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and in a little time you will have a happy hunt¬ 
ing ground second to none in the country.” 
For the last six months Terra Alta sportsmen 
have been planning to form a combination or¬ 
ganization to include game and fish protecting, 
stream and forest stocking, and trapshooting. 
After Mr. Thompson had inspired his host with 
his own enthusiasm, Mr. Crane got busy pushing 
the club idea, and at last it has happened. There 
will be a meeting this week and permanent or¬ 
ganization will be effected. R. Morris. 
Nova Scotia Guides’ Sports Festival. 
Annapolis Royal, N. S., Sept. 1.— Editor 
Forest and' Stream: The second annual meet¬ 
ing and sports festival of the “Nova Scotia 
Guides’ Association” took place at 
Lakeside Park, Yarmouth, Aug. 
18 and 19 and was attended by 
representatives of the counties of 
the western half of the Province, 
the guides of the eastern part not 
having been organized as yet. 
The annual business meeting took 
place on the evening of the 18th 
and consisted in the election of 
officers for the coming year and 
the adoption of a constitution 
drawn by the president and the 
secretary-treasurer, Messrs. Breck 
and Kelley. A ’ resolution was 
passed, earnestly urging the Pro¬ 
vincial Government to take over 
the inland fisheries, which are be¬ 
ing shamefully neglected by the 
Dominion authorities, the streams 
not enjoying any protection to 
speak of, and the restocking a 
mere sham, compared with what 
should be done in the face of the 
ever increasing number of ang¬ 
lers. The officers for the ensu¬ 
ing year are: President, Dr. E. 
Breck; Vice-President, L. D. Mit¬ 
chell; Secretary - Treasurer, Roy 
S. Kelley, Yarmouth. The execu¬ 
tive council consists of these offi¬ 
cers with the addition of R. 
Cushing, A. D. Thomas and N. 
B. Hatfield. 
On Friday night a banquet was tendered the 
guides by the Yarmouth branch of the People’s 
Fish, Forest and Game Protective Association, 
at which the speakers were E. H. Armstrong, 
M. P. P., always a strong helper in protective 
matters, and the president, Dr. Breck. 
The results of the sports which, in spite of the 
unfavorable weather were most interesting, were 
as follows, the winners being the champions of 
the association: 
Shooting with rifle, 200 yards, off-hand—1, 
Horace Munro, Milford, Annapolis county; 2, 
J. H. Saben; 3, S. Morton; 4, M. Saben ; all of 
Kemptville, Yarmouth county. 
Trapshooting—1, F. Gould. Quinan; 2, G. M. 
Goudey, Port Maitland; 3, C. Butler, Chebogue 
Point; 4, Reynard, Yarmouth, all in Yarmouth 
county. 
Single canoe race—1, H. Munro, Milford; 2, 
G. Skinner, Yarmouth; 3, J. Francis, Milton, 
Queens county; 4, J. Glode, Pubnico. 
Double canoes—1 and 2, divided between H. 
and C. Munro, and Lou Harlow and Sam Glode, 
all of Milford; 3, J. Francis and M. Glode. 
Log chopping—1, D. Marlin, Reynardtown, 
Yarmouth county; C. Gavel, Forest Glen; 3, L. 
Harlow, Milford; 4, Abe Toney, Yarmouth. 
Salmon casting—1, G. Walton, Kemptville; 2, 
L. D. Mitchell, Mill Village; 3, W. Carty, Pub¬ 
nico Head. Yarmouth county. 
Trout rod distance—1, H. Munro, Milford; 2, 
L. D. Mitchell; 3, C. Walton. 
Trout rod accuracy—1, L. D. Mitchell; 2. W. 
Carty, Pubnico; 3, Ned Sullivan, Havelock, 
Digby county. 
Log burling—1, G. Skinner, Yarmouth; 2, J. 
Frauten, Quinan. 
