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THE SU2sTAY OREGOISTA yOKTLASD, JUNE 17, 1900.
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A Golfer Grand.
This Is a tale of a golfer grand,
A famous man to drive.
And now lie made our nine-hole courss
In a score of 45.
An easy, short, first hole was ours.
Its cognomen nas "Bun."
And our fcmous friend began his round
By making It In 1.
Then next day he drove two hundred yards
And landed on the "Zoo":
This green was near a barnyard fence.
And holed his putt In 2.
The third was guarded by an oak.
And m Tie called It "Tree";
In spite of many obstacles
He made this hole In 3.
Be did not drive so well next time
In going to the "Store,"
But with a lucky brassey shot
He drew an easy 4.
His ball was bunkered at the fifth
Dov,n by the carriage "Drive,"
But still he got out beautifully.
And ran It down In 5.
The course now lengthened out & bit
In going to the "Styx,"
And m hlle he did his best he found
He'd mode the sixth In 0.
The next was on a little hill.
And therefore nlcknnmed "Heaven";
Our friend Inclined to think It, well;
It only cost him 7.
Bight here he lost his nerve a bit
In going down to "Pate";
He found two bunkers on the way.
And bo he scored an 8.
The ninth and lost hole near the club
"Was aptly called the "Wine":
Here, foozling every shot he tried.
He found the cup In 0.
We're often heard strange tales, and more
"We'll hear If we survive.
But liars alone can make this score,
A consecutive 45.
Walter N. P. Darrow In Golf.
INTERREGNUM IN SPORTS
Ever'To(ly Looking For-ward to tae
Fourth, of July Regatta and
the Seattle Meet.
A lull has been noticeable In athletlo
circles during the past week. Interest
canters principally In coming' events, and
as for them, there !s every reason to
believe that the performances In all lines
of sport will eurpass those of recent
years. As a general thing-. Interest la
shown by the general public in athletics
nd the rivalry between the local athletes
Is keen.
The annual Spring regatta of the Port
land Rowing Club, last Saturday after
noon, was the feature of the week. The
crews that will represent the Portland
Club at the annual regatta of the North
Pacific Association of Amateur Oarsmen
"Will be chosen from the men who took
'part in these races. On the- whole, the
showing made was excellent.
The round-robin tennis tournament has
not fully opened up as yet, only a few
games having been played during the
past week. The Oregon Yacht Club gave
a short pleasure cruise Thursday even
ing, and Individual sailing parties on the
river have been numerous. The delight
ful weather that has prevailed has had
its effect upon the yachtsmen, and the
owner of a sloop or eaitboat has no
trouble In. getting a full passenger list
"whenever he desires company on a cruise.
Seattle's big athletic meet, July 3, will
no doubt take a large crowd of athletes
trom Portland. The proposition of the
Olympic Club is still pending, and noth
ing definite will bo known until tomorrow.
It is up to the Fourth of Juiv rnmminu
, sad the action of that body will be awaited
Following the Fourth of July events,
"wjll come the athletic meet at the Will
amette Valley Chatauqua Association,
July It. The state tennis tournament t III
to the next event of general Interest,
after Chautauqua. There is a. possibility
of a three-cornered baseball league being
formed, and a series of games played
bore during -July.
P. N. A. Games.
Unless some action is taken soon. In
regard to the proposed visit of the team
t the Olympic Club, of San Francisco,
Portland will be minus field athletic
vents for the Fourth of July celebration.
io definite decision has been arrived at
as yet
Meanwhile. Captain Kerrigan is getting
bis field and track team into shape, in
anticipation of the P. X. A games, which
will bo held in Seattle. July 2, under the
patronage of the City of Seattle. The
games are for the championship of the
Pacific Northwest, and will be a big event
n athletic circles. If Mnitnnmn), ,..
ena a team to tne sound, it will be one
1 that Will Stand more than nn vn .n..
k-of "bringing the pennant back to this city.
The men have been training hard, ra
anticipation of Fourth of July events, and
very man on the team is In first-class
condition, and is capable of doing the
best that there is In him.
