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Show CLAIMS TO HAVE LARGEST TROUT H. Wheeler Wild wood claims that he is entitled t tho blue ribbon for the greatest liut catch of the season He states that, at a point a short distance dis-tance belo wthe dam in the Ogden. river at the Hermitage last evening, he caught a trout 21 Inches long. 0 inches deep and weighing ij and 1-2 pounds He says there Is no question ques-tion but that this trout is the largest caught In the Ogden river this season. "I landed him with an ordinary fishing tackle," said Mr. Wild wood, "but he was a fighter, and it required very careful manipulation of the pole tn do so before the cane snapped or the lino troke. I had to tug at him quite a while to exhaust him to tho point of submission He finally gave up the contest and I bagged him with a net " |