The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-08-30
HOWED BY SHARK TWO NILES
DOT BTERS NAY SEE DEAD SHARk
AT THE AQJtRII W.
Likewise Mrs. shark. Also Dead. VINO Took
the Hook Mournru,Iy After the Fishing
hOat Angler Fla Captured Her Mate
Fourteen Feet NJ both ~ Them.

the Hook M0urnrulIy After the Fishlng
hOat Angler Nad Captured Her Mate
Fourteen Feet az both ~ Them.
Charlie Lyons. expert fisherman Of the
steamboat Angler, came into the Ship News
Office yesterday afternoon N reported
that ne had fourteen feet of shark on the
Battery pier. About seven and "A half feet
OF shark was male and the rest female.
The ultramsrines formed in echelon,
according TO traditional regulations, and
steered a course that soon landed them
alongside the sharks, which were dead.
Fred Foster Of the Angler spun the yarn
OF the hunting Of the sharks. Barring
nautical furbelows, il may be respun TO suit
plain folk ashore somewhat IA follows;
Several hundred fishermen, chiefly Ger
man. wen down to the fishing grounds on
the Jersey coast abou thirty miles from
the Battery early yesterday morning
aboard the Angler. Cod. bass, black fish
and ling we're running fine when two great
fins appeared above the surface of a choppy
sea to the southwark. The fish ceased to
bite as the great fms drew nearer the Angler,
Everybody who ever had been to sea recog-
nized the fms as those Of sharks. Capt.
Foster say the sharks ran alongside the
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anglers.
Capt. Foster declared that he would not
stand for this piratical invasion OF the
rights Of fishermen. and he ordered the dory
lowered. He was one OF a party. includ-
ing Mr.. Lyons and another expert fisher
man, Emil Biebel. that cast of in the dory
in pursuit Of the sharks. A big hook, half
u foot long. was baited with a whole ling.
The male shark gobbled up the ling and
the hook. He found the nook somewhat
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his interior to be elected. The fishermen
hauled on the line and the shark beat IL in
the direction of Queenstown. Tit dory
gathered a bow wave a'most as big as a
turbine torpedo boat as the shark towed
her east var
The boat end Of stout fish line was looped
around athwsrt forward as the shark
seemed to be making an effort to wipe out
transatlantic records. Capt. Foster offered
two to one that the Lusitanis would not do
better than the dory, but his sbipmstes
were too much Interested holding on TO
take him up. Tn mate OF the Angler.
fearing that something serious might happen
to the dory. got up anchor and started after
her. The energy of the shark was exhausted
then. and the Angler did not have to steam
more than two miles before she caught up
with the dory. which came alongside her.
A line was made fast to the shark and he
was hauled aboard by tackle. fifty enthus-
iastic fishermen helping TO haul On the
rope
The female shark, which had run of
after the capture OF her mate, came back
and began trailing the steamboat. She
apparently did not care whether or not
she got the hook. Capt. Foster says she
was grief stricken and wanted to aha re- the
fate Of the bridegroom shark. He "a We her
a chance to do 80 and she embraced IL, also
several pounds Of ling and a pound Of steel
hook. She did not put up the fight OF
Romeo Shark. Maybe she understood.
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him in death.
Both creatuIes were taken to theAquarium
to be viewed by the public until they are
not in condition 10 stand observation.
Later they will be dissected and fed TO other
fishes that in life the sharks would have
liked TO encompass themselves. They are
among the biggest creatures Of their kind
that have been landed here in many years.