Entry blanks and a list of the events
at the Seattle moot have been received
In Portland, and are referred to m an
other column. The list is somewhat un
usual for a championship ath etlc meet
ing, as a mile walk and a mile bicycle
race ore down for competition. Property
speaking, the latter event comes under
the supervision of the Notional Cycling
Association, as that organisation has
token charge of all bicycle racing. At the
last annua, meeting of the Amateur Atb
letio Union, the proposed amendment, to
the code, to substitute the mile walk for
the team race, was lost. The Multnomah
Club has no pedestrian, and cannot pos-
- -lhly eater a man in that event. Since
Kerron quit, there have beon practically
no trained walkers :n the city. Jn 1SS4
and 1S95 walking contests were popular,
and some good men were developed, but
they have drifted away or gone into other
branches of sport.
The Seattle games will be pulled off
under the rules of tho Amateur Athletic
Union, and will take place at Athletic
Park. The enterprise of the Sound peop'e
is manifest; they are looking for attrac
tions and they get them.
Bowling.
V
Hot weather does not peem to have
effect on the bowlers at the Multnomah
Club, who show up steadily for tho
Monday-night contests. Longford's team,
which captured the medals at the con
test of week before last, fell down badly
Monday evening. Pickering's 42 was Its
high score. Tho winning team had a
ccore under 700. and sensational bowling
was not the order of the evening.
Culllson and Freeman bowled hard for
their team, and were Instrumental In
capturing tho much-coveted medals. Cul
llson caught up in the last game and
bowled up 6L This brought his total
up to 192. Freeman made 6S In the third
game. He followed Culllson a close sec
ond for total pins. Bailey and Mallory,
of the winning team, fell down, the
former succeeding In making 26 pins
the first game. Harry Ho'.mes, of Long
ford's crowd, started out with 25. and
then, for the three succeeding games, he
could not get above 24. Holmes has had
a string of bad luck and he swears by
the "great horn spoon" that he will bowl
no more.
Kahn, Brijjham and McGinn each bad a
team on tho alleys. McGinn's crowd was
a new combination. All were old bowl
ers, however, and some made good scores
and others made scores that were not bo
good. Henry Kahn bravely faced the
music and appeared on the alleys to
help tussle for possession of the medals,
Kahn made a record for misses last week.
and he was "Jollied" to such an extent
that tt was thought he would lay off. But
he did not, and had the satisfaction of
beating Langford's team by seven pin.
That was not saying much, but it served
to heal. his wounded feelings.
Horsernclng.
Qna day's horseraclng has been arranged
by Messrs. "Williams, and Roberts, lessees
of tho Irvington race track, for July 4.
Six events will be pulled off three har
ness and three running. This is welcome
news to admirers of fast horses In Port
land. For a number of years racing has
been slow Jn this city. The prospect for
some good, honest sport is something
that will interest many people. In the
days of the old City View Park race
track. Spring and Fall meetings were
he'-d, and Oregon horses were known all
over; crowds attended, and the races were
YE ATHLETIC MAID
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GOLF GIRL GEAR AND FANCIES.
Before golf was transplanted to American soil, says the Chicago Tunes-Herald, new fash
ions in golf clothes were practically unknown. The bonnie Scotch, girls, who play polf
with a seriousness known only to their native golf land, h&vo never given much thought to
the etjle of their dress, comfort being the only requisite they demand. When Lawrence
Auchterlonle, the golf champion, came to play at Wheaton last year, he was astonished at
the beauty of the American golf gowns. He was accustomed to see the Scotch lassies wear a
rough tweed dress, topped off with a country gingham sunbonnet. With sleeves rolled up, she
went In for the rigor of the game with genuine athletic fervor.
But the American girl is nothing. It she Is not original. Since she has adopted golf as her
favorite sport, there have been new and ever-changing fashions In golf clothes. The smart
est costumes for this summer show much that Is novel. They are hand embroidered; tha
designs used are thistles and heather. Jackets of apple-green cloth have largely taken the
place of those hunting pink and brilliant red. Silk stockings with plaid top? are mora in
vogue than thooo of heavy wool If the athletic girl Is a thoroughly up-to-date person she
no longer limits herself to one golf costume, but has aa entire wardrobe cf golf clothes. Tb
American girl considers the clothes of as much Importance as the game.
Bark blue-faced cloth is essentially correct style- for this year. It is hand embroidered
In coarse silk, with naturallooklng thistles. Either a Preach flannel or a wash silk skirt
waist may be worn with this costume. A trimmed sailor hat with two quills may bo worn
with this dress.
