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as they are not at all fastidious in their 
choice of food when they are feeding. 
“Shedder crab” is perhaps the most uni¬ 
versally used bait on the list. Still, “Moss- 
bunker” or Menhaden is a most attractive 
lure and will generally succeed. The large 
skimmer clams, as well as almost any fish 
cut in strips, will answer the purpose. The 
rod should be a good stout surf rod of the 
two-piece variety, with long tip and short 
butt. This always gives the maximum of 
satisfaction. A first class multiplying reel 
which will hold at least six hundred feet 
of line must be used, as less than that 
amount will frequently prove a snare. For 
when hooked, our friend is prone to dis¬ 
regard distance up to several hundred feet 
and makes a plaything of drags and 
thumb-blocking; woe then to the line that 
is inadequate in length to match his sport¬ 
ive propensities. Any reel line made 
would be snapped like a pack-thread, dur¬ 
ing his first rushes, if not of sufficient 
length to allow full runs. 
Many anglers use a hook to which a sec¬ 
tion of annealed piano wire is attached, . 
to eliminate any chance of its being ground 
off in the bass’s formidable jaws. While 
such an arrangement is not necessarily to 
be condemned, still it is of doubtful util¬ 
ity, and it does not allow as free action in 
the tide-way as does the gut snell, being 
prone to lie at the bottom. A properly 
snelled loop-tied hook will in every case 
land the fish, if judiciously used. But of 
even more moment than the method of 
attaching is the hook itself. While the 
7-0 or 8-0 will in most cases handle the 
fish, one of a larger size is to be desired 
as the large bait ordinarly used and the 
peculiar pavement-like roof of the fish’s 
mouth frequently prevent the hook from 
setting properly. When that happens, a 
lost fish is the result. 
With some the Virginia hook is a fa¬ 
vorite, but there is no question in the 
writer’s mind that the genuine hand-forged 
O’Shaugnessy is the best of them all. It 
can not be snapped, and it has a holding 
capacity second to nothing. 
Equipped as described, and on the proper 
grounds, the angler has a prospect before 
him of really unique pleasure. No matter 
what bait you have selected, let it be gen¬ 
erous in quantity as smaller fish are apt to 
sample it before the real game is at hand. 
Having selected the deepest cut to be found 
along your section of the shore, and hav¬ 
ing got your bait well out, a patient wait 
perhaps is in order; an hour, perhaps two, 
with no reward forthcoming. It may even 
be a day of quiet; still the charm of expect¬ 
ancy is always present. For we are watch¬ 
ing now the man of experience as he wields 
the rod, knowing that he is the trained 
seeker after a most peculiar quarry. 
A S he sits there apparently in careless 
attitude, we know that he is keeping 
line just taut enough to feel the 
slightest touch at the bait. And as we see 
the tenseness of the moment increased by 
a slight motion on his part, he looks as 
though about to spring at some object un¬ 
seen by us. We know that he feels out 
there, through the telephony of line to rod 
and rod to hand, that a fish is at the bait. 
But he is not ready yet to set the hook. 
The fish is toying with it. First it is. 
gently lifted, and then let fall; and a mo¬ 
ment of quiet intervenes. Then a slight 
dragging is felt, as if the fish sought to 
test out any trap that might be laid for 
him. Again, as gently as by the gloved 
hand of a lady, it might be picked up as 
an object of curiosity, and again laid down. 
All this is a part of the tricks played by 
the suspicious game. Then suddenly an¬ 
other kind of tactics comes into play. 
The fish has taken the bait in earnest. The 
rod comes sharply up. The hook is set 
and the rod, bending like a twig in a gale, 
admits now that the battle is on with the 
bronze torpedo of the sea. 
What a sight for him who looks on! 
What a sensation for the wielder of the 
rod! Out, out he goes; the reel fairly 
flashing fire and the line burning deep into 
the flesh of your hand—if you have not 
been wise enough to provide a thumb-cot. 
Possibly five hundred feet is made at the 
first rush. Then what is it that you see, 
way out there on- the crest of that wave 
just breaking into foam—that burnished 
copper object glistening in the morning 
light? Can it be a fish? It is unlike in 
color to any other. 
But the broad tail is now in the air, and 
the sharp surging on the rod tip tells us 
he is beating the line with that useful 
member, endeavoring to release himself 
from the strange bondage. Failing in that, 
he vigorously sways his head from side to 
side in the same futile attempt. And 
now down he goes to the bottom. 
But the man on the rod knows that to 
permit his fish to sulk at the bottom gives 
the game a chance to rest. And that is 
not to his liking, so a firm prodding as 
it were with the rod tip induces motion— 
a sharp rush to the surface. And now 
down along the outer bar we see him go; 
perhaps a quarter of a mile he leads the 
chase. Any attempt by the man to turn 
his head in shore is met by firm resistance. 
