The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-07-17
FISHING AT THE BAN ..
The Glorious Fishing Club spends ycster-
day ut seH-a Large Catch.

The Glorious Fisherman's Club. an or
Ganizntton composed OF about thlrty.nve
disciples OF tky Walton. accompanied by
other lovers OF that sport Of sports
angling, who ewelled the number to
seventy. one, spens yesterday at the fish
Ing banks. The trip was a successful one
many fine base being caught.
The party left King street wharf Monday
night at . o'clock aboard tho two-masted
schooner, Sandsnire, Captain Hickman
in tov-of the Philadelphia tug Mary j.
Walker. Captain Kelly.
The trip down the river was pleasant
one but on arriving at the breakweter, 30
rough was the sea that the schooner
rolled like cradle In the water while the
spray dashed over the deck. The result
was that there were many sick fishermen.
When about thirty miles of Cape May,
anchor was dropped and the few men who
were able to hold their heads up cast their
lines into the sea,
Bass after bass. tempted by tho choice
bait, found themselves on the iishermen's
hooks and when anchor was hoisted
there was aboard the Sandsnipe as tine
lot OF bass as ever came from old ocean.
Howard Staats chairman OF the excursion
committee, made the biggest catch. 1t
amounted TO twelve fine fish. several
Weighing over five pounds. james Brown
and James Gillespie also caught several
fine fish.
At the banks the sea was SO rough that
big catch was almost In possible, but as
II was the fishermen were satisfied. While
the mon had their lines 10 the sen shark
was seen heading for the schooner.
Roland Ripperger had his line over the
stern of the schooner and toward him the
big fish came. AS it neared the boat Ii
disappeared ard moment later Ripper
ger announced In tones loud enough to be
heard for mile that he had the biggest
''bass" yet caught on his line.
There wns tug. and when the fieher man
tried to draw In his line, he found that
the animal at the other end wis superior
to him In strength. When another man
offered assistance with no result all on
hoard concluded that 1t was the shark
which was on Rippes er's hook. Let go
OF the line or you will be pulled over.
board" shouted ono man. who knew some
little about sharks.
man, but Roland concluded that he would
let tho big fish have the bait and all for at
the time of making up his mind the shark
was Juggling at the twine ind snortlnR
like steam engine. Then there was a
splash and the shark with line, hook. dip.
sey and bait were going eeaward.
Frank q. Mas. the grainer, OF Ill West
Eighth street, called Fritz. was the sickest
man In the party. He did not get chance
to put his dipsey on the line but he will
enjoy the bait to.day-clam chowdsr.
Paul Ward WAS one OF the men interest.
ed In the biz tishs movements. and when
he had made of with Rlpperger's line,
dropped his own and cast additional bait
into the sea for other sharks that might
have been there. Previous to the appear
ance OF The shark the conversation among
tho anglers was on divers subjects. but
then IL turned to the animal which had
caused 80 much confusion. Paul Ward
told a story which would have made an
old sea tar green with envy. Tho story
as told Paul could vouoh for.
II VIVA ''year9 ago while q CaDtntn of nm
ocean going schooner was bound from
Charlestown to New York, the crew sight
ed six as large sharks as had ever been
seen In the Atlantic Ocean. They were
making for the schooner, ana when they
reached her side began to feast on the
'moss- backes" which clung to the hull.
They Toasted all night, and when the crew
peered over the vessels sdes the next
morning. the big fish were still there, and
evidently hungry from the way they con-
tinued to bite the wooden hull.
'As nothing like the kind had ever hap.
pened before. and as the cook was
| ''greeny" captain and crew declared that
he was "Jonah"and that sharle had been
| sent by some evil spirit of the deep to de.
stroy him. Not wishing to cast tho cook
among the now apparently famished tsh
| they tried to aid themselves OF the horrible
thought but upon prering over the
schooner's fides the next morning and the
sherks still surrounding her ana fast eat
| the cook must die.
$50 he was bound head and foot and cast
| overheard. His body was eagerly seized
| by one mJnstrous fish and to the north
the school went. The voyage thereafter
was devoid OF my interest until the
| schooner tied upat New York and there
| ~ was lear cd from the captain OF another
schooner which he'd Piled the Jersey coast
that monetrous shark he'd been shot and
brought to port,
an lite stomach wns.found evidences of
a human being, Leslde ringe, diamonds
anu other valuables. which hnd been sold
| Tor large sum. Tie captain of the
| schooner which was missing cook, then
| found that $4,000 worth OF diamond rings
| and other ieMelry VIII oh no carried when
] leaving ChDrlestown, was missing.
''Ele finally concluded that 1.-THE iewelry
i was In the possession of the cook when
cast overheard and In { at way found
| Itself Into the stomach of the shark. And
he had the $4,000 to make up. as Inc jew
elery could not DO recovered"
1t was the best story OF the trip md all
voted to cast Paul overheard should
another shark appear, but forum.
ately for him mono put In an appearance
Tho fishermen arrived home at Ii O'Clock
last light OF the company only five were
not III.