The most astonishing change In this season's fashion for golf Js the introduction of the
sunbonnet. But such a dainty, coquettish little bit of headgear never before was seen on the
links. It is the evolution of the Scotch bonnet. The best of these are imported, and vary
in cost from $3 up to $10. The most picturesque are made of pink Earls racalln. edged with
white Valenciennes lace, slightly pointed at the crown and tipped coquettisaly over tho eyes,
uhlch gives an interesting and pleading look to the owner.
This year the athletic girl need not give vp all her finery, so she still retains the silver
chatelaine, with a great deal of brle-a-brac of a golfing nature attached. The oltra-fashlon-aflle
girl feels that to be quite correct he must hare tho Insignia of the club embroidered on
tho lapel of her Jacket. It is also good form to have the initials of the club engraved en
the shining gilt buttons which fasten the jacket.
the proper thing. Interest held up for
some time after the opening of the Irv
ington track, but it gradually began to
decline, and eventually the races were a
thing of the past.
The Fourth of July meeting Is confined
to one day because there were not enough
horses in condition to go on the track.
Things aTe looking up well for a Fall
meet, and at least six days' races will
be held In September. The programme is
being made up, and will be ready some
time during the coming week. The events
will Include trotting, pacing and running.
Good-sized purses will be hung up, and
the managers have some fast horses on
the string. The September meeting
promises to be the best that has been
given :n the Northwest for a long time.
BnnebalL.
The Stanford team has come and gone.
Baseball Interest Is greater now than it
has been in the pat. The California
playoxs will make a tour of the Puget
Sound cities, and from there they will go
to Spokane, where they will play July
3, 4 and 5. The Spokane Club has Invited
tho Multnomah team to its city for the
Independence day games. The Portland
boys will doubtless accept, and a tri
angular competlfon will probably bo ar
ranged between Spokane, Stanford and
Multnomah. Portland would profit by
this arrangement, if sport-lovers in this
city -wculd but display a little energy,
The. Stanford boys Tjecopsarily pass
through hero on their homeward journey;
the Spokane players could be brought
down, and a triangular content could be
easily managed. A series' of games be
tween these three clubs would prove in
teresting to local baseball enthusiasts. At
the present time Spokane Is bubbling over
with athletic enthusiasm, and tho players
of the Spokane clnb can put up fast ball.
Aquatic Sports.
Oarsmen are looking anxiously forward
to the Fourth of July regatta. The an
anual races of the N. P. A A O. are of
Interest to oarsmen all over the Pacific
Coast. The Vancouver crews are work
ing hard and will try to retain the pen
nant, and the Portland boys will endeavor
to get it back, and are putting forth
mighty efforts toward that end.
The, annual Spring regatta of the Port
land Rowing Club wo a success, from
every point of view. The various crews
made an excellent showing, and the repre
sentative crews for the big regatta, to
be chosen from among them, will make
fast company for tb men of the north.
The latter will have to do some excep
tionally good work. If fhey are to win
out. The Portland senior crew Is the
strongest that has been on tho river in a
long time. The men aro in perfect con
dition; row an even stroke, and their form
is nearly all that could be desired. The
crews are all out in their racing shells
OF THE LINKS.
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now, and the finishing touches to the
training process ant being put on. In
the club races Saturday, Ball and Gloss
made a hard, fight in the singles. The
former steered badly, which probabiy ac
counted, in some degree, for his defeat.
He was lookipg for smooth water, which
he failed to find.
Tenuis. f
The round-robin tournament on the Mult
nomah. Club courts fci ot working smooth
ly yet. Two or three gaines have been
played, but tho regular schedule has not
been so arranged that it can be followed
out. This week, however, will see a
change, and tome rtipla. games will be
played.
A B. McAlpln, chairman of the ath
letic committee, has received word trom
the secretary of the National Tennis As
sociation, granting permission to hold tho
championship toum,rnent here, July 2L
Tho matches will be played according to
the rules of tha National Association.
The third court has been completed on
Multnomah field. This gives room ior
more players at or time, v The three
courts aro constantly filled.
WILLIE ATKINS.
COUBETT'S SEW ASPIRATIONS.
Said to Be RealIySerIoas la Desire
to Go to Congress.
