Over the years, that philosophy had cost him a broken ankle, a broken arm, and several broken ribs, but gained him the devotion of such clients as George H. W. Bush, with whom he'd conspired to ditch a trailing Secret Service boat, and Jimmy Buffett, whom he'd raced in an impromptu contest — fishing boat against seaplane — and then rescued when Buffett's plane crashed.
100 years: vivisection, animal fighting, rodeos, fishing contests, fishing with barbed hooks, dog breed amputations (tails, ears, etc)., classroom animal dissections, fur-wearing.
"We judge chili contests, fish cook-offs, barbecues," Mr. Hubbard says.
For acclimation to the test arena, the two contestant fish were held in cylindrical wire cages, which were placed upright in the left and right side from the tube, for 20 min prior to being released simultaneously for the contest.
There was a fishing contest at Baisley Park, in Queens, and of course there was the Ridgewood/Bushwick Annual Senior Picnic.
This rite signifies the beginning of the annual Macy's Fishing Contest, open to all anglers 15 and under.
I was just struck by the bizarreness of Castro actually winning a fishing contest that Hemingway had sponsored.
Timerman reports that Castro and Hemingway met only once — in May of 1960, at a fishing contest held in Hemingway's honor.
Macy's Fishing Contest, today, tomorrow and Tuesday through July 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Prospect Lake, Prospect Park (enter at Ocean and Parkside Avenues), Brooklyn.
People don't realize what swims in New York City, Mr. Gittleman says, and of course A.& S. had a fishing contest and stocked the lake every year.
I have never liked angling competitions, but Peter and I have somehow become engaged in an informal and ongoing salmon fishing contest.
