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[Feb. 12, 1910. 
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mirers in and outside Harbor Grace hope he 
will be long spared as an object lesson as to 
what kind of material it is that constitutes a 
kindly gentleman, a model citizen and a good 
angler. Here is the reference: 
“Fifty-one years ago on Monday, Sept. 20, our 
old and highly respected townsman, C. L. Ken¬ 
nedy came from Baltimore, Md., his native city, 
and settled in Newfoundland. He came on the 
sailing packet which Captain Maher commanded, 
and subsequently settled in this town. He has 
for many years been energetically engaged in 
business here, following the craft of a copper 
and tin plate worker. The old gentleman is still 
quite active, both in his associations and his 
sports. He has always shown a keenness for 
trout fishing, and for the past forty years has 
whipped the waters of one pond in particular. 
Only a week or so ago he visited this pond with 
a number of friends and drew therefrom the 
largest fish procured by the party. Mr. Ken¬ 
nedy is credited with having the most compact 
trouting outfit of any man in this town.” 
The trouting season opened last week and 
some good catches are reported. A local paper 
told of one man who caught seventy dozen and 
sold them for twenty cents per dozen. 
Jan. 26 was a public holiday and hundreds 
availed of the opportunity to get a day on the 
ponds. Many of the anglers were very successful. 
Through the courtesy of A. C. Goodridge, 
Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries, I am 
enabled to give readers of Forest and Stream 
an interesting extract from the official report 
which will be tabled in the House of Assembly 
during the coming session. Anglers making 
dates for 1910 will read these returns with in¬ 
terest. A glance will show the quality of the 
fishing in the various rivers, and anglers can 
govern themselves accordingly. These returns 
are official and are therefore thoroughly re¬ 
liable. It will be seen that an overwhelming 
majority of the anglers hailed from various 
cities in the United States. 
In publishing these I hope that the official 
returns will tally with the unofficial accounts 
given out by the anglers on their return home; 
if not, it causes one to shudder to think of the 
consequence. 
ANGUS MCQUARRIE—LITTLE RIVER. 
Number of Average, 
Salmon. Pounds. 
Mr. Stearns, Kingston, N. S. 3 14 
Dr. Kethridge, Nashua, N. H. 10 12% 
Mr. Giddings, Nashua, N. H. 8 11% 
Dr. Woodworth, New York. 7 14% 
Mr. Wheeler, Boston . 6 12 
Judge Morton, Fall River, Mass. 9 6 
Rev. C. Scoville, Conn. 11 6% 
Geo. R. French. Nashua, N. H. 25 10% 
Mr. Ordway, Maryland . 10 12 
Mr. Kenney, Fall River, Mass. 8 8 
Dr. Thompson, Lynn, Mass. 11 11 
Rev. A. Woods. 17 7% 
Rev. Dr. Woods. 8 4% 
Mr. Patturel, New Brunswick. 5 15 
Mr. Pike, Port aux Basques. 1 30 
THOMAS DOWNEY—GRAND RIVER, LOWER SECTION. 
Number of Range. 
Salmon. Pounds. 
Mr. and Mrs. Flenderson. Rhode Is. 17 6 to 18 
C. E. Thorne, New- York. 9 8 to 18 
J. R. Judson, Vermont. 6 8 to 10 
W. H. Bradford, Vermont. 4 9 to 15% 
E. L. Sibley, Vermont. 2 8 and 10 
Captain Granger, New York. 2 9 and 10 
Dr. Grainger. Boston ... 1 9 
Dr. Salter. Nova Scotia;. 2 8 and 11 
R. Tremaine, Nova Scotia.'.... 4 10 to 20 
P. Crowe, Nova Scotia' .. 2 8 and 10 
Mr. Downey. Grand River . 5 8 to 10 
W. Crowe, Connecticut . 3 8 to 16 
T. S. Skelton . 2 Wand 11 
Captain Rees, England. 5 7 to 15 
Mr. Milderberger, New York. 19 6% to 17 
A. A. M’lSAAC—GRAND RIVER, UPPER. 
Number of Average, 
Salmon Pounds. 