James J. Corbett is really serious, ac
cordSng to a New York dispatch to tho
Chicago Tlmee-Hcrald, in his desire to
become a candidate for Congressional hon
ors. Friends .ask for bis nomination, and
promise to eend .hhn to Washington with
a rousing majority. Moreover they con
tend that he is better equipped mentally
than many of those who now represent
New York in the House of Representa
tives. They say CorDett can wear a dress
suit with more grace than many West
ern Congressmen; that he Is a natural
politician, and is always diplomatic. Cor
bett, in speaktasr ! his probable candi
dacy, said:
"I am not so sure that I shall run,
although my friends suggested that I stand
for the office. Mr. McClellan is not go
ing to run again, acd some one will have
to take his place. If I do say it myself,
I don't see why I iihoulda't run tts well
as the next man.
"Political life has Its attractions for me,
although I must Acknowledge I have
never given the gnat topics of the day
more than passing thought, but I am
willing to train for Cbem just as earnestly
as I have trained for any other contest,
and am willing, to .stand by the rules of
the referee e-r that is. Speaker of the
House may decide upon. I am a Demo
crat. "If .sent aa a Representa'tlve to Con
gress, I will endeavor to do the most
good for my district, the city, state and
ration. I know that thousands oi people
would carefully watch to find some ex
cuse for charging roe with dishonesty, and
it would be my object in life to make it
impossible for them to succeed. I have
made many mistakes, but I pave never
committed a dishonest act. and If per
mitted to enter public life I would cer
tainly maintain my record. Whenever any
questionable bill caene up for considera
tion my vote would be cast on the right
side the side of honesty."
It Is not unprecedented for Now York to
send a pugilist to Washington as a Con
gressman. Nearly a half-century ago
John Morris3ey waj winning many of the
prizes of the rintp, defeating the best
pugilists of the world. Later he become
connected with the most notorious gambling-houses
in Notv York and Saratoga,
and still later he was, in 1S6, elected as a
Representative In Congress from the fifth
district of New York by a majority of 2700.
Two years teter he was re-elected by a
majority of 1300. -
OAnD-PIiAYCVG ON TRAINS.
Xresa Than Formerly Because People
Hare Grovra "Wary.
"Cards are not played as much on the
cars aa they used, to be," Baid the com
mercial traveler, to a reporter of the
Rochester Poet-Express. "A few years ago
It was a common sight to seo three or
four games of wtast euchre, poker or
eoven-up going on in a car, and wherever
four or five drummers were gathered to
gether, there was sure to be a lively game
of draw in progrs. Suburban trains
were turned into whist clubs, and morn
ing and nlgfiit tha commuters were en
gaged1 in a rubber. 'But all this has been
changed.
"Nowaday?, It Is the hardest thing In
the world to get up a game of any kind
In a train. Ask a stranger If he would
like to take a hand at whist or euchro
and he will freeze you with a suspicious
look. Andv what is worse, he Is entirely
justified In hiB suspicions. In the last
10 years the railroads of this country
have been the harvest flel4 for gamblers,
bunco men and short-card experts. They
ihave worked the field to tha llrnlt, from
?iew York to California, and from Ver
mont to Florida. They have worked all
kinda of nhnnara games, until now It 13
almost Impossible for a man to flash a
deck of cards in the emoMng compartment
of a Pullman without the atmosphere
growing" a dozen degrees colder. A man
who has been bitten onoe doesn't care to
have the experience repeated."
SODEN ON UMPIRING.
Boston Baseball Magnate Favors
Return to Doable System. .
In a recent interview with a Boston
Herald reporter, President Soden, of the
Boston baseball dub, had the following
to say:
"Tho single-umpire system was adopted,
partially for economic reasons and par
tially for other reasons. The failure of
two umpires to co-operate intelligently
lost ffeapon cauned a great deal of con
fusion and dissatisfaction, and, as the
league is put to considerable expense on
account of the circuit reduction. It was
thought better to try the single system
again.
"I confess I am of the opinion that, all
things taken together, the double-umpire
system is tho more satisfactory. I cannot
tell whether the league will go back to
It this season. There has been no such
move up to the present time.
"I think the league erred greatly in not
appointing Tom Lynch to the staff. I
believe he" was the beat of the lot. He
has had the respect of everybody, and
the players knew thfcy could not take any
liberties with him. The real reason Lynch
was cot appointed was because be would
not take charge of Sunday games.
