Show i MOB TIPS OGDEN STAND miCKEY FINN ABD-EXAMINEI- T AUGUST OGDEN UTAH THURSDAY EVENING 18 UNCLE RAY'S CORNER Sailfish Are Prized as Tro phics of Tropical Fishing Each winter many thousands of tourists who visit Florida Cuba and the Gulf of Mexico have fishing as their main purpose A fairly large number of these (but not all) catch sailfish with rod and reel A man who captured a sailfish is likely to have it mounted a process which is all too costly Sailfish differ widely in size One which weighs from 20 to 40 pounds is likely to be prized highly Very rarely one is found to tip the scales at 100 pounds or a bit! more Five years ago a record Atlantic sailfish was caught in the area of the Bahama Islands It weighed 123 pounds Some Pacific sailfish are larger five feet in length than any caught with rod and reel ' Sailfish differ widely in size in the Atlantic years have One day while on a fishing ves passed since a Eight d sailfish sel off the southeastern coast of was caught near the Galapagos Florida I saw a little exhibit Island '2 which the captain had placed on UNCLE RAY a wall of the main cabin Under Tomorrow: Four-eyeFish a small sailfish (about 10 or 12 inches long) was a sign calling it A leaflet which reduces an ex"the world's smallest sailfish" planation of atoms and atomic enFurther explanation was given ergy to simple terms has been This was supposed to be the prepared by Uncle Ray To obsmallest sailfish caught on a hook tain a free copy send a As far as baby sailfish go there stamped envelope to are some which measure hardly Uncle Ray Publishers Syndicate half an inch These are too young 30 North LaSalle Chicago HI North LaSalle Chicago 111 to have even a small bill During the first half of the past century an Englishman set ' 4own this note: "We have made an amazing discovery A sailing fish hoists a mainsail and often sails in the manner of & native boat It moves with considerable swiftness" That man Sir Stamford Raffles was exploring waters far from his native England The "sailing fish" of which-hspoke is known today as a sailfish It is related closely to the swordfish The chief difference between a swordfish and a sailfish is in the fin over the back The back fin 'of a sailfish is much larger and may measure 18 inches high and - 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