The sun., 1896-03-15
SpEARING MONTERREY SHARKS.
Exciting sport with Animals Nearly Thirty
Feet In Length.


A new sport has been discovered in Monterey
bay-shark spcaring AS the sharks run all
tho way from ten to thirty feet long, and there
are lots of them just at present, the sport Is
both abundant and exciting. Not every one
cares to tackle it, however. on account of the
dangers attached Wrestling with n thirty
foot shark at the end of line is quito different
from playing with even q two-foot salmon at
the end OF n rod.
DR.. Thomas Boyson hit upon the new sport
first and was the first to taste the exhiliration
of having his launch dragged about the waters
OF the bay by twenty five foot shark. DR..
Boyson is one OF the principal owners of the
kennedy mine, and he spends most Of his lci-
sure time hunting up new amusemeats. That's
how he happened to discover the wild and
healthy possihilit les of shar X spearing. He de-
and such things are not to he compared with
it. 1t reduces the tarpon fishing Of Florida and
mere minnow hooking. ,According to the Doc.
tor, idea the new sport h has s all the excitement
IF AE'ae Wt a ahe OF
Monterey bay is noted tie world over for its
salmon trolling at this se;;son s of Of the yenr, as
Fletcher Taylor went down there I" enjoy some
of it. They had tried it many times before ap,d
But troll as they might they could not raise the
iheen OF the voracious salmon. One days hard
work III the naphtha launch netted but a lonely
fish. Next day it the same way. and the
trollers began to inquire IL - the cause.
The sharks are driving the minnOws out Of
..SharksY" repeated DR.. Boyson. in surprise.
days shns There must .s, he some @ mstake"
hight yonder and you'n SEQ hundreds Of them.
Big fellows, too
said TGfss Ts 6esin seslE If we sGon
more ado the whole party boarded the launch
and steamed down to the blight.
sure enough. there were hundreds Of sharks.
all d:!cctions., Most Of them were hasking
sharks gigantic fcllows-and they foated and
rolled near the surface nf the water. enjoying
the warmth Of the suns rays. In the shelter
of item % could be nlninly seen tanning the sand
ten and fifteen feet below. The fishermen did
not know what brought thea. there unless i
fish According TO their idea. the sharks Just
happened along at thls season like other mi
Some, Of them looked 50 big, rnmey, and
fierce that pr Boyson pronntly pr"rpose,l try
smiled at the idea of 4 thirty-foot shark in
bag: hut The party vigoro' sly attacked the
soon discovered that there wasn't any sport
plugging the surface OF the vusty deep with
e, rife ,ho So m wasr % harpoonh was
on whaling principles was enthusiastically be-
gun. An eight-foot, rod was fastened to the
RnCVent harpoOn aud q long rope was tied to
the laf,. OH cans we're r,ed as floats in case
the quarry should decide to drop into deep
of a 5 ma il sized whale Of pacific aspect or :,
goods. sed hasking shark with peaceful pro
crate sized fish at first just to sec how their
spaIratgs nId Would a. act ara w, what an mnrnly
THe har Yoomist of the party. DR.. Ioys"n. S Twas Was
and ho let riye strfp: deep int" twenty
party fully 'saized that they Ind t'l not booked @
q twelve. pow nd salmon. The launch quiverch
disappeared in the lashed foam. How it ever
escaped Snr% being Whipped under nobody know
ply rose In his wrath and began to churn tho
sen. Then he changed his mind and started
Tor the open with the launch trailing along be.
hind. There is no telling what would hnve hap
pcncd 4, the hnrp.on hndn't let go it, deadly
grip. The hank .ailed to hold. the shank
pulled out. aud the shark sped furiously away
Into the wide, wide Ven,
BEFORE, that harre ned. however. the sports
men had recovered themselves and were cx-
rriiiledly DISCUSSING hW t4 land their catch.
ngM hs 81 s'' n from no, r I'm, Hey we're bit
They had tasted Of the excitement OF shark,
spearinG, and they wi,n'ed more. So they
n,,. During the afternoon DR. h9yson struck five
case the ancient aud rusty hurpoon failed TO
hold. Before they, finally freed themselves.
sy a ~ ar "s darns sn "an" in IT the %SicSa Go
Twice they raised such commotion of churn-
& Ing w1,Hr. ,hns the ,1ltrs crest riding little
among th. dartIng. p.n.Inouthed sharks. Hmt
by rui"S mud def h"Illliug Of he line they
Dr. Bovson enjoyed the sport so much that
",, T." deternined to get a hnrpnon warranted to
and the sharks remain In the bay any length
of time ne feels confident he will have enough
others have heard Of be bis lish isl ' and :,hey,
too: too: .i, nrs Prepar'ng foE sone exciting "ncoun
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