"It was a big mbitake to appoint any
umpire who was not satisfactory to every
dub. Now we have the spectacle of cer
tain umpires being kept away entirely
from certain cities. This gives othex
cities too much of one man, and causes
dissatisfaction and trouble."
CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES.
Northwestern Athletes to Compete at
Seattle, oa July 3.
The annual championship field and track
games d"f the Pacific Northwest Associa
tion of tha Amateur Athletic Union, un
der the auspices of the Seattle Athletic
Club, will be h:ld at, Athletic Park, Seat
tje, on Tuesday, July 3. A number of
handsome gold and silver medals, . em
blematic of tho Pacific Northwest Asso
ciation championship, will be awarded
the winners in the several events. For
the relay raco a fine trophy has been se
lected. All entries will close June 2$, and
none but duly registered amateur athletes,
members of association clubs, will be per
mltted. to compete. All trial heats will
be run off on the morning of July 3,
commencing promptly at 90 o'clock.
The following Is the official list of
events: 100-yard, run, 230-yard run, 4-yard
run. SsO-j-ard run, one-mile run, one-mile
walk, one-mile breyele, pole vault for
height, running high jump, running broad
jump, throwing 15-pound hammer, putting
Hrpound shot, thro7.-ing discus, 130-yard
hurdle. 230-yanl hurdle, relay team race,
one slUa Csix to ester, four to run).
LURES FOR WILY TROUT
"DRT-FJLY" AJTD WET-FIjY" FISH
ING contrasted! "
"Taylor's System" as aa Improved
Method of Catching Spotted
Beauties Game Bass.
Mr. E. Hough, who isan authority in
the Middle West on matters pertaining to
fly-fishing, in the course of an Interesting
aTtlcle in the Chicago Tribune, says:
"The best time for fly-fishing for trout
In Michigan and Wisconsin (Mr. Hough's
remarks on this branch of the subject will
apply equally .to other portions of the
country) Is that first week or so of the
season when the streams have not yet
begun to produce abundant ground feed,
and when the trout are eagerly on the
BLOOD WILL TELL
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Harry Edgehopper I've "it suthlnk behind them there stones; I dunno whether it's a rab
bit or what wheers that bloomin' retriever? Hit fetch it In. good dogt
"Well, look-a-there! If ho ain't gorn and
lookout for anything which they can eat.
"Early In the Springnumbers of small
insects appear along the streams, and
these make the natural food of the fish.
In addition to the minnows, crawfish, etc,
native to the waters. Now and then a
white grub from some burnt pine tree, or
an angle worm washed out from some
overhanging bank, may be gobbled up by
the hungry trout, but there is not enough
food or this kind to satisfy the natural de
mands of the finny population. Hence
the opportunity of the angler who offers
artificial flies to the flsh at the time when
they are on the lookout for natural files.
"The really skillful trout fisherman
knows the habits -of his quarry. When he
Is satisfied that the trout are In a stream.
although they are not rising, he -goes to
work to discover the wherefor, and thence
to devise the remedy. Although a trout
may be pretty well sated with the larvae
food, he Is none the less a rapacious crea
ture by instinct, and even though his
stomach be full, he will sometimes rise at
a email fly presented antalizlngly close
to his resting place. This Instinct is taken
advantage of by dry-fly fishermen, of
whom we have not so many in this coun
try, but who are a growing class.
The Dry-Fly Angler.
"The dry-fly angler uses a small and
delicate fly, whose wings have usually
been treated with paraffine, so that it
floats upon the stream. The dry-fly fish
er fishes up stream. Instead of down.
When he notices the spreading rings
where a trout has risen to the surface,
he knows well that the flsh will lie close
to that -spot all the time, this being the
habit of the trout, He therefore ap
proaches quietly from below, whisks his
delicate fly, attached to an almost invisi
ble leader, back and forth a few times
above the lying place of the trout.
"Then he casts it just above that place,
and allows it to float gently down, its
wings cocked up as those of a little In
sect which has Just risen to the surface,
and which Is not yet able to take wing.
When the trout sees this tld-blt coming
across his natural feeding range, he some
times will make a lazy swirl up at it, and
sometimes he regrets his action.
"The usual form of fly fishing Is called
wet-fly fishing. In this the angler fishes
down stream, and customarily costs first
on one side and then on the other of
the stream, dragging the fly diagonally
across and upward, the fly sinking to a
greater or less depth below the surface.
