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[March 14, 1908. 
in an event for fly-casting with five-ounce rods. 
Under the rules a light fly-rod is allowed to 
weigh 544 ounces if it has a metal reelseat. All 
the rods but one weighed less than 5^4 ounces on 
the scales provided. This rod was overweight. 
Its owner, unfortunately, lost his temper when he 
found he could not use the rod. To please him 
Mr. Jacobus went with him to a drug store and 
there the scales showed the weight nearly 6 
ounces. He afterward apologized. He used a 
rod that conformed to the rules. 
There were three special prizes offered for the 
best three averages for all the events. The first, 
a silver cup, went to Reuben C. Leonard, who 
had 36J4 points. A chamois hunting shirt went 
to E. J. Mills, with 24 points. C. J. McCarthy 
won third, an automatic reel, with 20 points. 
In the detailed scores which we have given, E. 
H. Fitch was credited with second place in event 
I. He was afterward disqualified, as he had at a 
previous contest scored more than 60 feet. This 
gave second medal to W. L. Hodgkins and third 
to A. B. Humphrey. In event 3 J. G. Knowlton 
was disqualified, as he had previously cast more 
than 75 feet. This gave A. Jay Marsh first, Fred 
T. Mapes second and Walter McGuckin third 
place. 
In the last two issues we have given the scores 
of the first part of the tournament, and the bal¬ 
ance follow in regular order. 
EVENT 17 —LIGHT RODS. 
Saturday night, Feb. 29, Reuben Leonard cast 
a fly 94 feet 2 l / 2 inches, using a four-ounce rod, 
a remarkable performance. The distances cast 
follow: 
R. C. Leonard. 94 2J4 
C. J. McCarthy.83 10 
Feet. 
E. J. Mills .79 10 
W. J. Ehrich.76 
EVENT l 8 —MONDAY, MARCIJ 2. 
In this contest each man made five casts at a 
target with his right hand and five casts with his 
left, using a bait rod and a half-ounce weight. 
The totals divided by 2 gave the points scored. 
A. Jay Marsh, of the Newark Bait and Fly- 
Casting Cluh, won first place: 
Right hand. 
Left hand. 
A. 
J. 
Marsh— 
60 feet. 
. 0 
0 
9 
5 
8 
0 
5 
0 
0 
7—34 
80 feet. 
. 8 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0—19 
w. 
J. 
100 feet. 
Ehrich— 
. 0 
9 
0 
7 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0—16—69 
60 feet. 
. 0 
6 
0 
8 
6 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0—14 
80 feet. 
. 0 
0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 
0—14 
E. 
I- 
100 feet. 
Mills— 
. 0 
0 
0 
6 
7 
9 
0 
0 
0 
5-27—55 
60 feet. 
. 6 
0 
7 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0—19 
80 feet. 
. 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
6— 6 
100 feet. 
. 0 
5 
8 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0—IS 38 
C. 
J. 
McCarthy— 
60 feet. 
. 8 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0 
0 
6 
0 
0—20 
80 feet. 
. 0 
0 
9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
5 
0 
0—14 
c. 
E. 
100 feet.. 
Jacobus— 
. U 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0— 0—34 
60 feet. 
. 9 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
8 
0 
5 
5—27 
80 feet. 
. 0 
0 
5 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0— 5 
100 feet. 
. 0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0 
0— 0-32 
EVENT ig—NOVICE FLY. 
1 his was cast Monday night with fly rods of 
any desired weight, by men who had never cast 
85 feet or further in a similar event. C. E. Jaco¬ 
bus won: 
A CCl. 
C. E. Jacobus. 82 11 
W. H. Cruickshank. 80 7 
A. J. Marsh. 79 10 
J. G. Knowlton. 72 7 
E. C. Mead. 57 10 
EVENT 20—-HALF-OUNCE BAIT. 
The contest Tuesday afternoon, March 3, was 
for distance, right and left hand, with bait rods 
and half-ounce weights. Reuben Leonard made 
the remarkable score of 174^ feet, and won. The 
sum of the best score with each hand divided by 
2 gave the total: 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
„ „ _ Right hand. Left hand. Score. 
