Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-02-19
JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION
WILL HAVE WHALES
Atlantic, Biseay or Right Whales Are
to be on Exhibition in Hampton
Roads.
CRv W. H. Bright.N

Only a short distance out in the A.
/ lantic ocean from Cape Charles and
/ Cape Henry that guard the entrance o.
HAMPTON Roads and Chesapeake Bay.
1 schools Of whales may be seen by pas
/ sengers on almost any Atlantic liner
or other ship that passes. They are 81
the Atlantic or Biscay. or right whale
species and often venture so close % @
vessel that thev could easily BE- har-
pOoned. They grow TO an enormous
| size. some Of them being fully sixty
| feet long.
Once upon a time. there was n man
who said there is nothing new unde-
the sun. but that was a long time aEu
and the old gentleman had no idea Of
modern genius. and many new things
/ have appeared since then or have ap-
/ Deared for the first time as everything
has TO do. which amounts 20 the same
thing.
/ And now comes the latest thing IN
the form Of an application FOR a con-
! cession at the jamestown exposition. 20
exhibit two or three large whales. This
/ latter day Barnum proposes TO build
stockade in Hampton Roads abuttiug
on the exposition grounds. that viii In
close about ten acres. build broad
walk on the ton Of the heavy piIinc
/ that visitors may enter az one gate
walk around the corral and pass out az
another gate. In this stockade he pro-
poses TO imprisOn two or three large
whales for the edifcation or the Wis
/ itors as they pass around the semi
circle.
| This is certainly something that has
never been attempted before at any ex-
| position. First. because the whales
could not have been taken 10 previous
Iexpositions alive if they had been
caught. and if they had been caught
and taken to the expositions they could
not have been kept alive for want OF
their native salt water. In this case.
however. the leviathian OF the deep can
not only be landed within the stockade
Of heavy piling in Hampton Roads.
containing about ten acres OF their ac-
customed salt water. but may disporu
themselves in plain view OF visitors
without any serious Inconvenience to
themselves.
When asked how he was going to get
the whales. the promoter glibly re-
marked. That's easy. shall simply
charter a powerful sea-going tug. rig
up a drum near the stern Of the yes
sci connect it with a donkey (enginel
by friction gear and run onto the drum
a thousand or two feet Of the best rope
used in harpoOning whales. except that
instead Of a harpoOn on the end 81 IL I
will have lassO. I viii then run
out into a shoal or school Of whales Sc
leCt the one I want and daily with him
till ] get the vessel close enough and
swish viii go the lariat over the whales
head and tighten up. or course the
whale at this new sensation viii start
to run away and / will give him slack
for a few seconds when I viii grad
ually put on the brake. making the pull
for him harder and harder till he gets
tired OF the snort and slacks up or
turns about. As soon as there is any
slack in the rope I Will take il up BY
the donkey and the tug viii be signaled
to go ahead SLOWLY. If the whale comes
along all right. we'll and good. but II
he gets ObstreneroUs and goes TO run
away again. I'll let him run and slack
him uD as before. When he is finally
tired out as he viii soon be. he viii
come along quietly into Hampton Roads
and into the stockade where he viii b.
turned loose and the entrance closed.
the lariat removed. and there YOU have
II.
1t certainly would be a novelty that
few exposition visitors would miss see
ing. It now seems that the only thing
in the way Of this unique attraction. is
securing the proper site and IL is
thought that NAV be arranged i'm time
for the opening Of the exposition.
April &c.