As this is the commonest, eo also is it tho
least skillful form of fly fishing for trout.
It will kill a great many trout when the
fish are moving about on the feed, and
when they are more especially feeding
in tho open or shallow ports of the waters.
"It will not ordtnarly kill the largest
fish, nor will It brimr tho tig fellows
out from under tho stumps or logs along
the edge of the stream at the time of day
when they have stopped looking about
for food and have gone into their homes
to take a rest. For work on big and
shy trout and there are more of these
fellows in the stream than the casual
wader would Imagine there has been In
vented by a Chicago angler, named Ed
ward Taylor, a peculiar form, of fishing,
which is not uncommonly practiced In
any part of the world, except by the Jap
oneso anglers who Jlsh on bright and
shallow streamer where the trout are
shy.
"Taylor System."
"The fisherman who uses the "Taylor
system" reverses-all the rules ard can
ons of tho art of fly fishing. It haa been
considered orthodox for hundreds of years
to flsh for trout with a long line and a
light fly. In operating under this Chi
cago system of fishing for trout, the rule
Is to use a shortish line and a heavy fly.
Tho angler casts repeatedly upon the
same spot directly in front of the place
where he supposes the trout to be lying
concealed. Ho waves the fly a number of
times above this spot, and often slashes
it down vehemently upon the water sev
eral times. Then ho caste l'ghtly Just
above this spot, and allows his fly to
drift across, as though it ware dead and
drowned.
"The theory Is that a trout hid well
beck under a bank will not see a dead
fly floating by, though he will see a series
1 of ripples upon the water. He takes these
ripples to be made by some large insect,
and as a. big trout would rather eat a
big ineect than a "small one, he Ja inter
ested in learning what is the cause of,
this commotion on the surface of the
water. Just as he pokes, bis bead out
ho eees the supposed dead fly come float
ing past him, and, angered and annoyed
at this, he makes a rush at the fly to
Inflict upon it a summary revenge. The
rest is easy, if you know how to handle
a big trout in an ugly frame of mind.
"Whatever may be the theory of this,
there la no question whatever that, when
skillfully practiced, it is the most deadly
way of killing large trout with a fly.
The fish will average in weight nearly
twice as much as those taken by brood
casting in the open. It is the little trout
which go wandering nil over the stream.
Tho big ones lie hid. For the rest. It
can only be said that trout nature-offers
as many contradictions as human na
ture. The trout s at once a timid and a
bold animal. He is also a curious animal,
and an Irritable animal. It is probable
that ho seizes upon the fly as much from
anger as from any other reason.
"Some anglers scoff at tlrta eccentric
style of angling, largely because they have
rotrieved 'is own bloomin' tall!
Ally Sloper.
never seen it hi successful practice. Yot
from their own eyes they may see some
of the steps of its verification. If they
have ever noticed a dragon fly pass above
a pool, they perhaps may have seen or
heard; the splash of a large trout which
leaped for It, even though it was two or
three feet abovo tho water.
Like Big Insects.
"The big Insects are the ones coveted
as food, for a trout, like a deer, or a bear,
or on Indian wishes to make its living
in the easiest way possible. The light
and delicate fly does not create the im
pression upon the alimentary anticipa
tions of large trout which is made by
a fat and heavy bug. Should it be your
fortune to see this peculiar style of trout
fishing1 put in effect Its apparent ab
surdity will soon vanish, and its rational
qualities become easily apparent. It has
never been much exploited, and Is prac
ticed with success by but few Chicago
anglers.
"There Is no flsh so beautiful as the
trout and none so much ccveted by the
angler, and it Is also true that no flsh
offers a wider range of peculiar and mys
terious characteristics. Why a trout be
gins to feed all at once, why he stops all
at once, why he wants one sort of fly on
one day and quite a different one on an
otherall these are questions which an
glers for scores of generations have pon
dered, but to which no satisfactory an
swers hove been devised. Beautiful as a
dream, shy. elusive, evasive. Inscrutable,
the brook trout remains today as It did
In the days of Izaak Walton, the enigma
of all the piscatorial world.
"As a natural game flsh, however, It
hardly is the equal of the black bass.
