Show A shark tries to eat a model yacht philadelphia inquire speaking of the peculiarities of 0 sharks h a aks remarked tho the rev dr luther luther yesterday when I 1 was staying at ocean beach conn lately I 1 witnessed a mo most 31 remark able occurrence the connecticut A model lodel yacht club were bailin sailing 9 a race on the sound and aid the cua CUs torn tom there is to follow the models in row boats the models are from 4 to 5 feet long carrying from 40 to 60 50 pounds of lead on their keels with sail spread in proportion of course in in a strong breeze it requires a powerfully manned boat to keep up with them well on the occasion referred to the rev dr pullmans boat was leading and we were follow following i n g along her lee in a regular double doub 1 banked yaw having all we knew to keep near her in in t the h e short choppy seas luddeni suddenly y a some 0 me one called out look at t that hat big fish enough the te head bead of an enormous ma us shark appeared out of the water astern of the little cr craft aft the shark actually chapped et at the boat buur times in spite of all our ou r shouting and splashing with oars to frighten him away every time he just missed the stern by about six inches as the fish did not make sufficient allowance for the speed I 1 of the model the suppo supposition was that the boat being painted painted white attracted the tiger 0 of tho ho bea and perhaps he thought it was some sort of bird skipping over the water I 1 was told it was not the first time that the boats had bad been followed by a shark but none had ever attempted to make a meal of one before |