July 31, 1909 ] 
The Anglers’ Pool in Chicago. 
Since it was opened, last autumn, anglers the 
country over have heard of the famous Anglers’ 
Pool in Garfield Park, Chicago, and no doubt 
they will be glad to see the picture we repro¬ 
duce herewith. It is from a negative made by 
E. P. Sperry of the Chicago Fly Casting Club 
at a time when a few of the members were at 
practice. 
This pool was constructed by the Park De¬ 
partment and at the expense of the city of 
Chicago, and when finished was turned over to 
the old Chicago Fly Casting Club for the use 
of its members. The work was done under the 
supervision of club members, and as they also 
drew the plans after numerous conferences, it 
can be said that the pool was made to their 
order, hence it has given them great satisfac¬ 
tion as well as pleasure, and is also a tribute 
to the Chicago Park Department, which is show¬ 
ing the deepest interest in every reasonable way 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
the six-inch target seven or eight times in every 
ten casts at the distances practiced over—60 to 
100 feet. One who has watched these men and 
those who practice archery nearby in Washing¬ 
ton Park cannot but think that jn both games 
the average contestants are quite evenly matched, 
although on first thought it would appear that 
the arrow is more accurate at the distances 
named. In theory it is, of course, but in prac¬ 
tice there is room for the doubt. 
International Casting Tournament. 
1 he third international championship fly and 
bait-casting tournament of the National Asso¬ 
ciation of Scientific Angling Clubs, under the 
auspices of the Anglers’ Club of New York, 
will be held August 19, 20 and 21 in Van Cort- 
landt Park, New York City. 
The park department has given the Anglers’ 
Club permission to build suitable platforms on 
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distance. 2 p. m., 2^ oz. .surf-casting for dis¬ 
tance. 
The 1 tiles of the N. A. S. A. C. will govern 
all contests. 
A championship medal will be given the win¬ 
ner in each event, and a special medal will be 
awarded for the longest cast in each of the 
following events: Ft oz. distance bait, oz. dis¬ 
tance bait, 2F2 oz. surf casting. 
Entrance fee for each event. $2; entrance fee 
for all ten events, $15. 
A cup will be given to the winner of the 
greatest number of points in the competitions 
and one to the second man. These cups will be 
known as the All-around Championship cups; 
no extra entrance fee. The conditions are that 
the contestants enter and compete in at least 
seven out of ten events, and that the seven 
should include at least one of each of distance 
fly and distance bait, accuracy fly and accuracy 
bait. 
fl he b,. A. S. A. C. pennant will be given to 
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THE ANGLERS’ CASTING POOL IN GARFIELD PARK, CHICAGO 
Showing the accuracy target and practice buoys in place. From a photograph by E. P. Sperry. 
in the use by the people of the city’s recreation 
grounds. 
Of the pool Mr. Sperry says: “The pool it¬ 
self is 120 feet in diameter, with the practice 
buoys set in three directions from the center 
one, which is of course sixty feet from the plat¬ 
form. This allows practice at any time from 
almost any direction. The water in the pool is 
about fifteen inches deep and the curb of the 
pool is eighteen inches high from the surface 
of the water. There is a ten-foot brick walk 
around the whole and also a space of eighty- 
five feet clear of all trees or bushes, making it 
ideal for fly casting. 
“We are justly proud of it and have christ¬ 
ened it ’Anglers’ Pool.’ The picture was taken 
one day a short time before we went into 
one of our Saturday afternoon contests and 
shows but few of the men present.” 
The distance bait casting events are held on 
the wide lawns near the pool, but it is of 
course possible to hold them on the water by 
casting from a point eighty or 100 feet dis- 
! ant - So far, however, there has been little 
interest evinced in Chicago in casting with wet 
ines on the water,^ and indeed the ma n interest 
° the men who practice with bait rods has 
nen centered in the accuracy events. They 
ia\e become wonderfully expert with the quar- 
ter and half ounce aluminum weights; so much 
so that there are dozens of men who can strike 
the shore of Van Cortlandt Park, where the 
tournament will be held, and these will be ready 
and the casting equipment in place during the 
week of the tournament, so that practice can 
be had by those who wish to go to the park 
before the tournament, for that purpose. Ar¬ 
rangements have also been made for the use of 
lockers in the house hardby the lake shore, 
used in winter by skaters. During the tourna¬ 
ment all rods and tackle will be kept on shore 
near the casting platforms in charge of a Pink¬ 
erton detective. 
from any part of New York City the park 
can be reached by subway trains, or by railway, 
to Van Cortlandt station. 
Headquarters will be at the Grand Union 
Hotel, Forty-second Street and Fourth Avenue. 
Rooms can be engaged by writing to the chair¬ 
man of the tournament committee, R. J. Held, 
616 Madison Avenue, New York City. 
The details of the tournament follow: 
1 hursday, August 19.— 9 a. m., % oz. bait¬ 
casting for accuracy. 1 p. m., trout fly-casting, 
distance, 5 oz. rods. 4 p. m., F+ oz. bait-casting 
for distance. 
Fiiday, August 20.— 9 a. m., dry fly-casting 
for accuracy. 11 a. m.. trout fly-casting for ac¬ 
curacy. 1 p. m., oz. bait-casting for distance. 
4 p. m., trout fly-casting for distance. 
Saturday, August 21.—9 a. m., oz. bait-cast¬ 
ing for accuracy. 1 p. m., salmon fly-casting for 
the club whose casters score the greatest num¬ 
ber of points. First scores 5, second scores 3, 
third scores 1. 
Chinook Salmon in Sunapee Lake. 
1 uxedo Park, N. Y., July 24. — Editor Forest 
and Stream: I have just returned from an in¬ 
vestigation of the successful land-locking of the 
chinook salmon in Lake Sunapee in New Hamp- 
shiie. 1 hese giant salmon of the Pacific coast 
were first planted as fingerlings, five years ago, 
in several New Hampshire lakes, and during the 
past three seasons hundreds have been taken, 
ranging in weight from two to ten pounds. 
Plump and silvery, their condition could not 
possibly be surpassed by any. examples fresh 
run from the sea. This, no doubt, is due to 
the immense numbers of smelts with which Lake 
Sunapee is filled. 
Most of the chinooks caught at Sunapee were 
taken early in the season just after the ice went 
out, trolling with silver soldier, or a gold or 
nickle spoon baited with smelt, but during the 
past few weeks many have been taken while 
still fishing for golden trout, or aureolus, in 
seventy-five to eighty feet of water. My sal¬ 
mon were taken deep trolling, using a braidi/’ 
wire line and pearl spoon baited with small 
smelt, and silver soldier with sing'e hook. 
W. M. Keil. 
