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there is no spawning for at least six months to 
come. They cannot have spawned early in the 
preceding or rather present spawning season—- 
gone down, recovered and returned—for numer¬ 
ous experiments show that the shortest period 
of return is about three months, and it is only 
about three months since the earliest fish had 
begun to spawn in the river which these are 
now ascending. They must have passed the 
autumn or earlier winter in the sea. Then they 
must have passed the winter without breeding, 
and there we have the discouraging fact or 
hypothesis that the salmon is a fish which does 
not breed every year—a hypothesis which will 
have the less chance of acceptance just at pres¬ 
ent when it appears, or is supposed to have 
been discovered, that the herring—a fish resemb¬ 
ling the salmon at least in the important respect 
of being migratory—breeds twice in each year, 
or at all events breeds at two widely different 
seasons of the year.” 
Mr. Russell in the above made the mistake of 
supposing that these fish were ascending the 
rivers at that early date, while as a matter of 
fact they were descending after having passed 
the winter in the river and undergone the change 
I have mentioned. It is also quite possible that 
the change from the parr stage into that of the 
smolt may be effected in the same way, this 
change coming on only when the parr reaches 
the salt or brackish water in the estuaries. 
Anglers’ Casting Club of Chicago. 
Chicago, Ill., Sept. 28. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: The open to all casting contest of this 
club held Sept. 26 resulted in the following 
scores being made: Quarter-ounce accuracy 
event won by E. 
K. 
Pierson, of the Illinois 
Bait-Casting Club. 
Second prize won by F 
E. 
Adams, of the North 
Shore Casting Club 
and 
third prize won by W. 
H. Ball, of the Illinois 
Bait-Casting Club. 
The 
following are the scores 
made by the other 
contestants: 
E. K. Pierson . 
98.9 
Dr. C. F. Brown. 
97.5 
F. E. Adams. 
98.6 
Wm. Stanley . 
97.5 
1 
W. H. Ball . 
9S.6 
C. E. Elliott. 
97.3 
W. I. lamison. 
98.5 
L. N. Place. 
97.3 
) 
1. K. Dishington. 
98.3 
A. H. Barnes. 
97.1 
1 
C. E. Lingenfelter.... 
98.3 
C. L. Provost. 
97 
J. T. Hartley. 
98.3 
A. D. Whitby. 
97.6 
E. M. Town. 
98.2 
G. W. Cook. 
96.5 
A. T. Winteringham... 
98.1 
A. F. Gates. 
96.4 
H. Smieding . 
98.1 
T. W. Ranney. 
96.3 
F. P. Naylor. 
98 
C. Nordholm . 
96.3 
J. T. Sorter. 
98 
W. W. McFarlin. 
96 
H. F. Bennett. 
98 
Fred Eggebrecht .... 
94.5 
S B. Cramer. 
97.9 
F. C. Woernecke.... 
92.8 
M. II. Cooley. 
97.8 
A. F. Swisher. 
92.4 
TI. Hokamp . 
97.7 
L. Kumpfer . 
89.7 
R. C. Nicholson. 
97.6 
The tie for second place was cast off and was 
won by F. E. Adams with a score of 99 to W. 
H. Ball’s score of 98.6. The wind and weather 
were very unfavorable for quarter-ounce work. 
The scores of many of the casters suffered 
through repeated blow-offs and overshooting the 
target. 
The half-ounce accuracy event was won by 
Win. Stanley, of the Illinois Bait-Casting Club. 
J. M. Rannev, of the same club, won second 
prize and W. J. Jamison, of the Anglers’ Cast¬ 
ing Club, won third prize. The following are 
the scores: 
... 
Wm. Stanley . 99.1 R. C. Nicholson. 97.9 
J. M. Ranney.98.6 T. T. Hartley. 97.2 
W. T. Jamison.98.5 Dr. C. F. Brown.97 
L. N. Place.98.5 F. E. Adams. 97 
W. H. Ball. 98.5 G. W. Cook. 96.9 
H. Smieding . 98.4 W. W. McFarlin. 96.4 
S. B. Cramer. 98.2 A. H. Barnes. 96.4 
F Eggebrecht .98.1 H. Hokamp . 96.3 
F,. M. Town...98.1 T. J. Sorter. 96.3 
F. P. Naylor. 98.1 Chas. L. Provost.96.2 
M. II. Cooley. 98.1 
A. J. Winteringham.. 97.9 
A. D. Whitby. 97.8 
E. K. Pierson.97.8 
T. F. Dishington. 97.6 
C. E. Lingenfelter... 97.5 
C. Nordholm . 97.3 
II. F. Bennett. 97.3 
A. F. Swisher . 95.2 
E. Kumpfer .95.1 
F. C. Gaenzele. 93.5 
H. F. Wolf. 93.3 
F. C. Woernecke.92.6 
Miss A. Nordholm_91.4 
A. F. Gates. 89.6 
One of the rules of the contest was that a 
contestant could receive but one prize, and as 
L. N. Place and W. H. Ball won third place in 
other events, the third prize was awarded to 
W. J. Jamison in this event. A special prize 
for high novice score in this event was awarded 
to S. B. Cramer, of the North Shore Casting 
Club. Quarter-ounce long distance event was 
won by A. D. Whitby, of the Illinois Bait-Cast¬ 
ing Club. Second prize was won by F. B. Nay¬ 
lor, of the Chicago Fly-Casting Club, and third 
prize was won by S. B. Cramer, of the North 
Shore Casting Club. The following scores were 
made. Total for five casts: 
Feet. 
