Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1907-03-29
PICNIC AND SAWFISH
Fifteen Feet Long With Fifteen
Young in Attendance.
THE following is taken from the Sarasota
Times, Sarasota, Fla.

This expedition was evoked from
the fertile brain of Mr.. E. NJ ArbO-
CAST, and it succeeded beyond his
most sanguine expectations, as it
resulted in the capture of saw6sh
Is feet long, and 5 feet wide under
the heaviest part.
According to the official Govern
ment report, this is one of the larg.
est specimens of the PRIsTIs PEcTI-
MATHS which has ever been taken.
and when the report OF this catch
finds it's way into the records into
the records of the U. S. Commission
of Fish and Fisheries, Sarasota Bay
will take rank with Indian River,
as a home of these monsters.
March 6. 1907, thus becomes a
r d letter day among the tourist
fishers of SARASOTA, and it was a
merry cosmopolitan party that pic
piced that day on the beautiful
shore of Long Boat Key.
There we're Mr.. and Mrs. E. N.
Arbogast and little daughter, Mar.
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linton, w. Va, Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy
M. Pierce and little daughter, of
Valparaiso, Ind, Mr.. and Mrs. II.V.
Reed, Of Chicago, Mr.. and Mrs n.
P. Malloy, EddyviIle, Ky Mr.W 5
Mcdonald, Sutherland, Fla. Miss
Fay Quarles, Nashville, Tenn, Mrs.
M. A. Smith, Delaware, Kv.. Miss
D. G. McClelland, Saranac Lake, N.
Y. Miss Minnie Tedder, Sarasota.
Mrs. Leigh. E. Ellsworth. Boston,
Mass, Mr.. Fl. S Allen, CLEVELAND.
O and Frank Tedder, of Key West,
Captain of the lucky little Maine,
sometimes called the Mascot, be-
cause of the phenomenal catches
of her pate ns during the lat two
mouths.
After good dinner had beeu en-
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ioyed on the shady yeranda appar-
emily provided for such occasions,
the shark hook was baited and set.
being carried ont by the Maine,
when two of our most enthusiastic
fishers sailed away to attack a
school of mackerel. A few Of the
party strolled away t. ward theGulf
coast, picking mp shells; others
were hunting for guavas, and
watching the cardinal and hooking
birds, while still others went to
sleep, or tried to do so.
But Arbogast the faithful watch
! ed the hook
lie had one of the little girls on
either side, when lie saw the rope
suddenly tighten, and caught hold
Of it; finding his catch apparently
as immovable as the Rock Of Glib
ralter, he sent the children to the
house for help. MIR. Pierce was
perhaps the only one of the party
who had succeeded in gettingsound
asleep, but the cry of, IA shark a
shark penetrated his conscious
less, ard >pringing to his feet, he
pulled his revolver from his pocket
and rushed to the beach,
By this time the monster had ris
en- and was fighting for life by
beating the chain back and forth
with her saw; with his left hand
Mr., Pierce caught hold of the rope
to help Mr.. Arhogast, while with
his right he began shooting.
One bullet after another pene-
trated the great head, but still thu
giant fish fought on, and Mr.Pierc'
was twice knocked down by thu
force Of her blows upon the chair
which was attached to the rope tn
two men were holding. There wa
no surrender until the fifth bulle
entered her brain; then she coult
be moved in the water, and tn
Relief Corps began to haul her in
West Virginia hooked her; lndial
shot her to death, and half a doZel
other states came quickly to thei
assistance.
Her weight can only he a matte
Of conf cture, but her flesh felt al
hard us log, and certain it is tina
there were not men and womel
enough on the island to pull he
out in a straight position; with he
head and two or three feet Of. he
body on the sand, we broke tn
rope and were obliged to resort t.
other tactics. Another rope wa
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