us. We hardly got a shot that day. 
The decoys took to the water readily 
and swam and dived and seemed to be 
having a good time, but when a crane 
or gull flew over they would crouch and 
hide as if it were a hawk. 
Later we took only two Susie ducks 
out, but we got no better results. 
I am a subscriber for your fine jour- 
nal and I am asking you if you can 
please help me out by telling me how 
I can get my ducks to call as others do. 
FRANK Sprott, Memphis, Tenn. 
American Canoe Association 
Announcements 
ARTICLE 4 
SECTION I 
Honorary Members may be elected 
by a unanimous vote of the Executive 
Committee meeting in October or No- 
vember. 
The Honorary Membership list may 
be revised every two years by the Exec- 
utive Committee. 
C. F. WoLtTN, 
A. C. A. 798. 
Proposed Amendments to Racing Regu- 
lations of American Canoe Association, 
as published in the 1926 Year Book. 
Rule II, Sec. 4: 
Strike out “Not over two-thirds of 
the allowed sail area of sailing ca- 
noes shall be carried in on mast.” 
Substitute: 
Not more than two-thirds of the al- 
lowed sail area of sailing canoes 
shall be carried in on sail. 
Rule V, New Sec. 5: 
No sail shall be carried, the height 
of whose peak above the water-line 
exceeds the total length of the canoe 
upon which it is used. Sails made 
prior to the passage of this rule shall 
not be affected thereby. 
Renumber present sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 
to read 6, 7, 8, 9 respectively. 
H. DUDLEY MurpHy, 
A. C. A. 1785. 
Lands Large Trout in Big 
¥, Asquam Lake 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
HE largest lake trout caught in Big 
Asquam Lake was brought in by 
H. A. Reed of Northfield, Mass. The 
trout weighed 18 pounds and 12 ounces 
and was 37 inches long. It was caught 
in what is known as the Broads, Big 
Asquam. 
It took Mr. Reed 30 minutes to land 
the fish. Many persons from this sec- 
tion drove to his home to view the 
trout, which was a handsome one. Mr. 
Reed spends his Summers on the shore 
of Little Asquam, and fishing is one of 
his favorite pastimes. ,, scat) 
,’ 
Holderness, N. H. 

Elmer Starner (left) receives the 1925 G. A. H. cup from Mr. Brooks, 


president of Amateur Shooters’ Association. 
Elmer Starner Wins the G. A. H. 
DEAR FOREST AND STREAM: 
A REPUTATION for being a good 
fellow, a good business man and 
a booster for your home town is some 
reputation, in fact it’s a reputation 
any man may be proud of, but it is only 
a local reputation. 
A national reputation is quite an- 
other thing, and most of us think of 
a national reputation as something 
which requires many more years of 
hard work to attain. Yet, Elmer Star- 
Mr. H. A, Reed and his big lake trout. 
ner, proprietor of the century old Clin- 
ton House, the hotel in Ithaca, N. Y., 
noted for its six stately and beautiful 
pillars, worked industriously for over a 
third of a century to earn a living, 
raise a family and build up his home 
town of Ithaca in the Finger Lakes 
Region of Central New York. And, in 
one short day, without even suspecting 
what the day was to bring forth, Elmer 
Starner won a national, yes, a world- 
reputation, and a U. S. Championship 
with it. 
It happened this way. Mr. Starner 
wanted a week’s rest away from his 
hotel business, so he put his Ithaca in 
a case, and, for the first time, went 
out to Dayton, Ohio, to that greatest 
of all shoots, the Grand American 
Handicap. And, because his trap 
shooting experience began only about 
four years ago, Mr. Starner expected 
nothing more than a happy week shoot- 
ing and visiting with the best shots 
in the U. S. and Canada. 
Nothing more than that happened 
until the very last day when the Clas- 
sic, which crowns its winner as cham- 
pion of champions, was shot off by 
about 750 of the best target shots in 
the world, and after it was all over, 
the most surprised shooter of them all 
was the winner, Elmer Starner, of 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
The winner of the Grand American 
Handicap was awarded a costly and 
elaborate silver loving cup and $1,150 
in cash. He was met on his return 
home by the citizens of Ithaca and es- 
corted to his hotel, the Clinton House, 
The press from ocean to ocean her- 
alded Elmer Starner as the new cham- 
pion of champions, and through it all 
Elmer Starner is to-day, as he was be- 
fore, the most modest man in the city 
of Tthaca. . weHUSIAST,” Ithaca, Neate 
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