The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-06-18
Aquatic Notes.

william Stevens showed a string of
eight calico bass on Sunday, the largest
OF which measured twelve inches.
lady living at Germantown, Pa. hay-
ing canoe on storage at Hacks boat
house, will ship 1t to Norfolk, Va, this
week.
John Perkins, known as the Iszak Wal
ton of the Delaware river, has been CATCH
Ing some large rock fish In the vicinity of
Beverly.
A Morris canoe of beautiful model and
nne finish, purchased by Eugene Haines,
OF Garden street, arrived at Hacks wharf
on Friday.
On Thursday and Friday over thirty
calico bass were caught In the raceway
leading to the saw mill BASIN Small min
nows were used for bait.
Those having charge of the carnival
Will do some tree trimming before the ar
rival OF that event, as there are several OBJ
structions of this kind W hich need to be
removed.
The annex which Edward Hack has
erected to his boat house is filed with ca
noes Another addition is TO started soon.
more space still being needed to get other
boats under cover.
a request is made that on the afternoon
and evening of July 4th, those who will
be pleasuring up the creek in boats. keen
well to the side or off the course alto
Rether during the racing.
There In one relief In connection with
the Fourth of July carnival, as Earl Ever
line, superintendent of the water COM
pany's plant, promises that there will be
full head Of water for that occasion.
Borel Brothers. of Delanco, purchased
q motor boat on Wednesday for $15.
Later on there was some surprise when a
demand was made for the boat, which had
been stolen. It was returned to the own
er.
The weather on Sunday was disap-
pointment to canoeists and others. There
we're but few boating parties who took
q chance on getting caught In the rain.
The large number of canoeists from other
places did not put In an appearance.
Hard training is now engaging the at
tention Of some Of those persons who will
take part in the races on the upper creek
on July 4.h. They will make a deter
mined effort to win the prizes in some of
events, which will make spirited racing.
Persons who want to hire boats on the
upper creek for the Fourth of July had
better get In touch with Edward Hack,
whose fleet may all be engaged before
that day. To escape possible disappoint-
ment, 1t is best to look after that matter
In advance.
The camp at Kenilworth Lake, near
Marion, which property Clayton II.
Brick sold to the central branch of the
Philadelphia Y. M. c. A, will open for
the season the last week in June. That
organization will only permit its own
h1r Aah -, l.H
stocked with pike and trout.
Some of those persons who will partici-
pate In the carnival on the evening of
July 4th, have already decided on plans
for decorating their canoes, but they are
not talking very much about the matter.
The pretty designs to appear on that &C.
casion will be an attractive feature of the
day.
The Outing Club, of Riverside, was or
ganiZed on Wednesday evening and open
ed its new club house on the creek front
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Frank Getz; vice president, Fred
Lecopey; secretary. Thomas Gilbert; treas
urer, ]. Deter; quartermaster, ii. Elbe;
captain, Fl. W. Vansciver. The club will
make its first trip on July Sd, when mem
bers will raise flag on the building and
leave for a weeks outing up the creek.
A party of three coming pharmacists,
who are eligible to membership in the
Early Risers' Club because of the hour at
which they started up the creek Sunday
morning, appeared on the street before |
the birds were up snd doing. They are
''skilled" anglers. however, and because |
of this fact Cornelius McKenna, recently |
married, was able to take a string of sun
niles home to his wife, who asked her hus-
band how much he had to pay for them.