. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 WHe gvee&ev anit gq^xtrtsmatt Fly-Casting Tournament for the World's Championship. f August 16, 1902. W. D. Mansfield. Under the auspices of the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club, last week, there took place on the banks of picturesque Stow lake in Golden Gate Park a series of contests in fly-casting that will be, among the devotees Of the gentle art who vreve fortunately present in the scene, remembered as red-letter days in the annals of the craft. With «... „-n^ .,..-*• of ongiers „ over trio occurrences of both days will be for a long time the
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 WHe gvee&ev anit gq^xtrtsmatt Fly-Casting Tournament for the World's Championship. f August 16, 1902. W. D. Mansfield. Under the auspices of the San Francisco Fly-Casting Club, last week, there took place on the banks of picturesque Stow lake in Golden Gate Park a series of contests in fly-casting that will be, among the devotees Of the gentle art who vreve fortunately present in the scene, remembered as red-letter days in the annals of the craft. With «... „-n^ .,..-*• of ongiers „ over trio occurrences of both days will be for a long time the theme of enthusiastic discussion and specu- lation. ,., , \creeable to previous beliefs, two world s records were beaten. Champion Walter D. Mansfield was the applauded victor of the two events in which new records were established. In long distance casting with light rods (5 ounces) Mr. Mansfield out out his braided silk line 129-! feet, beating by 341 feet the record cast up to date of Mr. Reuben C. Leonard, 95 feet, made at Central Park, N. Y., 1888. This contest was the first light rod competition ever held here. In the long distance casting with heavy tour- nament rods (not exceed- ing 11 feet long) Mr. Mans- field won the event with a cast of 132 feet, a foot less than his own previous world's record of 133 feet. In the team contest in heavy rod long distance he made the new record cast of 134 feet. Two diamond medals were the first prizes in these events. Mr. Mansfield also won the Hearst silver loving cup for the highest general average in all the events, and the diamond medal, presented by Mr. F. W. Van Sicklen, for the highest percentage in the delicacy contest. This style of casting is more in the nature of actual angling work than any efforts imposed by the other tournament events. The diamond medal for the first event, accuracy casting, was won by J. Boswell Kenniff, who made the excellent score of 96 4-36 per cent. Twenty-one con- testants entered in this e
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