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road ties, poles, laths, sawed boards and some other descriptions of partially manufactured wood,iFLY-CASTING RECORD BROKEN.Walter Mansfield Sfokei a Throw of 108]£Feet.San Francisco; Cat, March 15.—Walter Mansfield has broken tie world’s record at the San Frafcciseo Fly Casting elob touruameht. He dtopped his fly in the waters of Stow lake 1(8% feet from the wharf where he stood. His rod weighed nine odnees nbd was ten feet long. When the .marker announced that Mansfield had passed the lOSrfoot mark, the world’s record until'then having been 102% feet, there, was a wild yell and a rash for the champ fan. He was seized, thrown upon* the shoulders.- of as many as could get hold /of. h^m, and amid cheers and con firs tola lions' was carried up and down the bank of.the lake fotCAroml •- ‘
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Milwaukee Weekly Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Sat, Mar 20, 1897
Page 8
Full Page
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