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[March 5, 1910. 
one behind and for casting with either hand. 
The trials for precision will be with a dry fly 
and with an obstacle in front. Weight casting 
has to do with distance, precision, obstacles and 
so on. 
The committee of arrangements include the 
following gentlemen: M. M. Prince p. d’Aren- 
berg, L. Bougie, P. Caillard, Comte X. de Cha- 
vagnac, Et. Mellet, V. Martin Le Roy, E. Roger, 
Docteur Valude, Wiessmann, Docteur Wurz, E. 
Canard, Vicomte de France, Joyant. 
New York City, Feb. 19. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: In view of the suggestion that the 
lines used in tournament bait-casting in this 
country shall be limited, the subjoined figures 
from the rules of the Casting Club de France, 
to which I have added the approximate cor¬ 
responding weights avoirdupois, may be in¬ 
teresting. A seven-ounce sinker ought to please 
our salt water friends who have always claimed 
the standard two and a half-ounce weight 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
not sufficiently heavy, but at the tournament to 
be held at Paris on March 10 to 13 next, two 
and a half ounces (70 grains) is-the heaviest 
weight to be used in any event. The only other 
variation from our rules is that rods in bait¬ 
casting events must be at least 1 metre 50 cm. 
(4 ft. 11 in.) in length, as otherwise their rules 
as to weights and lengths of rods and leaders are 
practically the same as ours. 
W eight 
Casting Weight. 
Line Must Sustain. 
7 Errs. 5 . */i oz. 
500 grs . 
. 17.63 oz 
15 
“ . y 2 “ 
1 kil . 
. 2.2 lbs. 
30 
“ . 1 “ 
9 “ 
. 4.4 “ 
40 
“ . 1 % “ 
3 “ . 
. 6.6 “ 
50 
“ . 1 % “ 
4 “ . 
. 8.8 “ 
70 
“ 91/ 2 “ 
6 “ . 
. 13.2 “ 
100 
“ . 3% “ 
8 “ . 
. 17.6 “ 
150 
“ . 514 “ 
10 “ . 
92 “ 
200 
it rj << 
12“ . 
. 26.4 “ 
E. F. T. 
Shriners 
to Fish. 
New Orleans, La., Feb. 23 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: The opinion prevails that during 
the coming season the fisherman will be in good 
luck. It is thought that salt water fishing will 
be good this spring. A number of the clubs 
have enlarged their houses and are preparing 
for the sport on an extended scale. The chief 
fishing places near New Orleans are Manchac, 
the Rigolets, Lake Catherine, Chef Menteur and 
points in and around Waveland, Bay St. Louis, 
Biloxi and Pass Christian. The Barataria sec¬ 
tion also abounds in fish, but it is rather too far 
for the average fishermen in New Orleans. The 
Red River and streams in the central portion of 
the State yield thousands of fresh water fish. 
The Shriners’ convention meets in this city in 
April and at least 50,000 visitors will be in New 
Orleans, including the delegates. The delegates 
will be here April 10 to 16, and as this will be 
in a good fishing time, many of the visitors will 
stay after the convention and go over to the 
fishing resorts. All of the clubs will entertain 
and several invitations have been accepted. 
F. G. G. 
Interlake Yachting. 
The delegates to the Interlake Yachting As¬ 
sociation met at Detroit on Saturday, Feb. 19, 
and decided that the annual regatta of the asso¬ 
ciation should be sailed off Put-in-Bay. The 
citizens of that town and the yachtsmen offered 
$750 in cash for the privilege of having the 
races there and the delegates accepted the offer. 
The racing will begin on July 18 and last until 
July 23. 
It was a well attended meeting, nearly every 
club in the association being represented. One 
important piece of business was amending the 
constitution, so that two regattas are to be held 
each week. One for sailing craft and one for 
motor boats. This was done because of the 
friction that has arisen between the patrons of 
the two styles of yachts. Two measurers are 
now necessary and Harry Elliott, of the Buffalo 
Launch Club, was chosen as measurer of power 
boats and Walter Coakley, of the Toledo Y. C., 
as measurer of sail yachts. 
In selecting the week of July 18 to 23 the dele¬ 
gates recognized the fact that this is a time 
when the moon is full. This should not be 
taken to mean that the yachtsmen wish to make 
it unanimous. Far be it from thus. However, 
those who enjoy the social as well as the com¬ 
petitive side of the week at the bay are strong 
for moonlight and their wishes were deferred 
to. 
Formal announcement was made of the ap¬ 
pointment of the following committees 
Entertainment — Harry Austin. Detroit Boat 
Club Yachtsmen, Chairman; John L. Dexter, 
Detroit Boat Club Yachtsmen; J. B. Van 
Vechten, Solvay Boat Club; J. H. Van Jas- 
mund, Detroit Motor Boat Club; John Dyar, 
Country Club; C. B. Buckpitt, Buffalo Y. C.; 
G. F. Mooney, Buckeye Lake Y. C.; W. J. Ber- 
nitt, Cleveland Y. C. 
