, 1897-11-26
GREAT ON DOG SALMON.
But When 1t Came to Tyhee the Razor
back Himself.

Bot When 1t Came to Tyhee the Razor
back Overmatched Himself.
Fish catching pigs are as common
along the Puget sound waters as king
fishers are on an eastern trout stream.
Why. l mad AN old raZorback hog when
l was out there that III bet could 20
out any day i'll any of the streams that
tumble into Puget sound and catch more
10 pound salmon i'll 20 minutes thar
the best fisherman on the whole Jersey
coast can kill bluciish in Il whole day.
l owned quite Il number of sawmilis
on the sound, and although there were
a good many crack raZnrbaCk fish catch
ers there | stood ready any time to back
mime with my last mill against any
other me, bar none, that could be
brought III. That hog As a fisherman
WAS simply II wonder. and he never
caught anything bUt salmon. They We're
salmon that probably You and | would
no care to eat. for they were "a tritlc
weak and slightly under the weather.
maybe the huukbill, but more than like.
ly tn" dog salmon. And hogs are not
the only four footed fishers for these ont
there either. not by II big sight. | have
seen, W thin Il distance of less thar a
mile along II of those Puget sound
streams. half a dozen bears, Il family or
" of wildcats, IA whole colony of rae
Oun~. not u few wolves, besides Il dozen
or more raZurhHck hogs, to say nothing
of a ore or 50 of eagles, all engaged in
the port of fishing for dog salmon.
I'm Sr,,.,l-t,,,, ,f tl,,t ~, rti,,1 49, -,y,r
back salmon catcher of mine, he got so
expert at landing dog salmon and hook
bills and humpi : and similar kinds
that he got the big head and thought
he'd try his hand. or rather his snuut,
ON a run of fresh tyhres or chinooks.
These are the boss salmon, and the nice.
yellow, savory chaps You get iii the can
they ship from out there. When he is
feeling good, and that is pretty much
all the time, you might rs we'll take II
fall out of your SIwTuill as fool with II
tyllcc. He doesn't think IL thing OF
weighing 30 pounds, and he travels in
professions 50 big that along in June.
when he is going up the streams to the
spawning beds, you can almost walk
across Il stream ON the backs.
That hog Of mine got it into his head
that he was cut ont for better things
than yarkinc weak and tired dog salm-
on Il of water and that ~ nee We're
about his size. | saw him making his
way one day very lcisurcly to II stream
that ran toward the sound just back of
my mill. and | thought it was Il little
queer, for there wasn't much in his for
aging line in that direction. was busy,
though, ana paid no attention to the
matter. y. minute or two later ! heard
the hog give a loud squeal of distress,
and, looking III that direction, | saw
him in the water, struggling to get
way from something that had hold of
him. | ran tn give him some help and
got there just in time to see the razor
back icrked head first under the water
and disappear beneath the surface like IA
stone.
a dead tyhce, maybe Il 90 FOUNDER, |
lay half on the shore and half in the
water. Marks on it showed that the
hCg must have captured it. But tyhccs
weren't invalid dog salmon, and Il cou-
pie of the captured tish's travelling COM
paniOns, i'll my opinion, had rushed to
its assistance. Aid was too late and
vengeance took its place. The avengins
tyhccs had just reached out and taken
Mr.. Razorb"ck by the neck, and, in
spite Of his resistance, had lugged him
in and drowned him. He tlOated down
half an hour or 50 later and was IA little
the worst looking pig ! have ever seen.
If he had been butchGred, scalded,
scrapcd and half dressed, he couldn't
have looked more torn up. He was the
only raZnrhaCk | ever knew or heard of
that tried to fish for tyhees. l was sor
~ to lose him, for | was counting on
making II good deal of money on him,
backing him i'll his line against all COM
ers, but his ambition was fatal to all
my hopes New York Sun.