When a trout has been hooked It Is all
over the stream, up and down, rolling
and tumbling i.ll at once. Sometimes it
will drop directly to tho bottom of the
stream and lie there, more especially If it
be a large trout. The old dogma about
keeping a tight line and dropping the tip
when the trout jumps Is something more
theoretically than practically necessary in
playing the brook trout. If you strike
hard once you may often let your line
slack if you wish, and still save your fish.
It i3 more than probable that the antics
of the brook trout on the hook are In
spired by fear rather than by courage and
determination. He acts like a scared
creature; like a man who has made a
bluff and is frightened when called to
make It good.
A Bold Fighter.
"It Is quite different with the black
bass. There you have a rapid, bold and
courageous lighter. The bass makes long
rushes with deliberate intent to break
away. He acts like a good General in bat
tle. He bores to the bottom with the plan
of rooting out the hook against some ob
struction. He Jumps Into the air and
shakes his head with the express purpose
of shaking out the hook. His every mo
tion Is that of anger and determination.
It is not so with the trout. He Is rapid,
and to a certain extent skillful, but he
tries all his different tricks apparently
without system, and In the sheer strength
of fright and despair. The trout is more
feminine than masculine. Perhaps that is
why mankind is so enamored of the trout.
"Speaking of the emotions expressed by
fish when they are caught on the hook
and line brings Into mind the character
of another thoroughly game and cour
ageous fish the muskellunge. The ac
tions of a muskellunge in play upon a
rod are those of a creature of strength
and courage. Just as are those of the
black bass. The muskellunge, in addition
to his natural savage courage, has over
the black bas3 the great advantage of
weight and size. He is equally deter
mined and skillful in his efforts to break
away from the toils, and sometimes he is.
In addition, so big and so self-confident
that he appears to sulk or loaf in his
fight.
"Yet this tempprary Inaction Is not the
result of any fright on his part, but sim
ply a deliberate delay, often a part of his
campaign against the street. He may He
quiet for quite a while on the bottom, but
perhaps without any warning he will then
run as long and as strong as before, and
he may supplement his rushes with the
wild leaps from the water which, make
muskellunge fishing so exciting a pastime.
The muskellunge is angry, and not
afraid."
WITCHERY OF FALCONRY
INDICATIONS OF A REVIVAL OF THK
ANCIENT SPORT.
Flads Favor In England, and May.B
Introduced In This Conntry Be
fore Many Mqobb.
According to the New York Herald, th
most "swagger" of all sports nowia the
noble and ancient sport of falconry. After
having' been more popular la England even
than fox-huntiner, it died out and was
forgotten. Now, says the; Herald, It has
been revived again, "and beforo long it
may cross the ocean and we may nave
the hen yards of Long Island endangered
by circling jerfalcons, peregrines, gos
hawks or sparrow hawks. But no kes
trels, on you would be of true and good
form, for by the laws passed by William
the Conqueror, Edward HI, Henry VHI
and good Queen Bess, the kestrel is the
"hawk assigned by law to a knave or serv
ant, while to royalty belonged the Jer
falcon, to the nobility the peregrine, to
the yeoman the goshawk, and to a priest
tho sparrow hawk."
In England moat falconers hunt with
tho peregrine always a popular hawk
there, and one which. Is getting more and
more rare along the British coast. It
builds its nest in some almost inacces
sible' niche of a rocky cliff, and on expert
and bold climber is required to scale to
tho eyrie and take the young for train
ing. If hawktng becomes popular in this coun
try, suggests tho Herald, it will be rather
hard on t!he person who has just learned
to say mashie, cleek, fore, tea, brassey,
etc., to have to go to work and bum
the midnight gas learning all the terms
of falconry, from coping, crabbing,
creance, crop, down to wait on weather
ing and yarak.
Misapplied Term.
One term of falconry we have with us
to this day in rather common use, but
misapplied. That is the word mews. In
England and in this country one some
times sees a lane of private stablea called
a mews, such aa Washington Mews, Just
north of Washington Square, in New York.
When a hawk moults he is said In the
"patter" of the sport of falconry to
"mew," and the place where she was put
to moult used to be called her "mew."
Henco a row of such buildings was
"mews." Hawks, not horses, belong in
"mews."
