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Show WHEN THE FISH HUFNDLC Man Wanted Is Da Far Away Frtm the Danjer Spet. Of course at this season the usnsl mn of "fish stories" are going the rounds. Hat one relating; tu the hurdling prowess of bass and trout, which was told In all earnestness Ihe other night, takes flrst prise. "Pish always gn up stream In the springtime." said the fisherman, "and scarcely anything will keep tho bass and trout from gelling near Ihe bead-waters. bead-waters. I havo known these two species to Jump over a dam eight to ten feet high and contlnuo their upstream up-stream Journey " "What was that you salrlT" r marked a friend, who also claim to be somewhat of an angler. The man repeated his assertion that he had seen flab Jump over dams eight to ten feet high, and aa there was no one present tn deny the hurdling abilities of Ihe llah. (he nnly challenge to hit remarkable statement was a huifth by all hands. "Well, I trust I win never be on the top ot Niagara falls when one (if those hurdling Hah yon sieak ot comes Hying Hy-ing through the air and hits mo In Ihe eye." remarked the friend. That broke np Ihe fish stories fur Hint eten-Ing. eten-Ing. but the man still Insists that n ten foot dsm can he hurdled by either n bass or trout. |