The Arizona sentinel., 1894-02-10
Sports ON TIE GULF.
Ea=pooa.n3 rs Turtles Which Slecr
with ono Ego Open.

with ono Ego Open.
The turtle is Justly considered a feast
for the god The way people usually
capture the prize is to wait for Mrs.
Turtle when she comes ashore to lay
hcrCccS ca the sand beach and to turn
her or her back with a ahandspilzc; but,
accordiDg to tho New York Tribune,
there is much moro fun with much bet
ter sport in catching turtles by har-
pocnin~. c method followed among the
keys and cc.1l banks which fringe the
cost Of the Gulf OF Mexico. The EGr-
.poou coceists of short SHAFT made OF
iron. which Its loosely into d vOodco
pole o5oGt nine feet long. Around the
shaft . lLIc Is fastened, which should
bc e-orc and about sixty fatAoQ9
}c- Iao barb of the harpoOn Is
aDoct ea i-ch long. having two notch
e. H longer tlIn this it Is liable to
pic ecpe- taan the she'll anl per-
Eap5 '-f1l turtle, which tho fshcr-
1al4 a- a5 wish to do. The best sort
of Il b--. Q use IS fiftcca-foot slzi1i;,
with ai-1ply q lug sail" which can bo
dropped II o hurry. A crew of two il
necessary, orc to look after the scil3
and be handy nth pair Of oars, while
the other looks after the tIIcr 1t il
Of TO use TO 60 after turtles IN calm.
The sleep in INC sLc.-IU:v water which
1riar1- tie -ove, and always sleep with
one eye e~-1. 90 tat using tho oars
zen s-. a-'uolS OF like otrca1S of
light long -iorc o2c is within striking
digta1c2. Is vhcn the surface of the
v-1ter Is riprlcd by the brccze that one
has caoac1 Of making catch, SO that
the lshinG generally has to take place
IN tae Afternoon.
The h1vPooacr stands il t!1e bows
With the line carafully rollcl between
his fset. lie has t. keep q sharp loo!I-
oa5. aud a5 sooa rs n cjp:e; . turtle
resting On the white sandy bottom,
aurroupde1 by aponSc5, he directs the
heln14lGI by hand. rs one sets above
the creature down Goc3 TIE harpoon,
the striker holding fast to the handle,
for tie v:ator IS seldom more than five
fceJ deep. II tho otri1c is q succcssfui
one the pole cOacs from the harpcon
and is thrown into the boat. The sail
must be lowered instantly. the oars
taken out and the boat headed in the
direction the turtle has taken. As
soon as this Is done q strain IS gcncr-
ally put On the line and the tur-
lie Is soon towing The boat. This
quic,dy puts the animal olt Of breath
and he has to como to the surface ior
Gir. "a about half 2n hour, Is . rule,
he Is alongside the boat, considerably
C2bcuet,d. lie is not. however. IN tho
boat It and it is now the duty of the
$500 Who bas charge OF the tiIlcr to
jump 9--r5oarl and turn the turtle
over On his back. This is 20 cacy task,
cld tae man generally has two CT three
good -Ie--ilC5 bcfore he Is GIccc5aful.
Not i-lr-cueatly fac animal makes q
i. DASH lor ir2lo1l, and the boat has
,.- nct direction taken,
-.. t-- -,e-I5nan IS left IL the water.
lrco ~Lcu it is turned II IS rot
C..v % haul four hundr2l-DouaI
nal iItJ the Jo2t when usulLiy i; half
full OF water before the captive is
y2tllv la97.1g fins at the bot
tsa Of ,.a BOAT. Sometimes the tur-
&, Aec.# lor the dee? water, and if so
it gc- ,.l.l. taxes from two TO three
hour land thcH. Us they will sink
10 the bottom and sal!i there, coming
M for Lr-a I'll only ct long intervals.