The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-13
IN OTHER FIELDS.

THE FIGHT between Joe McAuliffe and
Frank Glover will take place at San
Francisco on May 21st, and will be for
trophy presented by the California
Athletic Club, the gate receipts. and the
title of champion of the Pacific Coast.
IN LICENSING a"fancy" entertainment
the other day, the Boston aldermen
prohibited the use of gloves less than
five ounces in weight, and limited the
du alton OF round to three minutes,
ordinarily. the round, however, to ter
inmate whenever blood is drawn"
The CHAMP .oNsHIP OF England chal-
lenge cup, the trophy originally held by
DR.. Carver, is being shot off for in Eng
land. Having left DR.. Carver's posses
sion, it is now submitted for COMPETE
ton again. The shooting is open to the
world. and the winner will be recognized
as the champion of England.
THE AMERICAN bicycle team which
Tom Eek took across the water has ar
rived in England. The men have
located at Long Eaton, outside of Not
tingham, and will train for four weeks
before making any racing engagements.
Knapp, Whitaker and Krist are re-
ported to be in fine form. Frank Dole
will sail on May 29th to join the team.
AprCp0s of the near approach of hot
weather, it behooves US TO dig into the
debris of the attic for our last years
fishing tackle, and to forage through
the garden for the nimble angle worm,
preparatory to indulging in piscatorial
pleasures that gives such relief to minds
burdened with complicated domestic
and business problems.
1t is not my intention to teach the art
of angling, or to make known how and
where to catch the most fish, as that
would impose on the reader a labori-
GUS task, both in catching the fish and
in reading this article: and, besides,
while the price of trout remains less
than q dollar pound. it would incur
an unnecessary expense to the reader
were he to try catching them.
Ny object entirely is to boom fishing
to give a further impetus to that de-
sport that brings Us such sooth-
ing recreation and joyful independ-
ence.
1 often wonder why it is that the
number of nimrods is so small COM
pared to the population-especlally in
Salt Lake, and among the married men;
it must be through lack of time,
physical Inability or q tired rusty in
tellect; for, surely. man with ordin-
airy health and intelligence would not
fail to take advantage of a fishing or
hunting trip, to escape from the poster
ing ills of city life, were he not afflicted
with some serious lntirmity-unless it
be possible that the majority OF man
kind have failed to taste the joys this
sport affords
For the benefit of the ignorant, if
there be any, will throw ont few
hints that may enlighten them, and
wed them to the brotherhood of fisher
men.
Now. it is generally known that gold
enseal will cure oanker, and It is very
extensively used for the same, but, do
we take golden-seal because we like il?
or is it because We prefer it to canker?
School boys often play truant on a
rainy day to go fishing, but it is not SO
much on account of their love of moist
ure and mud, as it is their dislike of
fractions and square root.
Many a time, when | was a boy,
would take my rod and walk up one OF
the canyons ten or twelve mills in the