Regatta Committee, Sailing Division — James 
Rooney, Solvay Boat Club, Chairman; W. R. 
Bewick. Detroit Boat Club Yachtsmen; A. H. 
Gallagher, Toledo Y. C.; G. A. Sackett, Buck- 
eve Lake Y. C.; H. G. Smith, Buffalo Y. C. 
Regatta Committee, Power Division—G. W. 
Graves, Detroit Motor Boat Club, Chairman; 
William Reed-Hill, Detroit Motor Boat Club; 
S. S. Alt, Buffalo Launch Club; Harold Kelly, 
Buffalo Motor Boat Club; C. D. Randall, Cleve¬ 
land Power Boat Club. 
Other Sports—Irving Squires, Toledo Y. C., 
Chairman; James Barkley, Detroit Y. C.; Dr. 
Wadsworth Warren, Country Club._ 
Power Boat Rules—C. R. Criqui, Buffalo 
Motor Boat Club, Chairman; F. R. Still, De¬ 
troit Motor Boat Club; R. E. Power, Lakewood 
Y. C. 
Committee on Amending Constitution — Wil¬ 
liam Reed-Hill, Detroit Motor Boat Club. 
Sailing Race Rules—Joseph M. Grasser, To¬ 
ledo Y. C., Chairman ; Carolton Wilby, Detroit 
Motor Boat Club; E. F. Lloyd, Detroit Boat 
Club Yachtsmen. 
Among the important amendments to the con¬ 
stitution adopted was one granting the regatta- 
committee authority to declare any sailing race 
a contest after one round of the course is com¬ 
pleted, provided in the committee’s judgment, 
there is no possibility of finishing within the 
time limit. This rule is an excellent one, as it 
will serve to eliminate a lot of tedious waiting 
for the conclusion of drifting matches. 
True to his physician’s instinct. Commodore 
Jennings was quick to find a diagnosis from the 
ailment that the Interlake is suffering from. He 
said that a remedy for present apathetic con¬ 
ditions might be found in the adoption of a 
special class of small, inexpensive boats, suggest¬ 
ing either the Class R or Class S craft under 
the universal rule. 
There can be no doubt that a boom for one 
of these classes would be a great thing for yacht 
racing on fresh water. The big boats practically 
have passed from the lakes, the 21-footer is 
passing and at present there is no one class ex¬ 
cepting the cat, in which interest is sustained 
by large fleets and keen competition. As either 
Class R or Class S boats can be built for a 
moderate cost, and the craft is a handy and 
speedy one, it is not unlikely that yachtsmen will 
take this matter under consideration in the near 
future. 
Commodore George H. Worthington, of the 
Cleveland Y. C., one of the oldest and most en¬ 
thusiastic tars on the lakes, and a man who has 
done more perhaps than any other for the sail¬ 
ing game hereabouts, made a brief speech in 
which he told of plans for the centennial cele¬ 
bration at Put-in-Bay in 1913. Both Congress 
and the Ohio Legislature will appropriate money 
for this celebration which, in Commodore 
Worthington’s opinion, will bring together the 
largest fleet of boats ever assembled on fresh 
water. 
A memorial to Commodore Oliver Hazard 
Perry, in the form of a massive lighthouse, will 
be erected at the bay in connection with the 
one hundredth anniversary of the famous “We 
have met the enemy” battle. 
Fred R. Still, of the Detroit Motor Boat Club, 
speaking for the power craft division, told of 
plans for a new code of racing rules. He said 
that the rules heretofore in use had proved un¬ 
satisfactory and that an entirely new system 
would be tried at the coming regatta. In brief, 
the new system provides for a handicap based 
on the performance of a given boat over a meas¬ 
ured course. Skippers will have the privilege 
of running over a course and making their own 
rating on this performance, or of estimating 
their speed. Time allowance will be limited in 
a manner that Mr. Still believes will prevent the 
boats’ beating the rules. 
As the delegates decided at the afternoon ses¬ 
sion to await the action of the American Power 
Boat Association at a meeting to be held soon, 
nothing definite was announced regarding rac¬ 
ing rules at this time. 
Off-Shore Yacht Race. 
Atlantic City, Feb. 26. —Members of the Sea¬ 
side Y. C. at a meeting last night appointed a 
committee with full authority to act in the name 
of the organization in working out local details 
of the Philadelphia-Havana race of the Yachts¬ 
men’s Club of Philadelphia, the return race to 
this city and a run from this city to the head¬ 
quarters of the Atlantic Y. C., of Brooklyn, for 
which the latter organization will offer hand¬ 
some prizes. 
Intense interest is manifested here in the ar¬ 
rangements for the big ocean race which is ex¬ 
pected to be the means of promoting greater in- 
