The Portland daily press., 1894-04-10
THE FIELD OF SPORTS.
Line Daniels's Narrow Escape The First
Salmon Sam Shane Snared-Other
Sebago Notes.


sebago Notes.
There were thirty-fve salmon caught
at Sebago last week. The first fish were
caught Sunday, April 1st. Joe Shaw
of Sebago caught one, Tom Hill of West
Sebago, two and Line Daniels three.
1t was only possible to fish along the
western shore, the other side of the lake
being full of ice. Mr.. Shaw was fishing
about a mile from Line Daniels, and
when he came down held up his fish and
exclaimed 1--WE got the first one. 1t
weighs four pounds" He said he caught
it at 40 O'Clock. Line couldn't say
just when he got his first one, but it
was before noon. He conceded the first
fish to Mr.. Shaw. But he has caught the
| most. He got nine fish last week. There
was but one day when he didn't get any.
Friday he had an adventure. He start
ed fir ON n orthwest river in the morning
and rowed across the great bay, six
miles, to Frye's island. To the north,
up among the Dingley islands, along
All the great bay south of the island
was also ice, and there was field of
broken ice along the upper edge of it.
Line landed on the island and went in
to the woods. When he came back he
found that the wind, which was blow
ing gale had started the ice north of
the island and it was coming down to
join the ice to the south, shutting him
off from the west shore. He started
through the rapidly narrowing channel
in the midst Of a heavy sea. Soon
great field of ice broke away from the
approaching mass and came along fast
er, because lighter. Had Line gone up
between this new channel he would
have been all right, but he didn't. He
kept on, and soon the detached ice caught
him and forced him among the chop"
ice down towards the edge of the solid
ice.
By this time the boat was half full of
water, and he was tired and anxious.
He saw it would never do to allow the
boat to go against the solid ice, as it
would be crushed, and SO for three hours
from the time he, left Frye's island he
struggled to keep whole and afoat
Finally the whole great field of ice to
the north had swerved down. so as to ex-
tend over to Long Cape on the western
shore. There the edge caught on some
rocks and great track opened.
Line pulled through it, for his life. He
had hardly got into the open water un-
der the lee of the Cape, when the crack
closed up again and everything closed
| up and had he been there then, he would
have been there now. However, he was
fishing by that time and caught a nice
two FOUNDER near the shore. He rowed
around the Cape in the teeth of the gale
and reached Wards beach just above.
There was little camp and luckily an
air-tight stove. 1t was five o'clock. He
had worked, as hard as man can work
since morning with nothing to eat. He
| soon roasted the fish in the stove and
ate it. Then he started to row to the
head of the lake, but the wind was too
strong and he Was too tired. He went
ashore and walked home where he ar
rived about seven O'Clock, as fatigued
man as ever lived.
Sunday during the storm. there was no
Il shing and the fishermen at the mouth
of the Songo played a rough joke on Sam
Shane,a famous fisherman and story tel
Ter who lives at Songo Lock. He is not
VERY particular about the length or ar
rangement of his hair and beard. and
l. hoip nd
shaved him, SO that his own family
wouldn't know him. He must have
been telling them about the sixty
pound salmon that he used to spear.
Programme for the Fourth at Rigby.
A meeting of the. directors of the Mile
Track Association was held yesterday
afternoon at the Preble House.
Tue question OF forming circuit
with Dover, N. H., and Old Orchard
was discussed, and it was decided to
send an invitation to the managers of
those tracks.
Owing TO the fact that both the Dover
(N.H.) and Rhode Island State Fairs
hold races Oct. 1921 it was voted to
change the time of the fall meet at Rig
by to Oct.2-5.
After the meeting of the directors the
speed committee, composed of Messrs.
Alonzo Libby, Manley 7. Pooier, of
Skowhegan, u.s.. Head, Edward Fletcher
and J. F. Barrett, met and arranged
the following races and purses for the
| summer meet: III
First Day, Wednesday, July a. 40
Trottng, purse $500; 2.27 trotting, $500;
Second Day-3.0o trotting, $500; 212
pacing, 5000, $50 trotting $500.-s
Third Day-2.34, trotting $500; 222
trotting $500; 2.24 pacing $500.