Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-10-23
ASTRIDE A LIVE SHARK.
DARING FEAT OF A CALIFORNIA SWIM
MING TEACHER.

live sbarh'. t.ck .,,,,,,,,,is adj al
tho deligb, NJ . uiid ca,y.a, i,.sttn, 4,
an uprniv ,,,,,sn,, ,.n,,iJ ~ ,,,a,a,,i
10 b.ileve uri... c,rcn,ns,.,... 49,,
presented 20 verify n sueb an oecur
renee has rcsiiv ave, ,l,co howe,.,,
and M 40 ,b,r, a dis,arc. H., e.,
Francisco thai anv doubtipg Tboma,
can easily satisfy himself bv ,pakiny /
personal inyertiration.
For Tho n,st few years tho s.b.,,ne,
in mo po,tb,r, mart 81 Mnn,c,.y la,
near santa CruI have Ron s,r.ati,
ANNOYED bv baking ,h,rks Tbn-s
sharts wbiie In search of fooA. of,cn
run into tbe ne,s Of Bsherm,n. md
In Finishing about and irving Ia
cscape from the mcshes which e1sold
them. tear tho net. and iniuro them "A
that the ashorinen a, time sufr.r tbs
los. Of hundreds Of dollars sotneti,n,.
a shark etruralos about 40 much In ,be
water a. TO wrap the nets around n IN
,uch a manner that cscap. IL i,nno-sible
and tho huge an die. from tbe oxbau..
ton produced by ia wild efforts 10 ro,
free. To ..tficate the dead Gan frg,n
the nets II ia eometime. necessary 10 low
IL ashor.. and 10 recover mari Of The ios.
sustained In the destruction Of tho net,
the fishermen try out the liver OF tho
shark and obtain a quantity Of eheap
but profitable oil
An OCULAR REORGANIZATION.
A huge baskina shark about thirty or
forty feet long became cntanried In the
nets Of some fishermen OH soanel point
about four miles from santa Cruz. The
shark. still alive aud embodied In the
nets was towed by the fishermen In
boats % the wharf at Capitola. It's ar.
rival created great excitement among
the visitors nj that resort. The fact that
sharlts, any sharks, were near Nh. beach
drove hundreds Of hatheru from the wa.
ter, and people tcgAn 10 make up their
minds 10 leave the place. No amount Of
assurance on the part OF the proprietore
Of tue hotel or the fishermen that bask.
ing sharks were no, man oatsrs. and that
many had been caught with no accideu,
happenlnv. could entirely ouiet IN, fears
Of tho ytsi,or.. and bnthing Wa, almn,t
given nm
Some ocular denomination Of the fact
that baslfipg .bark ,,as harmless thee.
fore became necessary svimmipy
Teacher swanson. of tho Camtola ba,bs
then Jstermiu,d 10 1--WE an ..bibition
with the shark which shonls copyi,c.
the most tip,id A perfornapco nj.
lowed tho ike OF which no man svcr
nartiriuated In beforc svgn,,or M, ~,
a bathing amt and AVIAN 10 tha ybsrf
where the partially exhausted monstcr
lay. s,lll partly wrapped in tho iorn spa
tangled fishing net. SLOWLY approaeh.
ing the gastang We, enrared monster. /.
whale IN sixs n not in snac,ea swnpson
AVIAN close 10 IL AIDE ana The, rIsmb'
cred slowIy ON ION n ,nod.,.,,iv "a,
task TO accomplish. ns the ,bark law
almost entirely under water si,.in,
aytride tho huge fi.h mo a bahy on Al,
elephant. tho bold swimmer shou,ed in
triumphan, dension AZ the several hmm.
dred people on tho wharf who bal
gathered 10 witnes. tho strange .or.
for1nance
COT USED TO IT.
His song Of sucecs, WIS quickly cut
short, for a. soon a. tho lazy shark real.
iEed Il had gathered somethiuR moro ON
IT. back II commenced To thrash about
and threw Swanson ca. Women In the
crowd shrieked in fear aud men held
their breath In excitement itwaa hard.
~ u minute. however. before swanson
appeared uniniurcd and laughing ont.
side OF the line Of foam caused by the
sharks struggles The crowd on tbe
wharf breathed mora freely when thew
saw tho man emerge from tho sse,bing
waters and realized that he had not been
doyoured, as they expected him 10 bc
The undauntod sui,n,n,r s,,,ln Won, "a
tho side on tho sbarL ana once n,,,,
mounted hi. marine S,sed. Tbe shark
again showed It's fear aud anger by shak.
Ing him Oh but not NO violently as DO.
fore. with great persistence swanson
again climbed on to the monster
mhat SEEMED before to the many spec
800 : ms 'oo'h1'uy ne'' ana put 'hs
1870 ~ ' .a'ini "' '.h Ho" oeeA'ne
moun,sl m, ssh snJ H. hal haao,n'
Ing accustomed 10 ia amer bn,den
merely rolled the man on each dim, he
got on It's back. simply turning lazily IN
tie water and shaking himself This
was repeated several times, and tho
large crowd OF people VINO came expect
,ns 70 sec 'ne man Niled anu eaten de-
70 20. ~ 'au I.,n ~ '"v ,uuleious ehulhs
III. hero of IN" csTn p",h,n', ~ Uov", rn
snmed and even more freely in5uI,aa IN
as a consequence OF tho exhibitor. md