nov. 14, 1908. 
and the rope was five-eighths of an inch in 
diameter. Then a half hitch was made around 
his body and he was pulled on to the stern of 
the boat and tied down hard and fast for fear 
he would get to flopping and possibly sink the 
boat. 
This shark measured seven and one-half feet 
long from tip of nose to end of tail and weighed 
135 pounds when landed on the wharf at South- 
port. It was a regular man eating shark and 
was said to have been the largest fish ever caught 
with rod and line at Southport. 
It made the old fishermen open their eyes 
when they saw such a fish that was caught with 
so small a line and hook. Fortunately, the hook 
had caught in the lip, for if it had been in the 
mouth the shark would certainly have bitten it 
off. One of the Party. 
Newark Bait- and Fly-Casting Club. 
Newark, N. J., Nov. 3 . — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The closing tournament of the club 
for the season was held to-day on Weequahic 
Lake. The wind was cold and erratic and it 
cut down all scores made during the morning 
and early afternoon, but later on it calmed down. 
The feature of the day was the surf-casting 
in which Mr. Peters averaged 2394-5 f eet i n 
five casts with 2[/2-ounce weight, while E. B. 
Rice made the longest cast, 269 feet, using a rod 
ten feet in length. The results: 
HALF-OUNCE DISTANCE BAIT. 
A. T. Marsh.. 
Best cast, 
Feet. 
. 194 
Average, 
Feet. 
168 1-5 
F. T. Mapes. 
. 165 
139 1-5 
C. T. Champion. 
. 158 
136 2-5 
P. T. Muldoon. 
. 145 
129 1-5 
Geo. A. Endersby. 
. 150 
125 
Lou S. Darling. 
. 170 
124 1-5 
R R Eichlin.. 
. 147 
116 2-5 
R. T. Snow. 
. 127 
111 2-5 
C. 1. Comppen. 
. 97 
70 4-5 
Perry Frazer . 
_s_ 
. 123 
59 
Wm. Metcalf . 
. 83 
67 2-5 
A. T. Neu. 
. . . 
DISTANCE TROUT FLY CASTING. 
Expert Class. 
Best Cast. 
Darling . 101 105 107 107 
Frazer . '. 102 104 10514 10514 
100-foot Class. 
Feet. 
A. Jay Marsh. 84 
S5-foot Class. 
Feet. Feet. 
. 94 
Muldoon 
.... 85 
Champion .. 
. 88 
75-foot Class. 
Endersby .. 
. 78 
Neu . 
.... 76 
60-foot Class. 
Metcalf .... 
. 69 
Snow .... 
.... 53 
MISS AND OUT, 
HALF-OUNCE 
bait: 
Eichlin .... 
11111 
Mapes ... 
.. 0 
Muldoon ... 
11110 
Champion 
.. 0 
Darling _ 
.1110 
Frazer ... 
.. 0 
Marsh . 
.110 
Neu . 
.. 0 
Endersby .. 
1 0 
Comppen 
.. 0 
ACCURACY FLY. 
Per C’t. 
Per C’t. 
Darling .... 
. 98.10 
Maped ... 
. 97.10 
Endersby .. 
. 98. S 
Champion 
. 96.6 
Frazer . 
. 98.3 
Muldoon . 
. 95.8 
. 98.1 
Comppen 
. 92 . 
Neu . 
. 97.14 
ACCURACY HALF-OUNCE BAIT. 
. 97 9-15 
. 9G 3-15 
Mapes . 
. 97 12-15 
95 13-15 
Marsh . 
. 96 10-15 
Neu . 
. 95 10-15 
Champion 
. 96 9-15 
Comppen 
. 92 8-15 
Eichlin . 
SURF-CASTING, OPEN. 
Best 
Average 
Cast. 
Feet. 
Peters . 
. 249 245 
244 226 235 
249 
239 4-5 
Rice . 
.269 230 
238 75 191 
269 
200 3-5 
< 'urry . 
. 199 196 
200 189 210 
210 
198 4-5 
Dr Marshall 
.... 205 115 
202 188 70 
205 
194 
L Marshall 
. 149 181 
199 210 190 
210 
185 4-5 
Muldoon ... 
. 175 115 
170 146 181 
181 
157 2-5 
Marsh . 
..;... 55 151 
17C 1S1 152 
181 
143 
Comppen . 
. 50 151 
143 155 143 
155 
128 2-5 
Van Wettering.. 95 154 
100 65 143 
154 
111 2-5 
Fred T. Mapes, 
Sec’y. 
Death of John Enright. 
John Enright, the famous salmon fly-caster, 
died at his home in Castleconnell, Ireland, on 
Oct. 25. The announcement of his death was 
published in our last issue in October, but we 
were not then certain the report was correct. 
