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realize that he must study the water as if it was 
an unknown stream. 
4 he Esopus fished so well at times last sea¬ 
son that it has been a strong favorite this year. 
There has been much complaint of cold 
weather in May, and yesterday was more in the 
order of November than June. 
Theodore Gordon. 
Minnesota Fishing. 
Minneapolis, Minn., June 2 .—Editor Forest 
and Stream: Although the resorts of Minne- 
sota did not open before May 29, which is the 
official opening, the season really began on the 
first when the opening season for all Minnesota 
game fish, except black bass, began. Fishermen 
aie at this date finding pleasure taking the pike 
at the various resorts where they may be 
found, and. according to the reports that have 
thus far been received, much success has been 
had from this branch of the pastime. It has 
been an old saying among anglers, that when 
the pike bite early in May the bass will be sure 
to bite on the opening day of the season. 
Several Minneapolis men who have been out 
report that the bass up State are numerous, 
and that fishermen will certainly fill their creels 
this year. Speaking in general, there is every 
indication of good bass fishing in Minnesota, 
but the trout fishing has been a disappointment. 
It seems that the uncertainty of the weather 
had something to do with it, and so far there 
has been very little said about trout and the 
big bags that have been brought in. Lakes and 
streams have been comparatively low, and the 
man who has been using the spoon-hook in 
catching pickerel has had a hard time catching 
bass in the shallows. From the northern lakes 
comes the word that the big mascalonge is 
showing an early season daring, which is quite 
unusual in this fish. 
Fly-fishing for bass may be had on the Mis¬ 
sissippi and fly-fishing for trout may be had on 
the north shore of Lake Superior, but the bait- 
fisherman can enjoy himself wherever he goes, 
north, west, south or east—there are always 
lakes to welcome him. Black bass abound in 
thousands of the lakes; pike are nearly as 
numerous, and there is an abundance of crap- 
pies, perch and other fish. In the Mille Lacs 
and the northern lakes there are mascalonge. 
Minnesota is a summer resort State, and some 
of the lakes near the twin cities have hundreds 
of pleasant resorts that would tempt the eye of 
the angler and outer. There are resorts 
planned for the comfort of the fisherman ex¬ 
clusively; for the comfort of the fisherman’s 
family, as well as his own; and others that do 
not cater to the fisherman, but where he can 
make all necessary arrangements for a fishing 
excursion In the northern woods there are 
resorts where the flannel shirt is the password. 
I he fish and game commission has been re¬ 
ceiving etters from its deputy wardens of the 
northern counties, particularly of Pine and 
Tile Lac counties, complaining of the attitude 
of the county officials in the prosecution of men 
caught breaking the fish and game laws. The 
wardens allege that the officials do not co¬ 
operate with them and some even do all in their 
power to prevent the arrest and conviction of 
guilty parties. It is said that the officials of 
these sparsely settled counties take this atti¬ 
tude so as to be in sympathy with the majority 
of their constituents.* But the situation is not 
as bad as it was two or three years ago, as the 
people are waking up to the fact that the ob¬ 
servance of the game laws is for their benefit, 
there has been a number of arrests for fishin^ 
out of season, and it is gratifying to know tha't 
there are good men on the force that know 
what they are doing. 
The commission has begun to investigate a 
report that bass were slaughtered by the hun¬ 
dreds at Lake Minnetonka recently. Special 
agents were sent there to conduct the investi¬ 
gation. Lake dwellers have reported to the 
commission that the fishermen conducted a 
wholesale campaign against the bass. The fish 
were spawning and catching them was easy. 
Robert Page Lincoln. 
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' Yachting Fixtures. 
JUNE. 
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club, annual. 
Atlantic Yacht Club, special. 
Weetamoe Yacht Club, 18-footers. 
Boston Yacht Club, City Point, club. 
Mosquito Fleet, . Y R. A., open, South Boston. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. 
American Yacht Club, Newburyport, club. 
Seaside Yacht Club. 
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Lome cup. 
New York Yacht Club, Glen Cove. 
Boston Yacht Club, Y. R. A. open, Hull. 
Jubilee Yacht Club, club. 
Beverly Yacht Club, club. 
Beverly Yacht Club, second club. 
Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, club. 
Larchmont Yacht Club, spring, 
pf*, Y ° rk Canoe Club first championship. 
Rhode Island Yacht Club, open. 
Boston Yacht Club, Hull Y. R. A., open 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club. 
rJ? en vf! n Yacht Newburyport, cruise. 