Canoe tilting—L. Harlow, Milford and C. 
Skinner, Yarmouth ; 2, H. and C. Munro, Milford. 
Swimming—1, Skinner; 2, H. Munro. 
The chief prize for the best showing was won 
by FI. Munro, the second by G. Skinner. The 
prizes were partly cash, partly donations from 
many prominent firms and individuals. 
E. Breck. 
Fishing in the South. 
New Orleans, La., Sept. 1.— Editor Forest 
and Stream: The fishermen who enjoy the sport 
report fairly good luck during the last several 
days, and the season as a whole has been better 
than last year. It is thought the pleasure seek¬ 
ers will engage in this sport rather longer than 
usual this fall and winter. Good catches are re¬ 
ported from Lake Catherine, the Rigolets, Chef 
Menteur and other places. Shrimp for bait were 
rather scarce for a few days recently, but they 
seem to be plentiful now. The fishing season in 
these waters continues quite late in the fall and 
even in the winter months to some extent. More 
red fish and speckled trout have been caught 
this summer than for some time, and the fish 
generally have been larger specimens. 
F. G. G. 
St. Lawrence Mascalonge. 
Clayton, N. Y., Aug. 30.— Editor Forest and 
Stream: W. Pi. Jasper, of New York city, in¬ 
vited John Foley, of this village, to go out with 
him one afternoon for a couple of hours’ fish¬ 
ing with Moses Gokey as their guide. They 
were fishing about one and a half miles in the 
St. Lawrence River in front of Clayton when 
a 32-pound mascalonge took Mr. Foley’s bait. 
Mr. Foley saw that he had a very large fish. 
He was using a ten-ounce steel rod with a live 
minnow for bait on a No. 5 pickerel hook. The 
mascalonge measured 4 feet 2 
inches in length. It was very 
symmetrical in form and a per¬ 
fect fish in every respect. The 
mascalonge that are caught in 
our river here usually fight for 
an hour or more, but Mr. 
Foley landed this fish in twenty 
minutes. R. P. Grant. 
Tournament Casting. 
New York City, Sept. 3 . — Edi¬ 
tor Forest and Stream: During 
the past three years there has 
been evidenced a growing dis¬ 
satisfaction in the various affili¬ 
ated clubs of the National Asso¬ 
ciation of Scientific Angling Clubs 
over the definitions covering pro¬ 
fessionalism in the constitution of 
the National Association. From 
time to time individuals as well 
as affiliated clubs pointed out the 
lack of fairness of the rules cov¬ 
ering the much mooted question 
of professionalism, and while 
many suggestions were offered, 
none seemed to carry with it that 
spirit of fairness which was de¬ 
sired by all true lovers of the 
sport. 
The former definition of a pro¬ 
fessional was as follows: (1) 
One who is or has been a teacher of casting for 
'pay; (2) one who is or has been a market fisher¬ 
man; (3) one who is or has been a paid guide; 
(4) one who for pay casts or has cast with any 
rod, reel, line or device in the interest of the 
maker or seller thereof; (5) one who does or 
has done exhibition casting for pay, either di¬ 
rectly or indirectly; (.6) one who for pay con¬ 
ducts or has conducted any exhibition of cast¬ 
ing; (7) one who is engaged in the manufacture 
or sale of fishing tackle. This definition does 
not include the amateur rod builder or fly tier, 
nor the amateur maker of any angling device not 
as his principal means of livelihood. 
Linder the old rules it was possible to admit 
as an amateur any manufacturer of angling de¬ 
vices so long as it was not his principal means 
of livelihood, whereas the man who sold these 
angling devices was classed as a professional. 
Again it excluded as an amateur the gun sales¬ 
man in a sporting goods store simply because he 
was, in a way, connected with the sale of fishing 
tackle as a means of his livelihood, while the 
MR. AND MRS. THOMPSON UNDER A WOLFE CREEK WATERFALL. 