Dr. Keegan, St. John’s. 13 11% 
R. A. Murray, Boston . 16 12% 
E. Milderberger, New York ... . 6 9% 
Hendric Whitman, Boston . 7 10 
J. Taylor, Ottawa . 1 13 
J. Emerson, St. John’s . 1 10 
C. Granger, Boston . 3 8% 
D. Granger, Boston . 2 S% 
D. Sutherland, Pictou . 4 8% 
Captain Seamon, Ottawa. 11 9 
H. A. Mclssac, Codroy. 20 12% 
Captain Ross Webber, London. 3 9 
R. A. Winter, St. John’s . 10 8% 
G. H. Baxter, Pittsburg. 8 9% 
E. R. Hewitt, New York . 5 10% 
Geo. Dart, New York . 3 8 
Mr. Anderson, U. S. A..... 3 9 
D. A. Hutton, England. 17 10 
J. T. Larder, Sydney . 8 9 
Dr. Burns, Sydney. 3 9 
Mr. J. A. Townsend, Sydney. 2 8 
Mr. Sidney Salter, Sydney. 1 13 
Captain Ross Welby, England (trout) 78 1% 
PETER MUISE—GRAND RIVER, SOUTH BRANCH. 
Number of Range, 
Salmon. Pounds. 
Dr. Keegan, St. John’s. 1 10 
R. A. Murray, Boston . 4 13 
A. H. Crease, England. 1 12 
Mr. Blackester, Pittsburg. 8 7 to 10 
Mrs. Blakester, Pittsburg. 2 9 and 10 
Mr. Hutchinson, Nashua, N. H.... 2 7 and 9 
Mr. Fred. Gidding .(grilse) 2 3 
Mr. Wheeler, Boston. 2 8 and 9 
A. S. Burnham, Ontario. 3 11. 9 and 8 
Mr. Peter Oudee, South Branch.... 2 20 and 11 
Mr. J. P. Buck, Ontario. 1 8 
NORTH BRANCH. 
Dr. C. B. Parker, Brooklyn. 8 11 
Mr. Howard S. Hadden, Brooklyn.. 15 9% 
L. MURPHY-SALMONIER RIVER. UPPER. 
Number of Range, 
Salmon. Pounds. 
Strange and party . 22 2% to 5 
W. R. Warren, A. Donnelly. 110 3 to 9 
J. Rendell, J. Baird. 32 3 to 10 
Clapp and party . 21 3 to 10 
Alderdice and party . 11 3 to 7 
J. S. Munn and party . 19 3 to 11 
Mr. Morris and party . 6 3 to 8 
Mr. J. Butler . 10 3 to 7 
Hugh Carter . 5 3 to 8 
W. J. Carroll. 
Illinois Bait-Casting Club. 
Chicago, Ill., Feb. 5. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The officers elected at our annual meet¬ 
ing were as follows, the old officers declining re¬ 
nomination : President, J. E. Amman; Vicei- 
President, O. C. Wehle; Secretary, A. D. 
Whitby; Captain, J. M. Ranney; Executive Com¬ 
mittee, one year, J. B. Crawford; three years, 1 
E. F. McCarty. 
There were sixty-two present at the dinner. 
The following is the report of the secretary 
for the past year: Members in good standing, 
Jan. 20, 1909, 82; Jan: 17, 1910, 112; net gain for 
the year, 30. 
The following comparisons may be of interest 
fp the members: The average attendance was in 
1908, 22; in 1909, 26; in the first four contests 
this year, 22; in the last four, 34. The average 
attendance on the days following contest days 
was invariably heavier. 