R. C. Leonard.174 
C. J. McCarthy. 122 
E. J. Mills. 129 
G. Mitchell .148 
W. 1 J. Ehrich.123 
L. S. Darling.133 
A. J. Marsh.141 
R. J. Held. 
EVENT 21—FIVE-OUNCE RODS. 
Fly-casting for distance with five-ounce rods: 
174 
6 
119 
146 9 
122 
6 
139 
6 
131 
129 
125 
127 
148 
6 
104 
126 3 
123 
128 
8 
125 10 
133 
109 
121 
141 
90 
115 6 
144 
63 
103 6 
Feet. 
R. C. Leonard. 94 
E. J. Mills. 86 
C. J. McCarthy. 
W. J. Ehrich... 
Feet. 
84 6 
77 2 
EVENT 22—ACCURACY BAIT. 
Five casts were made at each distance, 60, 70 
and 80 feet, using bait rods and quarter-ounce 
weights. 
G. Mitchell . 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
R. C. Leonard. 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
E B Rice. 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
C. J. McCarthy. 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
W. J. Ehrich. 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
E. J. Mills. 60 feet. 
• 70 feet. 
80 feet. 
A J Marsh. 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
Harry Friedman . 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
E. F. Todd. 60 feet. 
70 feet. 
80 feet. 
6 5 6 5 6—28 
9 5 6 8 6—34 
6 0 6 6 0—18—80 
8 5 0 0 6—19 
5 5 5 6 0—21 
8 7 0 0 5-20-60 
0 9 5 5 0—19 
0 6 7 7 5—25 
0 5 0 0 0— 5—49 
0 7 0 0 8—15 
5 0 7 0 0-12 
0 8 0 6 0—14—41 
0 8 7 0 0-15 
5 0 0 8 0—13 
0 0 5 0 6—11—39 
8 0 8 7 7—30 
7 0 0 0 0—7 
0 0 0 0 0— 0—37 
0 5 0 0 0—5 
5 5 0 0 6—Is 
0 0 0 7 5—12—35 
7 0 
0 5 
8 0 
6 0 
0 0 
0 0 
0 0 0—7 
0 0 0—5 
6 0 0—14—26 
0 0 0—6 
0 5 0—5 
0 6 0— 5—16 
GRILSE FLY-CASTING. 
This was postponed event 5, cast off by agree¬ 
ment the morning of March 4. There was not 
sufficient room to cast during the open hours of 
the show, and it was decided to hold it early in 
the morning, but it was not started until 11 
o’clock, and although the aisle in the rear of the 
tank was roped off, persons insisted on getting in 
the way of the back cast, the leaders caught on 
the various corners back of the contestants, and 
the result was unsatisfactory, though unavoid¬ 
able. Mr. McCarthy injured his rod and all 
scores were low because of the constant fear of 
breaking rods. 
Feet. Feet. 
R. C. Leonard .112 3 C. J. McCarthy. 97 9 
E. J. Mills .102 2 Perry D. Frazer;.... 95 4 
EVENT 23—SWITCH CASTING. 
There was no limit to rods, but a screen was 
placed 13 feet back of the platform in this event: 
_ Feet. * Feet. 
R. C. Leonard . 94 8 C. T. McCarthy. 81 4 
E. J- Mills. 90 1 C. E. Jacobus. 63 8 
EVENT 24—QUARTER-OUNCE BAIT. 
Distance alone counted in this contest, which 
called for bait-casting with quarter-ounce 
weights. Reuben Leonard’s cast of 137 feet is the 
indoor record: 
Best cast, 
Feet 
R. C. Leonard- 130 137 134 88 128 137 
E. B. Rice. 114 3 * 96 * 20 114 3 
R. J. Held. 104 110 9 60 * 30 no 9 
E. J. Mills. 77 51 85 102 6 93 102 6 
EVENT 25—AMBIDEXTROUS FLY. 
