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New Yerk 
Rest 
By DONALD HOLBROOK 
HE gentle wash of the brook, its 
gurgling tinkle indescribably peace- 
ful, the swirling pool at the base of 
the lichen rock, a big trout motionless 
in its depths, all lend to this corner of 
the world of their gladsome beauty. 
Over the brook a _ rustic bridge 
wrought with rough coated beams from 
the surrounding monarchs, old, un- 
steady, picturesque, sags with ancient 
dignity from the mossy banks. With 
high arched boughs the gnarled oaks 
form a canopy overhead casting danc- 
ing shadows on the mirrored surface 
of the stream. 
Legs dangling precariously over the 
side of uneven planking, lost in con- 
templation of the depths below, an old 
man quite congruous with the age of 
the structure he bestrode, fished. 
Fished not with the determined skill 
of an inveterate angler, but rather as 
a matter of course, a natural occupa- 
tion for such a place. 
His face bespoke the hardships which 
life had ungenerously heaped upon him. 
Yet the furrows of care which lined his 
forehead were softened, and musing 
eyes were brightened as by happy 
thoughts. 
A tired soul seeks rest. A weary 
life repose from the rush of men. In 
humble reverence a lagging spirit drags 
its earthly prison to him who opens 
iron gates and loses the heavy 
shackles. Contentment and rest. 
JAR Elhott 
[X a short notice recently appearing 
in the Johnson County Democrat, of 
Olathe, Kansas, Mr. Frank Hodges, 
owner of the paper, has the following 
to say concerning his old friend: 
J. A. R. Elliott, champion wing shot 
of the world, is dead. He died last week 
at his home in New York City. Jim 
Elliott, as he was popularly known, was 
the greatest wing shot the world has 
ever produced. Time and time again 
he has killed one hundred pigeons 
straight without a miss, beating the 
best shots in the world. At one time 
a syndicate brought the famous Dr. 
Carver to Kansas City for the purpose 
of beating Elliott in a pigeon match, 
expecting to win large sums of money. 
It took six matches to decide the event. 
In not one of the six matches of one 
hundred birds each could Carter beat 
Elliott. Tying him was the best Carter 
could do. In the fifth match both El- 
liott and Carter killed one hundred birds 
each. In the sixth match Carver lost 
one bird and Elliott killed his one hun- 
dred straight. These wonderful matches 
were shot at the incredible distance of 
thirty-three yards rise. It was Mr. 
Elliott’s habit when training for a dif- 
ficult match to come out to Olathe and 
It will eentify you. 
spend several days shooting doves with 
the owner of this paper. Mr. Elliott 
was not quite as good a target shot as 
he was at live birds and the owner of 
The Democrat has in numerous matches 
been able to make a better score on 
targets than Mr. Elliott did, a record 
he is very proud of. Jim Elliott was 
a brother-in-law of Dr. Hatfield and for 
many years lived in Southern Kansas, 
where he first learned to shoot on chick- 
ens, ducks and quail. The long and 
quiet sleep has at last fallen upon tlie 
eagle eyes of the old master. May the 
memory of his supernatural feats ever 
remain green. 
A Record Catch of Salmon? 
R. F. GRAY GRISWOLD, enthusi- 
astic salmon angler, has brought 
the following excerpt from the “Field” 
to our attention: 
“News reached us that wonderfu} 
sport with salmon had been vouchsafed 
to our old correspondent, Mr. William 
Radcliffe, and a friend in Norway this 
year, and in response to our urgent 
representations he has very kindly 
given us the details of a catch, which, 
so far as we know, has not been beaten 
anywhere or at any time. Even the 
famous Grimersta bag made in 1888, 
333 fish to three rods from August 27th 
to September 1st, though it provided 
bigger individual catches (Mr. Naylor 
had 54 fish on one day and 45 on an- 
other and Mr. Hansard had 46 on one 
day) is not on the whole more impres- 
sive in its assembled details. The facts 
are as follows: 
“Mr. William Radcliffe and Mr. Har- 
old Wilson, using only flies and only 
casting (no harling), caught on their 
river in Norway, in 51% days during 
June and July, 1924, 1352 salmon and 
grilse (the latter greatly predominating 
being in the proportion of over 10 to 1, 
as against 50 per cent. in 1913) or an 
average of over 26 fish a day. For 20 
days, between June 20th and July 12th, 
the average ran to 42 9/10. 
“The previous record of the river 
made by the same rods in 1923, was 503 
salmon and grilse in 50 days, or an 
average of over 10 a day. In 1924 the 
highest combined catch in one day was 
58 and the highest individual catch (ob- 
tained by each rod) 31 fish. 
“The average weight of the fish was, 
salmon 9 lb. to 10 lb., grilse about 3 lb. 
—it is a “small fish” river—and the 
fishing was done with 6% oz. single- 
handed rods and tapered trout gut. 
Probably the bag could have been big- 
ger, but the average fishing day was 
only six and a half to seven hours, 
while one rod did not fish at all for a 
third of the time. 
It would be interesting to know 
whether any reader of FOREST AND 
STREAM has any records comparable 
to this catch of 1924. 
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