The sun., 1916-09-17
GREATEST ARRAY OF
TROUT EVER TAKEN
Twelve Weighed SO 10
Pounds-Caught in Lake
Amabellish.
EATEN; NOT PRESERVED


~ KIT CLARKE.
Since my boyhood days 4 have c,..
a lure upon many waters IN variou.
parts Of this beautiful world as far Ana,
Ms Norway and Florida and Switser,ari
and Nevada, and have wandered thronr
many wide IN wild forests on my wa,
to water brooks. but have never me.
Wild animal more fierce In nature than
rabbit or . deer. yet have often ho,od
and wished that ! might run asa,ns, ,
bear on his native heath.
I was told that might bave III,
wish granted on a Journey through ,ba
deep woods from Charpbord, in ou.hec
to Lake Amabellish. where big be,
were shot or taken daily In trans. nua
as this merely embraced y jaunt of son.
twenty-five miles ] made the tr,n =,
much Tor the anticipated jog of meettr,
bruin as for enjoying some of III,
famous fishing for which that lake VA.
noted.
I know very well, at least / have be-,
told. that every Thoroughbred sp,,
must have passed safely thrnns, .,
encounter with a bear before rcce;vir,
his diploma. the reason for which no.,
nibly being tina. both know "A good ,hipr
when they see 1t and OF course want
however, ! am inclined to writ. H.,
rum this time anyway, and coufos.
nat ! never met a bear upul n.
" playground. u here at last va.
my golden opportunity In ful, blossom
] just yearned to rise w before go
BEAST n convert his shaggy hide int.
a porous plaster. and bring the Pei;
homo to use as a floor ornament. ,,d
have the head stuffed so 1t would s,i,,
up n snarl every tine that confouud.i
P~ekingtse nosed around.
Here was budding hope abou, to bloom
into n bully reality. and | sailed aw,,
IN a maze OF Joy loaded IL the mu.2'c
for bear.
No Bear Seen In Bear C%ountr,.
Half OF the Journey was mad, r.
means OF a tough blackboard ana
toueher highway plsyfully called
ROAD. Who instigated the allegory 49,
why II was called a road IL "op. ,,
those things no fellow can find on 20
IT was craggy and villalnou. T.,
ueSiet' win Patches Of reckless o.,t,it.
roy. 5ottomless mulioies and hing, .,,.t
heaps' big logs and balky stump. We
calculated to shiver "a mans inter
schene and force him to d.scor.o
breakfast aud IN unlimited ara, .
de'ocratic language. You ought so D..
had lots Of fun.
3 and 10y, finally or some ,,. .-
other we reached the end or In. u..
actuaii? alive and landed i,sla. ,-
Hie'apa!cnouan Pivcr. and with a l,,,
farewell salute to ,ne turbulent o.
BOARD We stepped into the frail inv.
awe ana with a paddle in the hand
v. sturdy Mon;aignais Indian in iac
ana stern we start for a two mile ,o,,r.
river. u oe""'''
Iretty soon I ask how far /. &c IN Vi
,anuihs and get no reply bccius, ,m,
'huiahs understand no word oe L,n..
speech. WIN H''.
ny only ~recourse is to lay bar,
ue'Ioerate'y shut up. Then , hc.I, D
.rmmnk Nnht old iavorite. annie Roo.
n WIZ" men make no signs ar1
81 o.. VIZ "h"n the ,o!c" tires W,
sweet Vlolets,' ana ,hc,. .,,.
100 Then ] load my pipe, lc h,'.
smoke while ] admire In, sr,,,..
ere" mountains as We sal r,ur.,
"resse"t Array Of Trout.
."u'fh!! the canoe runs AZ @
s,ep OUT upon the earth aga
. the same highly poru'ar
u.Ne met before becaus, Their,
.'''ie h'e mile carry" hofnr. ~.
u prI'heVai forest, wler, bear. '.
,arse numbers and sizes. ana Al,
"ones as TO he grated
The Indians pul' dc .,,
one carries my dut.lc In hs ,,
the other turns Tn, r.,,,,,
raises 1t above his head H.,
upon MS shoulders and avn, -
q I'VE mile jaunt through M
wilderness. -
~ makes me hus e tu k,o ,,
mem. which ] am obliged I. a..
"'s"' require assist iuco . (. I.,..
10 be a big bear. but, J stick .'n,.,
my RIM" ready IN bang away Al,
Dear that may come i,t, IL,
Nohe come. Norhi,v ~.
n.ui1's and trees. aud IT,. wood.
VI 'Henh' After a hard 'ran,u g.,
"nies are negotiated and never
one. "''" W.
W! neart was alNost hus'.i .
OF me disappointment, as ar.tn.
,h'" the canoe for a confur,a1l, .l,
across the fine lake to IN, ,,..
where ! am greeted hy n ,ol,, H.. .
corking good old sports who assn. ..
ava A.. ."" ~ III inc lltN 'l
ana mat hshing WAS Tremendous
u was zoo. for on the ~follnwlu- dr 4
Ieht a pair Of hands toward landing '.
greatest array of big brook front I ...
ever seen or heard Of. Inst tlI,. :
we've trout weighing frty-six and ..,
haii pounds which three men ,a.,',
within two hours time.
single fish OF equal or even lr.,..r
weight have been taken in pIcut,. .r.
never such a battalion of gieantI, bro.l
trout And every blessed one ~ those
monarchs reached New York in m, ,a,
ol,'on and tickled the highly cduca,o!
Pa,ates OF a lot Of mighty nice peop'c
nave often regretted my negligence
W railing to nave all Of these imrcr'a'
trout preserved TO interes, future gen.
sra.ions OF anglers who might think t1c'
had been fishing.