New-York tribune., 1908-01-01
CHANCE FOB SPORTsMEN
FLAGS OF ARCTIC CLUB.
History of a SpeckIed Trout at the
Palace ShO1c.

,rnoxA lovers Of the woods who do not taAs az"
vantage Of the holiday to-day to visit the spo'tS
mems show at the Grand Central Fa'~cT ~ e..
a treat that has rarely IL ever come before 70,
en- email nricc OF admission one can get Fe~i
taste Of that life which II 50 attractive i" '"
sverare man. see win his own eyes lhe Ha", ,
varieties of game birds and fish ana oe '@''ieu
I.,o. . Ureat stretch OF the imagination to the
hoa-t ~ the wilds where few who nave the m
cIpatlon are privileged 10 90 TO study Tue "o"U
80 Jo,ura for the Lack Of time and money a Dig
oroud was In attendance yesterday. ana IN HI
probob bjIitv nil records will be broken to-day
rho Arc,,c Club. which has interesting ex-
h,,,. furnishes to each member who heads an sx-
,o-,r. expedItion a small silk club hAg. 10 De
,t.od at the highest point reached by the eXPeu'
tor I'm the return Of the leader he turns Over '
flag to the club at one OF it's dinners WIN SIS
rAent covering the work OF inc F1Reu =, a.
notss the highest latitude reached or IL u -
srsaged In mountain climbing the highest nlu'uoe
s,1 Tor ,bts reason tbe rags exhibition
have more than the ordinary historian ii'e'e''
and value
One naS or rather piece OF a flag. was carried On
the axploring steamer Polars: which was io-t :"
the Arctic region In 1870 1t was presented ." NHi
tain Charles Francis Hall by Moses H. SI'",iIit
and was as far north as latitude & degrees anu
minutes Another nag was carried by +. %. pau
vin on the WeIlman Expedition OF lS9s- w. ana
went as far north 81 degree and % minutes. iI"S
flag was subsequently loaned to professor 1eoie7
f Wright, who Carried X on MS iAiii'dS o.
exneditlon Another flag carried by ihe stem
ar,,, on q. trID 20 Elisrnore Land Another was IN
the care Of Anthony Fiala- of the Ziegler-Ftaa eA
plorfng party of 19Os-G. Another was carried "E
Dillon Wallace into the wldS OF Laoraoor o" '"e
memorable trip when Hubbard died photograph
Of Mr. Wallace hclsting the Gag is shown aiohgslde
the original nag Another is the nag carried oy
Colonel Max c. Fleischman on his honeymoon Trip
10 Franz Joseph Land in 1906
At the present time the club has four flags in the
hands of the members on the field. one with DR. F.
A. Cook Of the Bradley Exploring Expedition who
IL now ,Sntering a: Etah preparatory TO an early
dash for the pole in 1908; another with Ernest r.
IefIngweII Of the Mickhom. LegngWeh party now
in the Arctic regions on the far northern coast OF
Alaska: another with Captain George Conner In the
schooner A T Clifford now winterinE in Republic
Raw and the fourth with Dillon Wallace who Is
climbing the Sierra Madre mountains in Mexico
Captain j. E 6ernier. commander Of the cana
dian government steamer Arctic. has one OF the
club flags that he has had with him the last two
years on the Arctic and which he will return 10 the
club at its annual dinner
One of the largest specimens of speckcd trout
ever caught Is shown. handsomely mounted on the
43d street side OF the Palace. The fish vas caugh'
bv r. E FoIlett general manager of the snow. IN
Middle Dam. Rangeley Lakes. last September The
Ranreey trout IS said to the largest of its kind
In the world having been caught weighing
ton mounds One was taken by Senator Frye in
Moose-hic Lake weighing 1ol= pounds Another
caught by charles hoGlnSOH "eiSilihB 'ci'
pounds Mr. Folett in talking yesterday OF his
fight with the fish said:
1T was just dusk that made final cast IN
the dam. more for the purpose Of wettirg new
leader than with the Idea of catching any more
fish. The flies dropped Just where ] wanted them
in a dark pool fecked with a Hight scum formed
by a bit OF a swirl. Almost before | knew II the
big fellow had taken the second fy. and began to
afraid that if he had not succeeded in getting
the rod of my hand at least had given him
that one inch of slack which every fisherman Is
afraid of from finish of the fight that follows
a strike. AS you aware. both salmon and trout
are caught in the RsngeIcy Lakes. and for some |
time in uncertain light / was doubtful whether
| had hooked a salmon. grilse or trout. At the /,
end of five minutes no longer a question of |
whether the strike had been effective and thu slack
held In check whether could keep him away |
from orc and all OF several had spots that were
located in my memory from previous fishing cx- |
periences this point
One Of them nasty collection Of rotten /
drftwood and bark collected in consequence Of /
the swirl of which have spoken After the first |
straight rush which. Of course. was comparatively
easy W. settled down 10 i struggle that | shall !