The herald., 1898-07-28
MORE MAMMOTH FISH
FIVE ne JEWS FAIL TO RIDER
AND MACoNBEB
Avalon NO Haven for Hoodlums.
Yachts Arrive in the Bay.
Personal Notes

AVALON, July 77--The worlds record
Tor jewish was smashed to little bits yes
tcrday and that by the very man who set the
mark a short time ago at 324 pounds Mr..
Rider and DR.. Macomber were the most
thoroughly tired out men that ever returned
from a. days fishing. The cause was at the
botlom of the boat In the shape of five jew
ash, THE fishermen started out yesterday
morning at o'clock, and 1t was s In the even
anr when they returned with their boat so
laden down that there was bare three
inches sbetween them and the wafer over the
ton of the gunwale. AS soon as Silver can
Won was neaehed the lines were put down
and the {, w tlemen sat down to wait for some
1s,auisitive. Israelite to come along. The
sea anchor. was soon pulled UP to the music
Of the reel, The first fish was killed In an
hour and a half by Mr.. Rider. and DR.. Ma
comber hat hardly made remark that
there were Others. when, zip! went his reel
and he was fast to a fish. The doctor
landed this tsh and also the next The next
fist, caused eue of the funniest incidents OF
the day. Both lines were down. when all
At once Mr. Rider had strike and not two
seconds later DIR. Macomber had one too.
all the science and skill that they were mas
tiers of into the. effort to see who would land
nis ash first. The fish did non seem to be-
very game, as each gentleman thought. and
they kent their thoughts to themselves. re-
solving to beat the other fellow or lose some
gear In the attempt. Finally Mr.. Rider
brought his fish Mp to the boat and DIR.
Nacomber brought his up at the same time.
A. hn ct
fishermen exclaimed at once: You have
rot my fish FOUL When the tangle was
Strengthened out it was found that the fish
had taken both bal Is and was hooked hard
and fast by both gea a. The last fish caught
was the record brealcAsr and was brought to
the boat after fifty-tve minutes of hard
work. When 1t was lNlt on the scales at the
wharf it weighed 1856 pounds, beating the
record by two pounds. The other fish
weighed 2ss, 253, 1os an d PSI respectively. A
grand total of 1907 pounds of fish for two
rods in one day. Jim G ardner was boatman.
H. 8. King and wife Of San Francisco,
with H. King of Los Angeles, were out in
the launch. putting Pig for short time
yesterday and made catch Of twenty-four
barracuda and three yellowtail on rod and
reel Henry Stone was boatman and, as
Charles Gale and Clarence Black, the
youths who engaged In drunken orgie.
ending up In fight, were tried before JUS
tice Whitney yesterday afternoon and were
fined IS each and requested to leave the
island by Banning Bros.
The gasoline yacht San Diego. hailing
from her namesake port, drupped anchor I'M
the bay this morning at s:Ai. She passed
y.,,n, u, 90 In 1tph
at 60 The entire trip was made with the
engine, as there was not enough breeze to
Ill the sails. She is owned and navigated
by Captain w. II. Burnham, who Is accom-
panied by his son, r. S. Burnham, and Mr..
]. G. Gonzalez. The San Diego is regular
summer visitor here. and besides being one
of the prettiest boats in these waters is one
of the fastest.
The yacht Mephisto from San Diego, with
the following party on board, came in last
night: E. G. Teal. Captain H. Emery, N.
Cummings and c. Kelly.
Brevities
The Misses Bosbyshell entertained few
of their friends with a candy party last
night at their new abode, "Stay Awhile"
The guests were: Mines. Walton, Goden,
Tarnsworth, Gray, Mcclellan, Jenkins and
Bosbyshell, and Misses Forrest. Maurice.
sippy, Godin, Farnsworth, Jenkins and the
Misses Walton.
Mr. Ducykinck has just received a COM
piete new fishing outfit from Edward Won
Hoff The reel is one of the best that he has
ever made and is fitted with a friction clutch.
The rod Is handsome piece of ironwood and
is finished in Its natural colors. showing all
the beautiful grain of the wood.
Hotel Arrivals
The Metropole: S. Burkhart and wife,
Mrs. e. M. Parsons, Miss Parsons, Albu-
guerque; Charles B. Mahon, N. w. Gray,
Miss Mae E. Huston, Los Angeles; II. f.
Hunt. Winchester, Ky; ]. A. Clark. New
York; W. H. Smith, H. G. Reynolds, Mrs
J. L. Reynolds, Pasadena.
Island villa; Mrs. II. L. Westbrook c. c.
Burlington, Miss Warren Gerald Delamer.
Mrs. G. W. Hughes, Sam s. Butler, Los
Angeles; Mrs. 8. E. Jordan, Pasadena; Mrs.
w. Hughes, Pasadena: L. Phillips. Pomona,
FL. A. Butler, Arkansas; George E. Butler.
Needles; N. j. Cohn, San Francisco.
Camp Swanfeldt: L. E. Jarvis and family,
Mrs. M. A. Harvey, J. S. Murset and fam
lily, Los Angeles; E. C. Krouse, San Jose:
A. Rudgear, Oakland; Mrs. l.. ]. Rowley,
Downey; ]. L. Browning and wife. Calvert
Texas; C. M. Frazer, Phoenix, Ariz.; 8. w.
Funk, Gendora.
Glenmore: Z. S. Story and wife, Los An
geles.