The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-23
THE FIELD OF SPORT
A Dexter Mans Pneumatic Boat.
Notes of the Anglers and Horsemen-
Colby Athletics.


Der of enthusiastic fishermen, one of
whom is Will S. Briery, who already has
! one of these boats. Several others are
ordered. The boat is made of rubber and
has three compartments, either one Of
which will support nearly 200 pounds.
| The boat is so constructed that man
can get right into the centre of it and
stand up, the bottom representing q pair
of long legged rubber boots. He can sit
down or stand up, and his legs protrud-
| ing into the water inside these boots, he
can, by the motion of walking, go along
a t the rate of about two miles per hour,
and hardly make ripple. On either side
of the boat are fms made SO that when q
step Is made forward they lay back like
| IL ules' ears, and when the foot is brought
back they take water and help to carry
ono forward. With this, one can go
hunting, also, as it weighs only twenty
pounds, and can be done up to occupy a
space Of but l. XXI feet. In two minutes
it can be made ready for occupancy. and
il a duck is wanted all you have to do is
to sit down upon the water, as it were,
and strike out to creep upon the game.
Mean while you can put out troll behind
and catch some fish. The rear part Is
provided with rudder and fish BASKET
which keeps the fish In the water and
alive. To sportsm en-, these boats are the
greatest things ever invented since the
| steel hook and the shot gun.
A party of Newark, N. j., men passed
through the city, Thursday, for 10
days fishing tip. The following were
in the party: Messrs. J. Coult, Fl. +.
Willard, E. Spaeth, G. Cameron, Fl.
Doremus, G. l.. Smith, F. Castles and
S. S. Battin.
Mrs A. e. Richardson of Lewiston
landed two trout of Lake Auburn We'd
nesday. weighing 8 12 and pounds.
That must have been jolly outing
party that left Bird ston as stated by the
News as follows: W. ii. Staples and
wife, DR.. E. A. Mitchell. wife and son,
and Will Haskell and wife, started Mon
day On their annual outing trip to Cold
River.region. We're joined at Fryeburg
by George Shirley and wife. They went
in single and double teams, and well
equipped for cunning, fishing and camp
| ing.
! Naples anglers have been taking some
fine salmon Of late. Rev. Mr.. PeaIe
caught very nice one the, other day, in
| Long Lake, weight not given. The fol
| lowing persons have made this score at
the mouth of the Songo, etc: Clarence
Proctor, one weighing 1-2 lbs George
J. Whitney. one ia lbs. BENZ. Jones,
one lbs. Fount Mann, four, aggregat-
ing IS lbs.
W. Il. Emery of Hastings, is in Port
land OF work on his yacht Flora She is
to have a double action engine IA Fl. P.
his own make. 1t is a Eeauty.
Austin C. Philhrcok OF Kockland
returned through Bangor on Thursday
from a fishing trip of one week at Moose
head lake, in company with George II.
Greeley, Dr.. Isaac Strickland and George
L. Durham of Bangor, Frank H. Greeley
of Gloucester, Mass, George ID. Robin.
son, Messrs. Pooler, Hodgdon and Sulli.
van of Portland, Mr.. Blunt of Skowhe
gan and MIR. Dosoher Of jersey City, N.
J. MIR. Philbrook succeeded in catching
pound square tailed trout which is
ounces heavier than the largest claimed
to have been taken from the lake.
Some big catches are being made il
Moosehend, Sandy Bay and vicinity. j.
F. Sturdy of Attleboro, Mass. was out
Tuesday with his guide. and 10 hand
some speckled trout weighing q pounds
was the result Of his days sport. Wed
nesday another still larger catch was
made within shorter distance of Moose
head Inn. Parker p. Burleigh and Park
err G. Newbegln OF Houlton, with one
guide, captured Is speckIed trout, weigh
ing 81 2 pounds Seven of these weighed
20 12 pounds, the two largest Al:
pounds eachs and the next smaller l..
pounds each.
The entries for the Orono races or
Memorial day are coming in rapidly ant
good field of starters is assured.
The managers Of the Milo Driving
Park association have arranged for {
series of races to take place over theil
course on Tuesday and Wednesday, June
% and "a, with 500, $50, 2.a7 and 2.2I
oagses. A meet has also been decided
upon for July 21-22, over the same course
with larger purses than for the june
meet.
A matched race for $500 q side has boer
arranged between two prominent Show.
hogan horses-the 2-year.old colt Kill
NJ, by Mahlon, owned by Edw. Leach
and Morris Gledhill, and the 2-year-old
Siias 4, by Nelson's Wilkes, owned by
e. S. Rogers A forfeit has been posted,
the race to occur over Fairviow Park in
August next and the gate receipts to be
divided.
A Colby correspondent writes: The
oinder running track is in excellent con.
dition this spring and the athletes have
been faithfully training for some time.
The college meet comes off May %, and