A. D. Whitby . 710 
F. B. Naylor .641 
S. B. Cramer. 624 
C. E. Lingenfelter.600 
H Smieding . 589 
H. J. Winteringham... 562 
J. T. Hartley . 550 
Feet. 
A. F. Gates. 547 
J. M. Ranney .525 
H. F. Bennett. 517 
M. H. Cooley. 468 
II. F. Dishington.414 
A. H. Barnes . 340 
Dr. C. F. Brown. 294 
Puffy cross winds and dead calms resulted in 
many casts falling out of court and broken 
lines. The light was very bad, it being almost 
impossible to see the weights. 
J. T. Plartley had the longest cast in this 
event with 156 feet. 
I believe A. D. Whitby’s average of 142 feet 
is the best ever made in open competition in 
any quarter-ounce long distance event. 
Half-ounce long distance event was won by 
C. F. Lingenfelter, of the Anglers’ Casting Club, 
of Chicago. Second prize was won by A. F. 
Gates, of the Racine Fly-Casting Club, of 
Racine, and third prize was won by L. N. 
Place, of the Anglers’ 
lowing are the scores. 
Feet. 
C. E. Lingenfelter_921 
A. F. Gates. 907 
W. T. Tamison.... 852 
L. N. Place . 879 
F. P. Navlor.775 
E. M. Town.757 
T. M. Ranney.719 
W. W. McFarlin.709 
Casting Club. The fol- 
Total for five casts: 
Feet. 
T. F. Dishington.6G4 
Dr. C. E. Brown. 663 
H. Smieding .607 
A. Nordholm .596 
M. El. Cooley.468 
A. H. Barnes.468 
G. W. Cook. 333 
L. N. Place made the longest cast in this 
event, scoring 201 feet. 
The contest was well attended by out of town 
casters, several enthusiastic members from 
Racine arriving at the grounds as early as our 
local members. The Elgin Anglers’ Club, of 
Elgin, was also well represented. 
The splendid spirit of friendly competition 
which was very much in evidence during the 
contests kept up the interest of not only the 
contestants, but the many spectators as well. 
The many expressions of pleasure from the 
visitors justify our feeling that the contest was 
a success. E. M. Town, Sec’y-Treas. 
Newark Interstate Tournament. 
The second annual interstate fly- and bait¬ 
casting tournament of the Newark Bait- and 
Fly-Casting Club will be held on Oct. 16, as 
previously announced. Commencing at 9 o’clock 
in the morning these events will be held: Dis¬ 
tance bait, half-ounce; distance fly, three classes; 
distance fly, five-ounce rods; half-ounce bait, 
miss and out and accuracy; accuracy fly and dry 
fly. Numerous prizes will be offered. 
From Broad street, Newark, N. J., take Eliza¬ 
beth car to Weequahic race track and the lake. 
Monster Tuna—Whales. 
St. John’s, N. F., Oct. 1. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Recently J. Butler, of Topsail, cap¬ 
tured a large horse mackerel. He killed the 
fish, which weighed over 600 pounds, with a 
harpoon. It was on exhibition yesterday after¬ 
noon. These fish have been reported plentiful 
near Topsail during the summer. 
I give below a summary of the total catch of 
whales at Newfoundland coast up to the middle 
of September. These fish were scarce for a 
season or two, but these figures seem to show 
that they are on the increase. The local papers 
reported within the last few weeks that the 
crews of the coastal steamers and others saw 
several large schools of whales. One was seen 
last week composed of a great number of these 
mammoths just outside the harbor of St. John’s. 
Doubtless the following figures will interest 
some of your readers: 
On Thursday the whaler Hump located a 
school of whales in Conception Bay, and before 
nightfall secured five, which she towed to 
Trinity. Her catch to date totals eighty. The 
Puma, operating at Beaverton, has also done 
remarkably well during the last month and has 
ninety whales to her credit, some of which were 
taken in the early part of the season while she 
was operating at Rose au Rue. The Lynx, also 
operating at Beaverton, has a total catch of 
eighty-two fish for the season. 
There are six whalers engaged here this sea¬ 
son and their total catches to date aggregate 
357 fish as follows: Puma, 90; Lynx, 82; 
Hump, 80; Cachelot, 44; Llawk, 43, and Port 
Saunders, 18. W. J. Carroll. 
Anglers’ Club of Massachusetts. 
Boston, Mass., Oct. 2.- —Editor Forest and 
Stream: At a club contest held here to-day 
Call J. McCarthy established a new club record 
in the single hand distance fly event, making a 
cast of 120 feet. 
Conditions were not very favorable, as the 
wind was squally, and the trees overhanging the 
Frog Pond interfered with contestants. The 
event was a handicap distance fly, allowance 
three-quarters. First prize, cup. The scores 
follow: 
Best previous Longest 
Score. Allowance. Cast. Total. 
Clark .71 33 69 102 
♦Miss G. E. Ferry.73 31.6 75 106.6 
Vilk .73 31.6 89 120.6 
McCarthy .115 .... 120 120 
♦Visitor. 
On Saturday, Oct. 9, there will be a handicap 
distance fly to which visitors are invited. 
Call J. McCarthy, Sec’y. 
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