PT. 12, 1907.] 

FOREST AND STREAM. 


Charles E. Mead. 
ARLES E. Merap, one of the best known 
‘rs on rod and game subjects, and an ardent 
‘ctionist, died at his home on Maple avenue, 
t. Louis, recently, from uraemic poisoning 
4a general breakdown of his system, says 
Sportsman. He was for many years the 
ir of Rod and Gun in the St. Louis Globe- 
ocrat and was one of the best known news- 
|r men in St. Louis. His columns were al- 
devoted to good game and fish laws and 
he uplifting of sportsmanship to its highest 
ls. Sportsmen had an able ally in him and 
friends were legion. His demise will be 
rally mourned by the disciples of Izaak 
jon and the nimrods who have for eighteen 
i; been readers of Rod and Gun. Several 
| papers have vainly tried to establish such 
partment, but none were able to match his 
ings and they soon abandoned the attempt at 
)etition. 
lriters like Mr. Meade was are born—not 
jited in the news department of daily papers 
i] they cannot satisfy the ‘critical reader of 
\smen’s news by commonplace accounts of 
ts in which they are not themselves pro- 
To Brother Meade the very habits of 
\wily bass and rainbow trout were learned 
iture’s book and the festive Bob White or 
jstately mallard were alike included in his 
Mf personal acquaintances which formed the 
| of many an interesting story, which at one 
or another contained the name of every 
inent sportsman in Missouri, every one of 
ln will miss him; not alone for his interest- 
‘writings, but for his own personality and 
| fellowship. 


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| LONDON’S CHAMPION TROUT. 
| MAGNIFICENT trout, scaling 18 pounds, has 
caught in the New River, at Harringay, by 
James Brigg, an ardent angler, of Wightman 
, Harringay. 
e New River flows at the bottom of Mr. 
’s garden, and the big trout has often been 
i and fished for, but without success, till 
itly, when, early one morning, young Mr. 
x, armed with a two- joined sea rod, and a 
baited with a worm dug up from the gar- 
managed to secure London’s record trout 
a contest lasting three-quarters of an hour. 
erviewed in regard to his capture, Mr. 
rs said the fish measured 2 feet 6 inches in 
h, and 22 inches round the body. “We 
seen it in the water for over two years, and 
| anglers have had a try for it, but little 
ited that I should be the one to catch it. 
‘e this I have caught a number of jack in 
iver, but the biggest has not been more than 
ounds. I believe there is another trout in 
vater here which will turn the scale at Io 
11s when caught, while there is a 20 pound 
Hand a very large eel still at large. I am 
to have a try for that eel again. 
have been fishing for about two years, but 
xt belong to any angling club. If I did, I 
it I should get the best prize this year, as 
sure this catch is the record for any Lon- 
frreter, and perhaps also for the country.” 
fish has been sent to be stuffed, when it 
pccupy a place among a host of other stuffed 
{us and fish that are to be seen in Mr. 
‘s house. Mr. Gillett, of Fetter Lane, who 
lhe fish to stuff, says that it must be quite 
ears old, and in support of his theory he 
fd out the horn-like growth on the bottom 
‘which takes many years to attain to any 
4 This growth, which comes of old age, gen- 
i forces the mouth open so that the fish 
able to retain a small fish when caught for 
4 But this trout has managed to wear away 
one above, so that the horn-like projection 
ito it as in a groove.. That accounts for 
tplendid condition of the captured fish, as 
been able to eat as well until recently as 
Ee ably did a century since. 
#» New River has always been famous for 
-ge trout. and has yielded another specimen 
‘tween 8 pounds and 9 pounds this year, 
near Broxbourne——Reynolds’s Newspaper, 
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