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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Aug. 27, 1910. 
all the denizens of the sea, they have their 
enemies, and their particular foe is the porpoise. 
I once saw a large school chopping to fragments 
a school of menhaden, when they in turn were 
surrounded by a school of porpoises, and the 
turmoil in the sea was at once a sight never to be 
forgotten. The biters were bitten now; Nemesis 
was on their trail, and as they finally secured an 
opening and went flashing out over the bar 
closely pursued by the eager porpoises, I could 
not suppress a feeling of pleasure that the 
hapless menhaden were in a measure avenged. 
Leonard Hulit. 
National Casting Tournament. 
The report of the annual contest of the 
National Association of Angling Clubs, held in 
Chicago, Aug. 18-20, reached us too late for in¬ 
sertion in full in this issue, but the winners and 
their scores follow: 
Light tackle, dry-fly accuracy—L. E. De Garmo, 
99 2/15 per cent. 
Light tackle, distance fly—F. N. Peet, 102 feet. 
Accuracy fly—F. A. Forsythe, 99 I 3/ I 5 P er cent. 
Accuracy bait, quarter-ounce—W. H. Ball, 5 
demerits. 
Distance bait, quarter-ounce—B. F. Flegel, av¬ 
erage of five casts, 148 feet, 7 3/5 inches. 
Salmon fly—W. H. Ball, 1405/2 feet. 
Accuracy bait, half-ounce—D. F. Beatty, 5 de¬ 
merits. 
Distance fly—F. N. Peet, 117 feet. 
Distance bait, half-ounce—B. F. Flegel, aver¬ 
age of five casts, 203 feet 71/5 inches. 
All-round average—W. H. Ball. 
The Anglers’ Casting Club of Chicago.- 
Chicago, Aug. 14..—Editor Forest and Stream: 
The unexpected pleasure of a visit from so many 
■of our friends at our regular pi-ounce accuracy 
and distance events, scheduled for July 31, made 
the day one long to be remembered. 
Among the visitors were Mr. Tolfson of the 
Milwaukee Anglers’, and Messrs. Eggebrecht, 
Hawthorne, Hoff and Winteringham, of the 
Elgin Anglers’ clubs; Messrs. Pearce, Peet, 
Bellows and Beatty, of the Chicago Flv-Casting 
Club;' Mr. Hinterleitner, of the North Shore 
Casting Club, and Miss Agnes Nordholm. 
Following are the scores in per cent.: 
Campbell . 
Woernecke . 
C Nordholm . 
Loes . 
T. Nordholm . 
Hartley . 
Place . 
Visitors: 
Tolfson . 
Hinterleitner . 
Bellows . 
Eggebrecht . 
Hawthorne . 
Hoff . 
97.3 Rood . 96-3 
98.8 Kleinfeldt . 9B.U 
94’.2 Ames . 98.0 
98.1 Johnson .. 96.6 
97.3 Lingenfelter . 97.0 
98.1 Goengle . 96.4 
98.8 Jamison . 97.2 
97.7 Wintringham . 98.7 
98.4 Pearce . 99.1 
97.7 Peet . 98.4 
96.8 Beatty . 98.3 
95.2 Agnes Nordholm -96.9 
98.8 
Visitors: 
Pierson . 
. 97.4 
Cook . 
. 98.1 
Wehle . 
. 98.4 
Linder . 
. 98.1. 
Berg . 
. 98.2 
Willis . 
Whitby . 
. 98.6 
E. M. Town, 
Sec’y. 
Tuna Biting Again. 
Avalon, Cal., Aug. 14. —Editor Forest and 
Stream: The school of big tuna, which has 
been loafing about the island at intervals all sum¬ 
mer. whetted up its appetite yesterday, and went 
through the anglers’ tackle-boxes like a charge 
of shot. Several reported strikes—that is all. 
To-day the anglers reported better luck. That 
good old tuna scout, Doctor Warren N. Vilas, 
reputed to have experienced all the known ways 
of losing a tuna, finally got his first fish, also the 
much coveted blue button, which had virtually 
been voted to him when he was elevated to 
elective active membership in order to become 
a director, although the club does not award this 
trophy except upon qualification. 