Our high scores and records., for this year are 
as follows: Quarter-ounce 1 accur^y bait, 95.5 
per cent, made by Wm. Stanley,' Aug. 14. Our 
club record is 99.6 per cent., made by Wm. Stan¬ 
ley, July 25. This score was tied by J. M. Ran¬ 
ney, Aug. 8, 1908; the record. 
Half-ounce accuracy bait, 99.5 per cent., made 
at our club tournament, Oct. 3, by J. E. Amann ; 
record. 
Quarter-ounce distance club record, 142 1/5 
feet. Average in five casts, Sept. 4, by W. H. 
Ball; club record, and we believe the record. 
Half-ounce distance, 2083/5 feet. Average in 
five casts made by C. E. Lingenfelter, Aug. 28. 
New club record, and we also believe the record. 
Longest single distance half-ounce cast was 221 
feet made by L. N. Place, Aug. 28. The record 
is 230 feet, held by O. E. Becker. 
The longest single distance quarter-ounce cast 
was 155 feet, made by A. D. Whitby, July 24. 
Club record. The record, 161 feet, was made by 
Dr. R. J. Held, of New York. 
The highest score for accuracy fly was 999/15 
per cent., made by N. C. Heston in our club tour¬ 
nament Oct. 3; club record. The record was 
held by 1 . H. Bellows with a perfect score. 
I11 accuracy dry fly the highest score was 992/5 
per cent., made by L. E. De Garmo, June 19, and 
tied by himself July 24; club record, and also 
the record. 
In delicacy fly our highest score was 9729/30 
per cent., made by L. E. De Garmo, July 24; club 
record. The record is held by Fred N. Peet, his 
score being 9921/30 per cent. 
In distance fly our highest score was 101 feet, 
made by W. H. Ball, June 5; club record. 
In salmon fly our highest score was 120 feet, 
made by L. E. De Garmo; club record. 
In the bait events our club holds all the rec¬ 
ords for high scores except the records for the 
longest single casts. 
In the inter-club contests between the Illinois 
Bait and the Chicago Fly clubs this year we won 
the first contest by a score of 98.45, general 
average. The second contest was also won by 
our club, the score being 98.44, general average. 
To possess ownership of the cup it must be won 
five times. The Chicago Fly Club has won three 
contests and we have won three. 
In the complimentary tournament given by the 
Chicago Fly Club in honor of the opening Ang¬ 
lers’ Pool, Wm. Stanley was awarded the trophy 
in the quarter-ounce accuracy bait, his score be¬ 
ing 99.2 per cent. He was also awarded the guest 
trophy for the highest average score made by 
members of our club; 98.65 per cent. 
In the anglers’ tournament, Sept. 26, our mem¬ 
bers won two first prizes out of four, and one 
second prize. Wm. Stanley won the quarter- 
ounce trophy for accuracy bait. The distance 
quarter-ounce bait was won by A. D. Whitby. 
The quarter-ounce accuracy second was won by 
W. H. Ball; half-ounce distance, first prize, by 
C. E. Lingenfelter. 
In the international tournament in New York, 
Aug. 19-21, two of the trophies were won by - 
members of this club, A. D. Whitby winning the 
quarter-ounce distance bait, and L. E. De Garmo 
the accuracy dry fly. He also took the second 
prize cup in the all round championship. 
It is evident from the above that we have just 
closed the most successful year in the history of 
the club; besides we hold all the records in the 
bait events and one record in the fly. 
H. F. Bennett. Sec’y.. 
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The Casting Tournament in Paris. 
The second international fly- and bait-casting' 
tournament to be given under the auspices of the 
Fishing Club de France will be held March 10- 
13, inclusive, at the Cercle du Tir aux Pigeons, 
in the Bois de Boulogne, in Paris. The hours 
will be from 10 to 12, and from 1:30 until 5 
o’clock, but the morning of the nth will be re¬ 
served for trials of skid, and for practice. Other 
data regarding the affair may be had by address¬ 
ing Prince Pierre d’Arenberg, 20 Rue de la Ville- 
l’Eveque, Paris. 