And so the battle goes on. Perhaps a full 
hour is employed before the strength of 
the noble quarry wanes noticeably. Then 
foot by foot he is drawn in, until almost 
on the sand, when—as if getting renewed 
life—out he goes again to the bar. And 
it all has to be done over until exhausted 
Nature, unable to stand more, yields to the 
inevitable and the conquered is laid at the 
feet of the conqueror. 
THE MARKET PLACE 
KENNEL MART 
POINTER PUPPIES—Bred from natural bird 
dogs, greatest registered field-trial and shooting 
blood. Nobody ever raised smoother, better, bred, 
marked and cared for puppies. Four months 
old. Photos, pedigrees. Must sell. Your price 
is mine. Stanley Murray, Roskport, Ind. 
REGISTERED POINTERS, SETTERS AND 
HOUNDS—Trained dogs and puppies. Will ex¬ 
change for anything or cheaper for cash. State 
wants. Guilford Kennel, Colfax, N. C. 8-17 
FOR SALE—Foxhounds trained and untrained. 
All trained dogs on thirty days’ trial. L. E. 
Essex, Edinburg, Ind. (12-17) 
COONHOUNDS, big game hounds, rabbitt 
hounds, Airedales, Fox Terriers; Bird Dogs. Cat¬ 
alog 4c. Sam Stephenson, Covington, Tenn. 
REGISTERED WALKER FOXHOUNDS, pup¬ 
pies sired by full brother champion Ed. $10.00 
each. Bred female ferrets. Book for stamps. 
Whitehall, Wiss. (Aug. 17) 
AIREDALES—High-class April and May pups 
from trained game hunting parents. These pups 
are strong and healthy, of excellent type, are 
eligible to registration and will be sold through 
Sept, at the special price of females, $10; males, 
$15. Trine’s Airdale Kennels, Bagley, Wis. 
(It) 
AT STUD—Registered Eng. Setter, Robert 
Whyte excelent grouse dog, fine appearance and 
litter brother to famous Reliew Splash, one 
thousand dollar dog. Gun, Pup or seasonable 
cash for services. Daniel R, Jochem, Susque¬ 
hanna, Pa. ,(lt) 
BEAGLES, SETTERS, AND POINTERS— 
Fifty beagles, grown stock and pups. Eight 
beagles, two Setters at Public Stud. Photos .04c 
stamps. Stanford Kennels, Bangall, N. Y. 
(1 tc) 
THE STANFORD BEAGLES—GET THE 
BEST—Fifty beagles, grown stock and pups. 
Eight Beagles, 2 setters at Public Stud—photos, 
4 cents stamps. Stanford Kennels, Bangall, 
N. Y. (1 tc) 
TRAINED BEAGLES, Rabbit Hounds, Fox 
Hounds. Coon, Oppossom, Skunk, Squirrel, 
Bear, Deer Hounds. Setters, Pointers, Pet and 
Farm Dogs. Ferrets. Catalogue 10c. List 
Free. Browns Kennels, York, Pa., No. 2. 
(Aug. 18) 
TRAINED COONHOUNDS, 15 days trial, fancy 
young stock where quality merits the price. Jas. 
H. Grisham, Wheeler, Miss. (11) 
FOR SALE—English Pointer puppies, parents 
of which are excellent shooting dogs, well bred 
and registered, whelped June 5th. Price, $10 
each. Ralph B. Blanchard, Eastport, Me. (1 t) 
ROCKAWAY BEAGLES—Royally bred. Tell 
us what you want. Rockaway Beagles, White- 
house, N. J. (1 t) 
FOR SALE—Some of the choicest bred setter 
pups in America. Sired by Glad Hawk, the 
finest bred Llewellin in public stud. Send for 
descriptive list. Prices reasonable. Thorough¬ 
bred Setter Kennels, Edgewood, Iowa. (11) 
DOGS SOLD UNDER GUARANTEE—Pointers, 
Setters and Hounds. Any kind you want from 
puppy to trained dog. State needs. Linville’s 
Kennels, Colfax, N. C. (11) 
ENGLISH POINTER PUPPIES, parents of 
which are excellent shooting dogs, well bred and 
registered. Whelped June 5th. Price $10.00 each. 
Ralph B. Blanchard, Eastport, Maine. (1 t) 
A BEAUTIFUL REGISTERED SETTER 
Bitch, Broken, papers in full. No shooting here 
now. Price $25.00. Apply J. W. Harris, Box 
18, Arner, Ontario, Canada. (11) 
TWO WHITE AND LEMON BITCHES 
pointer and setter, both had three seasons on 
quail, fine retrievers and have had hundreds of 
them killed over their points, forty each, which 
is less than it cost to train them. Eight months 
old bitch pup and a beauty with all papers for 
twenty-five. Bernard Butts, Sparta, Ga. (11) 
U. 
FOR SALE—Thoroughbred English Setter 
Pups. Bred from broken dogs. Covert Bros., 
North East, Pa. Cl t) 
REGISTERED AIREDALE BITCH $30.00. 
Registered male $35.00. Registered Llewellin 
Bitch $35.00. Male English Setter $25.00. J. H. 
Stephenson, Boyne Falls, Mich. (1 t) 