• Columbia Yacht Club, Chicago, open. 
. Seaside Yacht Club. 
'fa , Yac , ht Club Cruise. 
•30. Rhode Island Yacht Club, cruise 
. Seawanhaka. Corinthian Yacht Club, special 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, annual. 
Crescent A. C., second championship. 
Huguenot Yacht Club, club. 
Sf" pvt A n h ' e ^, C i ub ’ Block Island races. 
King Philip Boat Club, open. 
Corinthian Y C. .Marblehead, ocean race. 
Cottage Park Y. C., Y. R. A. open, Winthron 
Bermuda Race, Atlantic Yacht Club. P ' 
American Yacht Club, Newburyport, club. 
Beverly Yacht Club, third club. 
Duxbury Yacht Club. 
Chicago Yacht Club, schooners. 
Seaside Yacht Club. 
Roya 1 Canadian Yacht Club, cruising race. 
Indian Harbor Yacht Club, cruising race. 
JULY. 
Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Queen’s cud 
American Yacht Club, annual. 
Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, club 
New York A. C., ocean race. 
Larchmont Y. C. 
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4 he Larchmont C. was opened formally last 
Saturday with the usual formalities, and among 
the visiting yachtsmen were Commodore Sweeny 
and some members of the Atlantic Y. C., and 
former Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt W 
Butler Duncan, Jr., Grenville Kane, Newberry 
D. 4 horne, of the New York Y. C. The mem¬ 
bers and visitors dined together in the evening 
I hose members of the club who favored open 
regattas have won in spite of pressure that was 
brought to bear from influential members, and 
this year at least the club will follow the system 
that has made it famous on the Sound, and the 
regattas will be open to all yachts of any recog- 
nized club. It would have been very unfair at 
this late date to have announced that the re¬ 
gattas were closed and would have necessitated 
a rearrangement of the Sound and 30-footers’ 
schedules. 
The schedule of the club for the season fol¬ 
lows : 
June 18—Spring regatta open to all classes. 
June 25—Race for Larchmont Inter Club class. 
July 4—Thirty-first annual regatta open to all 
classes. The Cold cup is open for competition 
for yachts of Class B. 
July 16-23—Larchmont race week. 
Sept. 3—Race for Larchmont Inter Club class. 
Sept. 4 Start of cruising motor boats around 
Long Island. 
Sept. 5—Fall regatta open to all classes. 
Sept. 17 Larchmont cup for schooners and 
races for classes K, L and the Inter Club class. 
During race week there will be open regattas 
for all classes on July 16, 20 and 23. On July 
19 there will be water sports. During the week 
tnere will be series races for Classes K, L, N 
v’ % and R of th e regular classes, the New York 
y. L. 30-footers, the five divisions of the handi- 
cap class, Larchmont 21-footers, Larchmont Inter 
Club class, Manhasset Bay 20-footers, Glen Cove 
one-design class and the Stamford one-design 
class. Six races will be sailed in each series and 
tern W ' nnerS W1 be dete rmined by the point sys- 
New York Y. C. 
The three 65- footers sailed in a race of the 
b^ Mr^r Y - fr Ia s{ Saturday for a cup offered 
!Lt 7 D C °I ne iUS Vanderbilt. They started off 
Motts Point near the Glen Cove station, and 
Po!nf firS i 1 W ° olse y’ s Reef, then to Parsonage 
Point and then home. The wind was N N E at 
the start which gave them windward work'on 
the first leg. Istalena was first away followed 
by Winsome and Aurora. They were on star¬ 
board tack. Aurora at once took port tack and 
stood in to the Long Island shore for eight 
minutes. Istalena kept her lead all the way to 
the mark. The times there were: Istalena 
1.30.05; Aurora, 1.33.56; Winsome, 1.3=5.34. 
It was a reach to Parsonage Point and on this 
leg VVinsome did the best work reaching, which 
was because she set a larger jib topsail promptly, 
and at the mark the times were: Istalena 
2.13.10; Aurora, 2.14.58; Winsome, 2.16.07. Spin¬ 
nakers were carried for the run across the 
Sound, but soon the wind died out and it was 
a drift home. Winsome outlucked Istalena and 
won the race. The times: 
.... Class K, Sloops. Course 1914m—Start 12:10 
T 'nsome . 3 18 34 Aurora ..'. 3 28 55 
Istalena . 3 20 11 