Vilas’ tuna weighed 136 pounds. Phil. O’Mara 
was along, handling the doctor’s launch. Phil, 
has come to be quite a skilled gaffer. Doc. Vilas 
impressed a convenient whale into service, and 
the whale several times herded the tuna toward 
the boat, when it was disposed to test the length 
and strength of the doctor's dine. Along toward 
the end of the struggle the whale breached along¬ 
side. The doctor had a hard fight for two hours. 
The same day a young engineer from Glasgow, 
G. H. Smith, landed the third largest tuna taken 
in several seasons, a 151 pounder. The school 
is made up of very large fish, many larger than 
any that have been caught on rod and reel. When 
one of the big fellows strikes, that is the end. 
They go through goo feet of line in jig-time un¬ 
less the boatman is unusually keen. 
C. G. Conn, who went back to Elkhart, Ind.. 
to rebuild his factory after the fire, has gone to 
the Bay of Fundy, taking Billy Mathews, his 
favorite boatman, all the way from Catalina. 
Mr. Conn has gone at the tuna with the best of 
tackle and equipment and one of the best boat¬ 
men that ever handled launch or skiff. Word 
has been received from him to the effect that the 
tuna in the bay are of most enormous propor¬ 
tions ; he hooked one that was estimated to be 
twelve feet long. It smashed his rod and tore 
his tackle to pieces. This was a most exceptional 
fish, however. It need surprise no one to see 
Conn kill a 300- or 400-pounder. He is one of 
the best tuna hunters the island ever had, ahvays 
scouting about in his big, fast launch, and lead¬ 
ing the ivay for the rest, as well as bringing in 
fish whenever they show 7 any disposition to touch 
bait. Edwin L. Hedderly. 
San Francisco Fly-Casting Club. 
Distance J^-ounce event of July 31; average 
for five casts: 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Lingenfelter . 
.... 204 
T. Nordhold _ 
. 101 2 
Place . 
.... 147 
Ames . 
.123 2 
Kleinfeldt . 
Visitors: 
.... 122 6 
Jamison . 
.188 8 
Eggebrecht . 
Winteringham ... 
.... 135 
.... 133 2 
Beatty .. 
.119 6 
Following are the scores in per cent, for our 
regular club contest scheduled for to-day in 
■ounce accuracy event: 
Town . 
.98.3 
C Nordholm .... 
.93.3 
Place . 
.98.1 
Lingenfelter . 
.96.6 
T.oes . 
.95.7 
Hartley . 
Woernecke . 
.92.9 
Slocum . 
.98.6 
Kleinfeldt . 
. 97.S 
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 7. —Editor Forest 
and Stream: Scores cast by members at Stow 
Lake yesterday, when the w-eather was fair, and 
to-day, when the sky was overcast. Yesterday’s 
scores: 
Event No. 1, 
distance, feet: 
L. G. Burpee... 
. 90 
T. C. Kierulff. 
... 103 
F. A. Webster. 
. 86 
Re-entry: 
T. C. Kierulff . 
. 99 
Event No. 2, 
Accuracy, per 
cent.: 
T. G. Burpee... 
. 97.6 
Geo. C. Edwards... 
. 9S.4 
F. A. Webster. 
. 98.4 
C. (>. Youne. 
. 98.14 
T. C. Kierulff.. 
. 97.13 
W. L. Gerstle...... 
. 96.10 
F. H. Reed.... 
. 98.8 
Re-entries: 
F. A. Webster 
. 98.10 
T. C. Kierulff . 
. 99.6 
Event No. 3, delicacy, per cent.: 
Accuracy. Delicacy. 
L. G. Burpee. 97.16 98.30 ’ 
F. A. Webster. 99.16 99.50 
T. C. Kierulff. 98.32 99.40 
F. H. Reed. 98.48 99.40 
C. G. Young. 99.00 99.30 
Geo. C. Edwards. 99.12 99.40 
W. L. Gerstle. 94.40 94.40 
Re-entries: 
F. A. Webster . 98.40 99.20 
T. C. Kierulff. 99.32 99.50 
Event No. 4, lure casting, per cent.: 
I.. G. Burpee . 88.4 
F. A. Webster. 95.5 
T. C. Kierulff. 96.8 
F. H. Reed. 85.7 
C. G. Young. 97.6 
Geo. C. Edwards. 93.5 
W. L. Gerstle.!.,.... 
Re-entries:' 
F. A. Webster. 96.2 
T. C. Kierulff . 97.2 
To-day’s scores were: 
Net. 
