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FOREST AND STREAM 
OCTOBER, 1917 
Dr. A. W. Flavel 
A. W. Flavel, Roy 
C. James, H. C. 
Fisher, Harry W. 
Metz, Chas. K. 
Savage, Chas. O. 
Perry, W. H. 
Scott, E. C. Burtis, 
Chas. H. Wells, 
E. E. Davis, John 
V o g 1 e r , J. G. 
Young, J. N. En¬ 
nis, R. H. Cor¬ 
son. 
In the main event Chas. Elingshauser 
did not sustain the record which he had 
previously made, his best was 380 feet 3 
inches, which however won out. The 
weather conditions however was not as 
favorable as the day in which he made his 
record cast up to that time. He is a young 
man of great performance and has been 
under the tutelage of Dr. Carleton Simon, 
a past world’s record holder. Weather 
conditions play a most important part in 
this work and wind materially retards or 
assists as its direction and velocity are fa¬ 
vorable or otherwise. On the day of the 
event the wind was from the direction of 
the cast, or in other words was blowing 
directly in the caster’s faces; while not 
heavy stdl there was enough to hold the 
lead back somewhat by pressure on the 
long trail of line in the air. 
Eight of the best surf casters in the 
world took part in the tournament, four of 
whom have at some time within the past 
five years held the world’s record. Edward 
Davis, a former record holder, failed to 
place in any event. Besides winning the 
event for longest cast out of five trials, 
as a perpetual challenge offering. It con¬ 
tains 220 ounces of refined silver, stands 
36 inches high and is a most beautiful 
work of art; its cost was $1,000, and it is 
a trophy eagerly sought for. It has been 
won by the Asbury Park Club twice in suc¬ 
cession and is on display throughout the 
fishing season at the club house. This is 
of course a special event and does not 
enter into the tournament proper, which 
consists of accuracy, distance, and lane 
events giving all a chance in competition, 
as distance events can be won only by the 
most expert handlers of the rod. In the 
lane events the lines are set both parallel 
and V shape with the apex at the caster’s 
feet. This really looks an easy system to 
beat out, but trial soon convinces that there 
is some accuracy to be brought into play. 
The eleventh annual tournament was 
held at Asbury Park Athletic field August 
4th under .direction of the following com¬ 
mittee: Nelson J. Schoen, chairman, John 
E. Clayton. H. J. Comegys, Howard Kane, 
