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Show FISHING FOR SHARKS. " Sil " Mm 1 A Sport Exciting: Enough to Satisfy the Most In- l trcpid Angler-Monster's Amazing Vitality. IPIB Men crave excitement The passion for )iicht rnclng, horse, bicycle, foot gvltf r B and other kin Is of rating is but the expression of the Innate lust for excite- r$?t''l! fl nient lt Is part of the vcr) fiber of the body of each health) man, and excite- otWBkI fl ment Is sought In man) forms nnd nfter qullo as many f ishlons Ono delights fef tii'Sji In a prise fight that tn other men woull 1 brutal the extreme. And possibly fjr, ijjli M the one who foun 1 pleasure In llstlo encounters might have funny feelings In b?'!f'H 1 the pit ot his stnmiuli should he witness n bull light In Mexico or Spain. pi' : itJ U M Long Island waters furnish one of the most exciting sports known, and n, 8iU ' U JH sport tint even the most nesthctli will not luvelgh against on inornl grounds. rjPjlullJ JbI Shaik tlshliig lesembles no other kind ot spoit save the capturing ot swouttlsh. !Wi'fiKT! 9 There Is mole unndulteinted ixillenient In slunk fishing than the nvernge per- Rt' Ulit'lilB son tares often to experience That It Is fiequcntly nttciiied with elntiger an- fco lijjiSj fl nounies Itself with foi innllt) but ndds to the e xiilenient. No ono s heart beats fSf',Hi'S fl In lts tistoi.ar) manner nfler he his hooked or spenitel a good-sized shirk Y a Sj luig lslnnd Souml noai Mullneioik I'olnt, and the llicnt South Hay nro fitHvi) fl the best shark-fishing giounds known to tho writer, A few words of descrlp- T't" ' -H tlon of the methods used nt both places ma) servo to give tho render aomo fc t' F bl slight Idea ot the sport t V l ill Mntlnecock I'olnt whlih Is near 0)sler Ha), Is n rnvorlte fishing ground vv-HI, (' idl man) who like their exiltcment In largo chunks. Theie sharks of from clwht f fc vH to twelve feet In u ngth are somellines iniight For these no light lines can 1H be used with suciess A Intue hook fastened to a atoitt tbiiln Is lUtnchcd tn a ' ,i line of strength ilmost equal to the ehulii The hook Is pushed through a largo r ' aBI pleio nf meat pieferabl) lueit vvlilch the nshertnan s nostrils rejoko to Iki rid ? KB or The wiitei Is fiom ten to sixt) feet In depth nnl unite elenr At tlmen flslt ' Wm ma) be seen near the bottom This, of ionise, Is on inlm dn) No ono need K UK! nsk what a slunk hlte Is the line spins out with llghtnlng-llko velocity nml 1 BoB the llsherinnn Is coinniiinly )nnked nearl) out nf tho bolt The shark's own HK vv light lulled In the stiength of Its ilush, fastens the big liook securely. Then L ,19 the light begins Ihe Hue If not wound nn it largo wheel, has been previously f j fl tuipfull) eolled In Ihe bow of tho hint, whlih Is not anchored Tho light boat -' - Is bugged thiough the water with an ever lucienslng speed nlthough tho lino f. jl pavs out iiiui h fnslei There Is little dinger of the llsh loosening Itself. It , ' ifl mouth has Mini tlesh nnd the hook beionus vcr) flrint) Imbedded 1 , .', I'nsentl) the sliink turns ninl ilislus In some olli. r direction Tho boat Sft (11 must In turned b) oar or rudiier to prevent capsize The big water scat onrer H lushes to nnd fio tiling Ihe aims nf Its i neni) by Its marvelous strength. ' 119 lighting battling leslstlng until Hie lust The experlentel llsherinnn does his li UH best tn keep the shark In motion, for It can only be handled nfter helnif ' J JflV thoioughl) tired out mil he knows there Is a battle ro)ol due when the shark; f J i Is ilnall) pulled to the sldo ot the boat for the deith blow Tho struggle length- li UB ens out to mi hour or perhaps two, the fishermen, for no one ever goes 'shark- i J (lAfl ing' iilone, lellevlng each other at the line Flu illy tho big llsh Is drawn up t ' HI mid In, snuggling but sllghtl) It Is no Joke to pull it shark In before It H U r 39 worn out bv the protrnrled struggle I'crhnpsHt Is drawn In nlmost llko it Ins; J 'u Hf until beslle the boat Then It llmls n few muscles that still hnvo some "go" It, If j Til IHJ them The fishermen then are fortunate If tho shark decides to make another tl h, run Instead of nttniklng the boat, which It tun quite easily crush. At length ft I OH Its fast pue Is gone nml the fish Is pulled tn the boats side while ono of tho ft KM 1H men stuuls lend) with nx or lame to deal the death blow Often this require H .? ' Si both strength and skill A shark dies slow i) Its vitality Is nmarlng. The fish- fi Is 'i Hf e t man. nfter killing n shark genernlly turn It adrift nnd, If not utterly worn UJ W out angle for nnother. WJU W JW The usual uniiner of llshlng fnr sharks In the Oreat Bnulli Hay Is with tho PtfL j Jffil baipoou In place of the honk and bait Uaiger sharks nro often caught nnd iX'tHiMl M the sport Is perlnis, somewhat mom exciting A launch Is tho best kind nf a Kst.Sk VS boat wllh which to engage In tho sport In n launih one run approach to within Iri3e)l 91 lltty or sevcnt)-nvo jnrils lieforc sbuttliig off power, an I drift upon tho fish In .' -SF -Si nb-olute quiet 'l he harpoon once In the llsh nets quite us It does nfter taking a M f V T l hook The luttlo with , huipooneil llsh ma) last a little longer than thnt with 61 ,'ek M hm. i '?.,. n"e"i Ii. l,ook,,1;,for1- "Ithnugli It lose, blood, It has not tho additional W Jj0 ' H hitnilleap of lielng Mndually drowned by having Its mnuth open. TfA' I 881 |