The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
ANGLER TOURNEY
HELD At HARLEM
Fly-Castiug Under All Condi-
tions VIII Be IN
dulged In.
AMATEURS ENTERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF COUNTRY
Ghree Prizes viii Be Given in
All Events, Except Open
Events.
Tribune Special Sporting Service.

Tribune Special Sporting Service
NEW YORK, May 1.-The second
tournament of the Anglers club OF
New York will be held on Harlem Mere,
in Central park, commencing at noon,
May I6, aud continuing all day on the
18th and 18th. This club now has Il
membership OF more than seventy five
anglers, divided into active and asso-
ciate members. The tournament COM
nittcc consists of five members, the ar
rangcment and programme committees
three each, and all are working dill
gently to make the forthcoming tourna-
ment 4 big success, So far. large
number of valuable aud useful prizes
have been secured, and any person VINO
can cast skilfully with hy or bait rod
is pretty sure OF winning prize. 1t is
quite certain that number OF Western
clubs will be represented. Wlltrcd
Plevins, of London, Will return for tins
tournament; John Enright, of Castle
eonnell, Ireland, who made new sal
mon record at the Anglers club tourna-
ment last fall. will return, and efforts
are being made TO induce other anglers
to come over from Great Britain. Mem
bers of the new Boston and Newark
casting clubs will also attend
Aside from the usual events. there
will be one for salmon fly-caStlng and
one for saltwater bait-castiug-@
ell interests chance TO cCGTclc "n
sommon ground. In each eve thcfc
will practically be TWO divisions, with
one set OF prizes for amateurs, and
another for trade representatives. and
others who cannot come w'lthn thc
amateur classification. In the halt and
quarter ounce balt-castlng events the
new aluminium weights adopted by and
made for the clubs affiliated with the
National Association Of Scientific Ang-
ling clubs will be used. These are cast
In one piece, with an eye for the line,
and are somewhat pearshapcd. Good
results from their use are reported.
The programme of events is as follows:
Trout Fly-Casting.
Trout hy-casting for distance, anna
seurs only-open only to those who
have never cast more than sixty feet
in any club or tournament contest.
Weight of rod and length of leader un-
restricted.
Trout-casting for distance, open to
RIl-weight Of rod and length of leader
unrestricted
Trout fy-casting for distance, bounce
rods, amateurs only-open to those who
have never cast more than seventy-hve
feet In any club or tournament contest
with rod weighing 3 ounces or less.
Dry hy-casting for accuracy; anna
ieurs only-weight of rod unlimited,
but leader must be at least half as long
ps the length of the rod.
Salmon fy-casting for distance, open
to au-weight of rod and length of
leader unrestricted. Rods must not e1-
coed eighteen feet in length.
Bait Casting.
Single-handed bait-casting for dis
tance, amateurs only-open only to
those who have never cast more than
100 feet in any similar contest. Five
casts shall be made overhead with a
balf-ounce weight. to be furnished by
the committee the longest cast to
count. No limit to weight of rod or
line, but cast must be made from a
free running reel,
Single-handed bait-casting for dis
lance, open to all-conditions governing
this event the same as the preceding
event, except that it is open to all.
Single handed bait-casting for accu-
rscy, amateurs only-ffteen casts shall
be made overhead, five at each Of three
buoys, sixty, eighty, and one hundred
feet distant from casting point These
casts TO be made with half.ounce
weight, to be furnished by committee.
For each foot or fraction Of q foot that
the weight falls from the buoy cast at,
demerit Of one shall be counted, the
sum total of such dement's, divided by
fifteen shall be considered the demerit
per cent. The demcrit per cent de-
Quoted from 100 shall constitute the
percentage.
Two~handed saltwater casting for
distance, open to all-fve casts shall
he made with two and one-half weight,
to be furnished by the committee, Rods
must not be less than six foet in length.
Casts to be made from a free running
reel, with a line of sufficient strength
to lift deadweight Of fifteen pounds
one foot from the ground.
TO first, second, and third, excepting in
events open to all, where prizes viii be
given to the fourth as well.