Each contestant was allowed five minutes’ time 
to cast with each hand. Heavy fly-rods were 
used. Eddie Mills won. 
T- T . Right hand. Left hand. Score. 
J- Mdls. 97’2 73 85 1 
C. J. McCarthy. 82 2 69 75 7 
Perry D. Frazer. 87 2 56 71 7 
EVENT 26 —DISTANCE BAIT. 
In addition to the usual gold, silver and bronze 
medals, there was a special prize offered in this 
event, a fly rod. It was won by Reuben Leon¬ 
ard, who, besides making a new indoor record 
and winning first prize, made the best average in 
five casts with bait rod and half-ounce weight. 
The conditions were very difficult, indeed. In 
order to have sufficient space for casting the 
platform was moved back to the extreme end of 
the tank, and spectators crowded about it to 
watch the contest and the athletic events, at 
times completely blocking the space. The scores: 
R. C. Leonard— 
141 6 148 177 155 6 
Perry D. Frazer— 
153 160 2 * * 
E. J. Mills— 
* 90 157 * 
Charles Stepath— 
155 6 119 5 * 40 
E. B. Rice— 
148 132 155 122 6 
A. J. Marsh— 
104 103 8 135 50 
C. J. McCarthy— 
50 101 4 * 143 
G. Mitchell— 
80 118 10 * 101 
W. J. Ehrich— 
103 75 * 128 6 
152 10 
141 8. 
* 
* 
121 7 
145 6 
* 
133 6 
Best cast, 
Feet. 
177 
160 2 
157 
155 6 
155 
145 6 
143 
133 6 
128 6 
Mr. Leonard’s average was 154 feet 113-5 
inches. 
SPECIAL EVENT—SAME CONDITIONS. 
This was cast with steel rods and half-ounce 
weights for two prize steel rods. Scores: 
Charles Stepath— 
156 2 * * * 3(1 
E. B. Rice- 
102 154 1 154 1 101 144 
C. J. McCarthy— 
„ 146 6 60 124 8 151 154 
Perry D. Frazer- 
30 148 130 9 * 147 
Harry; Friedman— 
101 109 6 112 * 60 
M. H. Smith- 
50 * HO 50 * 
W. J. Ehrich— 
60 106 106 6 * 98 
G. Mitchell- 
30 * 70 * * 
E. F. Todd— 
70 50 20 50 60 
A. J. Marsh— 
40 50 40 30 40 
C. E. Jacobus— 
30 30 * * * 
Best cast, 
Feet. 
156 2 
154 1 
154 
148 
112 
110 
106 6 
70 
70 
50 
30 
EVENT 27 —DISTANCE FLY-CASTING. 
This contest had been looked forward to eager¬ 
ly by several of the amateurs who are closely 
matched in casting the trout fly with heavy rods. 
It was open to all save those who had cast 100 
feet or more in a similar contest, and this ruling 
eliminated the professionals and gave the ama¬ 
teurs a fighting chance to win a place. Perry 
Frazer cast first, using a ten-ounce 11-foot rod, 
but laid this aside and finished the allotted ten 
minutes’ time with a 12-ounce, nk2-foot rod 
and a heavy salmon line. His best cast was 97 
feet. Both of the lines he used were dressed by 
him. Call J. McCarthy, of Boston, was the last 
man to cast. He used a rod 11 feet long, weigh¬ 
ing ten ounces, and a heavy line. Messrs. Ehrich 
and Mitchell used similar rods and lines. The re¬ 
sult; 
Feet. 
Perry D. Frazer 97 
C. J. McCarthy .95 10 
Feet 
W. T. Ehrich.92 I 
G. Mitchell .84 
EVENT 28 —MISS AND OUT. 
Saturday afternoon, March 7, there was held 
an interesting contest with bait rods and half¬ 
ounce weights. The target was placed at 75 feet 
and each contestant was allowed one preliminary 
cast and one cast to score. If he missed he re 
tired. Thus four men went out in the first round, 
Dr. Held retired in the next round and Mr. 
Marsh in the third, leaving but two in. Mitchell 