Michael E. Enright, a brother, writes us as fol¬ 
lows under date of Oct. 29: 
“I regret to have to inform you of the death 
of my brother John, which sad event occurred 
on Sunday last, 25th inst. 
“He had been unwell for a long time, but we 
did not give up hopes of his recovery until a 
few days before his death. 
“He had been anticipating another visit to the 
United States and was particularly anxious to 
meet those friends who had been so kind to 
him on the occasion of his previous visit.” 
Concerning Mr. Enright, Editor Marston, of 
the Fishing Gazette, says: 
“I think most of us noticed he was not him- 
MR. ENRIGHT BREAKING THE EIGHTEEN-FOOT SALMON 
ROD RECORD. 
self at the tournament at Shepherd's Bush last 
July. Mr. Enright held the world’s record for 
distance in salmon fly-casting, and was a favorite 
with all who knew him—he was so modest and 
pleasant. It was amazing how fond he was of 
just casting—I am not sure he did not prefer 
it to fishing. If I can get one, I will give his 
portrait next week, and some notes about him. 
It is sad to think of a man of such splendid 
bodily powers being cut off so soon.” 
When John Enright came to America two 
years ago to take part in the first tournament of 
the Anglers’ Club of New York, on Harlem 
Mere in Central Park, like many men of power¬ 
ful physique he attracted attention, and his ex¬ 
cessive modesty, unselfishness and good nature 
won him many warm friends. He was of 
medium height but stockily built and as straight 
as an arrow. The development of his chest, arm 
and leg muscles was wonderful. He reminded 
one of a wrestler, but had in fact developed his 
strength through hard work and rational exer¬ 
cise. He told us he was in the habit of begin¬ 
ning his day with a five or ten-mile walk along 
the Shannon before going to the rod factory. 
Otherwise, he added whimsically, he would not 
feel like doing a day’s work. 
When he broke three salmon fly-casting 
records in two days on the Mere, he blushed 
like a school girl and stammered his thanks for 
the many congratulations tendered him. “Oh, 
that is nothing,” he said—not in a boastful way, 
at all, but in the manner of an overgrown boy; 
for he had only been ashore one day from his 
ocean voyage, and even his remarkable strength 
was on the ebb for lack of rest. 
At the Crystal Palace in London he cast 147 
feet, and on the Mere he scored 152 feet, em¬ 
ploying a twenty-foot spliced greenheart rod. 
He cast 126 feet with a fourteen-foot rod, a 
record; and scored 1481-2 feet twice with a rod 
which was a trifle over eighteen feet in length. 
Carp Recipe. 
Owego, N. Y., Nov. 7 . — Editor Forest and 
Stream: In reply to the query of Amateur Ang¬ 
ler as to the proper manner a carp should be 
prepared, I take it that he would like to know 
how to cook the “beast.” The following recipe 
is an old one, and pronounced by those who have 
used it to be the only way known which justifies 
the preparation of a carp for thq' table: 
After thoroughly cleaning the carp, soak it 
over night in salt water, parboil for an hour, 
then procure a good wide shingle and put same 
in a dripping pan upon which place the carp; 
take several slices of lemon cut thin, and also 
\ several slices of fat salt pork and place them in 
the dripping pan and upon the carp; add a half 
teacup of water, butter the size of an egg, sea¬ 
son slightly with pepper and salt; bake in a 
moderate oven, basting every ten or fifteen 
minutes for an hour or until the fish is thor¬ 
oughly browned; then take the carp and care¬ 
fully dump it into the garbage can and eat the 
shingle. \F. J. D. 
A Unique Advertisement. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
A unique advertisement appears in this even¬ 
ing’s papers. I suppose there is no other place 
in the world where such an advertisement as this 
is possible. These trout are netted in the mouths 
of the big rivers in Northern Labrador and are 
sent up every fall to Newfoundland to be sold 
by public auction for the benefit of the Moravian 
Mission: 
AUCTION. 
Friday next, the 9th inst., at 11 o’clock, at the premises 
of Messrs. C. F. Bennett & Co. 
Barrels. 
Red trout . 384 
White and red trout . 371 
White trout . 9814 
White and small red trout. 59 
Old trout . 19 
Total . 981 Vs. 
Puncheons. 
White trout . 8 
Red trout . 7 
Mixed trout . 1 
Total . 16 
Now landing, ex Ss. Harmony, from the Moravian 
Settlements. 
A. S. Rendell & Co., Brokers. 
W. J. Carroll. 
PURE MILK FOR BABY. 
Sanitary milk production was first started 
by Gail Borden in the early 50s. The best 
systems to-day are largely based on his 
methods, but none are so thorough and so 
rigidly enforced as the Borden System. For 
over fifty years the Eagle Brand Condensed 
Milk has proved its claim as the best food for 
infants.-— Adv. 
