The sun., 1903-05-03
EEATHERED CATCH ON mSLINE
,.,E or 4 FISHERMAN AND A
p,zILED OLD HEN.
- NON FOR Lon Jackson the Perpetual
championship Of the Beaverkiil. n II
ma to.t Him . Dollar, and II wasn't
Cheap Joke for OrIO sherman.

<h, mnlouship Of the BeAverkoll, n II
md ,o.t Him q Dollar, and II wasn't
Cheap Joke for OrlO sherman
pocy,Ayp.H Y. May 2.-The opening OF
-. ,ro,,t season has brought tho us,fal in.
e", @ ~ New York city sports to the old
...,,,s along the swift waters OF the Beaver
Imsnd the wilowemoc, and nightly, when
,h.sunner things is done, the talk slides UP
,,,.srn and down, into this pool and that
,hro,ph the ri es and over the still, deep
,a.ches where every epot Of every fish lie
tnovn to every fisherman.
m NJ Joe Camner's the other night there
.,., for the first time in fifteen years three
n,on who used to fish the Beaverkill together
as rep,arly as the spring came around,
md there was revealed an incident which
had been kept faithfully secret for years.
Orlo Sherman told it, with the intention Of
uniting the joke on Lon jackson. Maybe
be did, but the full meeting subsequently
decided, by unanimous vote, that jackson
had won the perpetual championship OF
Beaverkill. and was relieved for all time
from tho necessity Of defending his title.
This is the story Sherman told:
Jackson and he hao been fishing the Bea-
vsrkill together and were trying for a last
pily old trout when sudden shower began.
and without warning they were caught
This was what neither had bargained for
But only few rods away there was farm
house with several outbuildings, and the
moor Of granary stood open, as if specially
n invite them to come in out of the wet
They both started inside on the run delaying
only long enough to get sufficient line reeled
- tha, the hooks would not get caught
cn the way. Rods they left leaning against
the side Of The building, the lower fly hanging
near the ground. There was no time to
put them up.
There were few minutes OF hard rain.
and then, the worst having passed, the
shower eased of. Still there was rain
enough falling to keep the two men under
shelter. and they stood in the corn crib
thanking their lucky stars that they had
been so near to it when the storm fell. But
there we're other creatures near that did
not care for the slight wctting that little
sprinkle could give them. These were the
farmers chickens that dwelt in the hen.
house just back Of the corn crib.
One inquistive old brown hen sauntered
nut from the shelter Of the chicken COOP
10 take an early look for the angle worms
that such summer showers always bring
10 the surface In large numbers But
lust as she rounded the corner Of the corn
crib there dangled before her fascinated
eye gaudy. but lazy fly, which made no
effort whatever to get away.
The attention Of the two men was upon
other things. 60 they did not notice the
fatal attraction Of the old hen to the gaudy
fly. She saunt cred up to it and, with a
quick sidewise snap Of her strong bill.
grabbed the fly and was caught. Then
beg an the ruction.
Tho two men inside tho bui lding we're
attracted by suppressed cackling and
he sound Of something futtering over the
,round.
'What's going on out there?" said Sher-
nsn, as they stepped to the doorway to
ook outs s.,.. , N.F. .r.Fstr ~ r - o.