97.53 
99.33 
99.6 
99.14 
99.15 
99.26 
94.40 
99.00 
99.41 
81.6 
95.6 
122.6 
ION 2 
116.6 
96 
Event No. 1. 
distance, feet: 
T. C. Kierulff.. 
. 104 
E. A. Mocker. 
Re-entries : 
T. C. Kierulff.. 
. 106 
Event No. 2, 
Accuracy, per 
cent.: 
C. G. \oung.. 
. 98.13 
Dr. W. Brooks. 
t. H. Reed... 
. 98.6 
T. C. Kierulff. 
Tames \\ att.... 
.98 
H. C. Golcher. 
F. M. Haight. 
. 98.1 
E. A. Mocker . 
Re-entries: 
H. C. Golcher. 
. 97.12 
F. M. Haight. 
1. C. Kierulff. 
. 98.12 
Tames Watt . 
Event No. 3, 
delicacy, per 
cent.: 
103 
C. G Young. 97.44 
1. H. Reed. 99.32 
James Watt .._ 96 44 
F. M. Haight. 97.S 
Dr. \\ . E. Brooks. 98.32 
T. C. Kierulff. 98.52 
H. C. Golcher . 97.40 
E. A. Mocker. 96.20 
Re-entries: 
H. C. Golcher. 98.32 
T. C. Kierulff . 98.40 
F. M. Haight. 96.32 
Event No. 4, lure casting 
C. G. Young. 
F. H. Reed . 
Accuracy. Delicacy. 
"" " £9.00’ 
per cent.: 
97.50 
96.40 
97.30 
99.40 
100.00 
99.20 
98.00 
99.00 
100.00 
96.10 
9S 
87.9 
James Watt . 97.6 
Dr. W. E. Brooks.. 93.2 
T. C. Kierulff . 93.4 
H. C. Golcher. 82.3 
E. A. Mocker . 98.5 
F. J. Cooper. 93.8 
Re-entries: 
H. C. Golcher. 91.4 
T. C. Kierulff. 97.7 
James Watt . 96.2' 
F H. Reed . 80.1 
F. J. Cooper . 
98.6 
95.7 
95.5 
98.7 
9S.4 
96.13 
Net. 
9S.22 
98.41 
96.42 
97.19 
99.6 
99.26 
98.30 
97.10 
98.46 
99.20 
96.21 
12S 
iio 
89 
128 
105 
130 
127 
60 
143 
130 
iso 
E. O. Ritter, Clerk. 
Anglers’ Club of Milwaukee. 
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. it,.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: At a meeting of the executive commit¬ 
tee of the Anglers’ Club of Milwaukee, the date 
of the State tournament was set for Sept. 17, 
w'hile on Sept. 18 the Chicago and Elgin, Ill., 
clubs have been invited to come up to a special 
tournament. It is expected that some forty or 
fifty of the best casters of Chicago will be pres¬ 
ent. We would like to see all members present 
at both occasions. 
In the club’s weekly tournament at Washing¬ 
ton Park, Wednesday, Aug. 10, H. C. Mullen and 
M. A. Beck were tied for first place in the 
quarter-ounce event, with a score of 99. M. A. 
Beck and C. A. Rhine were tied for first place 
in the half-ounce event with a score of 98 3/15. 
14-ounce. 
jounce. 
IT. C . Mullen . 
. 99 
98 2-15 
M. A. Beck. 
. 99 
98 3-15 
T. H. Toll. 
. 98 3-15 
98 2-15 
C. A. Rhine. 
. 97 10-15 
98 3-15 
Albert Lahman . 
97 8-15 
Anton Stolz . 
. 97 3-15 
97 12-15 
A. F. Bingenheimer. 
. 97 3-15 
97 10-15 
Heipy Loes . 
. 94 4-15 
96 7-15 
las McBride . 
97 4-15 
G C. Schoenlaub. 
97 1-15 
C. L. Tolfson.. 
95 13-15 
Harry Lewis . 
95 8-15 
C. L. Tolfson, Sec’y. 
(Sea and River Fishing continued on page 354.) 
