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Show REAL SPORT FOR FISHERMEN Off the Port of Vera Cruz Sharks Are' Harpooned Put Up Good Fight. The shark fishing season is on here now and furnishes quite a pastime for those addicted, to such dangerous ( J sports. The sharks seem to be bolder l than usual, very large ones coming M into the bay, while generally they ' keep out toward the entrance. Yesterday quite a large one was caught from one of the piers. It measured over two meters in length and caused quite an exciting battle before the fishermen got the second harpoon into it. This morning another an-other much larger one was caught by some fishermen in a boat. It was only subdued after a hard struggle and finally towed alongside the sea wall and hoisted out with a derrick. The animeLwas near three meters long and, was still alive after being hoisted out'cTnto the dock and it slashed around at a lively rate, causing the cro.w.dthat had gathered tw see It to y&att'-r "n- all directions to avoid its ffhOTmous tall. After being killed the iininal's liver was n-iuow (I and it measured more than three feet im length. This furnishes a very Hue transparent oil that is used for many puVposes. Vera Cruz Correspondence. Merican Herald. |