The sun., 1916-09-25
Paiss's III Pound Trout Record Fish.

In my letter TO n SUS I said that
half pounds in weight haa ever been taken.
nectins upon the accuracy OF my statement.
am devoid Of humor."' which /, : %ish,yy
MAI, am S as fulI Of humor as a nsh is
Humor is one OF my strong cards, and It
asa stream dow: down thu sidss o. . noun
tain. am loaded to the muzzls with
cam stand more s2s'S .. !, in " a m In than Old
yiss, Tas' /. Why j. lautneS Iu g hssa
You Just ought to have heard me. -
am well aware that u srea, many big
seen an au,h.n,,c record Of one heavier
Than eleven aud ons.half pounds In weight.
s s!ihI s.y. s : sTG ssa many N! sls A. !. q az se sSl:.
an s,.ertion Is moi a dspsndabie fecori,
Brook Finder to deny that Senator frye
ia nc! land u twelve and one half pound
Easy. Mr.. "Penobscot': easy. for I have
s s sNtr.meiy, sGcd su'hori.y. since the
two days In hts cosey little camp on Cup
.,,puc Narrows. near Eagle Point. and on
Nat very day caught a seven pound trout
that hi, larxes, ish wa. taken in deep
s .rS", w WIN q ,,.s pe,Gs ,o roS Sn,' and the
The gentleman doubts my acquaintance
am Of tho opinion that NO Sew Yorki,t
ei.lly the .RanEely lakes. since have been
through them from Cmbagog 70 Ranseiy
10 %APPs sr sam.s; =: wi fak .. Up IN; 10 M ea,s,
up TO the lovely K.nnebago. and even down
to I'D Grants at Beaver. ponds.
Amos: ."' too er ~siI. and md fA am .s G",'s ,hs.
"Penohseot' would 60 down to tho big
writing this letter tho captain would a.
once say: Him. yes. / know him, and
SgS SS san bet he knows what ho Is writing
"Penobscot' Is right In saying that I am
.ssi,,op,nated." since tina, 4. certainly my
personal e.perienes when I see a red nag
ley might Induce mo 70 alter my views
upon a tixed fact. yet doubt Il very much,
although. "P.nohscot' observes. my skull
No doubt that fully accounts for my be.
ing a chump, yet I have reasons for bailey.
embraces some people. who send ~lett.rs TO
THE sun and DONE know what they are
writing about.
RanEely Lakes Yield Huge Trout.
Bill crockett" says that 4 should be
caught a 1874 pound trout. Is that SO ,
Then. why don't somebody jump In aud get
~ Lots Of people are looking Tor easy
such a soft snap" since It might be
troublesoine TO secure evidence. Of some.
thing that nevc. happened. And then Mr..
Crockett. gives an array OF names with
ngures of big trout they have caught. none
ot which are authenticated. ana only two
or which are worthy OF notice.
on. Is a!trout "men,ioned by. Hal'ock. II
bounds u Is true that IN his Sports
hallock writes tina! such u trout had been
taken In the Northwest. but lie gives no
know MI. Haliock and his methods, and
] am sure that II any dependable record OF
such q brook trout existed re would cer-
up oon~inc!ng .v!densS Of The feat and
given tho details In fun. because tho cap.
lure ol such . trout Is an event OF ino.u-
This weigh, doubtless was mentioned Nv
Hslloex because - a statement made ny
fon'o, VINO asserted that fontinaiis had
been taken In the NepIgon weighing seven
teen pounds.
/ never heard tina, ANYBODY els. had
mad" such n s~ta'srnsnt ana when was
on the Nepigon none Of The guides had eyer
fianissn. the agent OF The Hudson nay
company. at the mouth Of tho river. who
knew 81 every very large hsh taken there
IN so'n, thirty nNc years.
The other big trout is given as Essay
county New York. - pounds" That's ali.
ever taken there or anywhere else IN the
Adironda'ks. nut possibly a lake trout
'Namayrush, the Ii; CHAIR OF the North
NAV have been.
when Crockett declares that maine
trout grow big he Il right. ! have taken
a great many hig trout from these water,
"S well Us from many waters in EItop-
and America. and I am confident that no
waters IN tho world yield such huge brook
trout a. 30 the Rangciy Lakes.
II MIR Tais"'s IL. pound brook trout IS
ever To lie spIA'l.d or exceeded. the waters
vi Ma' When MI ih a' o &C.; an" h. ! e SrtirSs MY MY
he there, aud II viii h.. conclusive aud not
merely hearsat. or somebody said 50, or II
Vas print ed In a uevSpipyF. And nsh
heavier than paiyc'- can talk out very
loud. ana 4 will need uo assistance from
"Penobscot." "B!.l crook'tt' or
BROOK FINDER.
New York. Sept. -.
lima NJ CranLsf Maoked AMI GaoLed