The training of falcons is an art requir
ing judgment and patience. Their educa
tion begins when they are nearly ready
to fly. Tho young hawks are brought to
Ubeir future home and turned loose in a
shed open in front, but roofed in against
bad weather and with sides and a back to
it. Blocks of wood are pegged into th
ground. Theso blocks serve tho birds for
roosts and for dining tables. On these
blocks tho falconer places tho food for
the youmr birds, consisting of fresh meat,
dead rabbits or birds.
The hawks soon learn to fly and in a
short time can be seen soaring above
their home and swooping over the sur
rounding country. Although before long
they can fly many miles, they always
return at feeding time. This is the most
anxious time for the falconer. He must
know Just when to stop these excursions
of his young hawks, for if he gives them
liberty too long, the natural instincts of
the bird will assert themselves, and she
will stoop to some natural quarry, such
as pheasant or pigeon. If she begins to
do this she will feel her strength and
gradually desert her home and go forag
ing for herself.
May Be Shot.
Another danger when the young hawks
are flying free is that they may be shot
by some gamekeeper, who takes the bird
for a wild falcon. To obviate such an
unhappy thing, bells are attached to the
hawk's legs, which by their warning
sound give notice to the gamekeeper that
the hawk is from a neighbor's falconry.
Before the falcon learns to forage for
herself, the falconer snares his biro" and
hoods her; that is, places over her head
a cap of leather to blind her. Then the
hawk 13 secured by a leather thong to
the peg which holds to the ground its
feeding block and roost, and the second
part of her education begins. The fal
coner takes the birds out separately and
exercises them. A long string la tied to
the jess (a leather strip about eight inches
long, which always remains around the
falcon's lee) and the bird is encouraged
to fly in circles over the falconer's head.
When she get3 to circling around pretty
lively, o piece of meat, or a dead pigeon
is thrown to the ground, and. as the hawk
has not been fed, she stoops to it. Tho
falconer is constantly with his hawks
handling them, and dissipating their nat
ural fear of man, and every effort 13
made to get them accustomed to the pres
ence of strangers. This is called "man
ning" a hawk.
Finally the education of the hawk is
so far advanced that she is tried afield.
The hawker, being in the field, unhoods
the falcon, which is sitting on the gaunt
Ieted glove he wears on his left hand, slips
the leash from the jess, gives the bird a
toss, and away she fioarsindening
circles until she spies the quarry, when
she swoops down upon it and kills it. A
piece of meat is given to the bird as a
reward, and she is taken up and hooded
again.
The "Cadge."
When several hawks are taken out for
field work they are carried on a wooden
frame called a "cadge" until the falconer
get3 ready to fly thern. A falconer, after
a successful day, will bring back home
a bag of pheasants, hares, rabbits, quail,
partridges, etc., which will repay him for
the trouble he has had In training his
falcons, even if the sport Itself did not
which it does.
In North Africa falconry has been for
a vast number of years a favorite sport.
Ancient Egyptian carvings seem to show
that it existed in the days of the Phar
aohs. At this day the Bedouins fly their
falcons and go following them over the
sandy plains of Tunis and Tripoli on their
fleet horses. The relntroduction of fal
conry as a sport Into Europe has been
so successful that International meets are
now held.
In a recent contest of falcons at Spa,
Belgium, several prizes were taken by
the hawks belonging to C. E. RadclyfTe,
an Englishman, who devoted much time
to the sport. His hawks are especially
well trained, and were much admired at
the meeting in Belgium. It should be ob
served that it is the female hawk which is
employed In falconry
Meet of the L. A. "W.
For the meet of the L. A W. at Mil
waukee, July 10-15, fco far as arranged,
the programme of events wIJ comprise:
Two-mile National championship, pro
fessional; 15-mile match race, profes
sional; I. C U. amateur one-mile cham
pionship; one-third mile handicap, ama
teur; one-mile circuit championship, pro
fessional; one-third mile handicap, pro
fessional; I. C. U. amateur two-mi.e
championship; two-mile handicap, ama
teur; one-hour match race, professional;
one-third mile National championship, pro
fessional; I. C. U. amateur, one-third
mile; one-mile handicap, amateur; one
third mile open, professional; one-mllo
handicap, professional; one-mllo open,
amateur.
Additional open and handicap events for
both amateurs and professionals will be
arranged for, also several special match
races and motor races. Gerhard Aussem,
the veteran race-meet manager, has been
added to the executive committee In .
charge of the meet, and has been giva
1 full management of the race
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