The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-08
SHARK BIT HIN ON The BACK
THT ONIJ ~ 10. ROOT GtN
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Variety sf ~hark Ths season Trai
Ghasrs ~man Bs,> and .IaI> Them

: Fr-cr"rt l. I . ~-"rrs ?" have captured
. school IT sharks which have been d.
parting themselves rn-rge'lcslIv IN th"
waters ~ the havs tn"rrahput som"
lively tales 81 ths,r dninS- came NJ tu
town yesterday
Ther" was a report that one mon tor
had attacked Dr { " Root ~ ~ '-.st
, Thirty -nnth street who has a summer
pla",' down there and now '1Immu'"-
When II was found that tho doctor was
bigger than Jonah and wouldn 10 down
the fish showed its spleen hy hurng the
doctor in the hack Another tale was that
a. least one ~ them had been seen walking
Oh ts tail upon IN" beach and meeting
a seven year-old boy u made a vicious
jAb at him with rs stsrhosrd fin
The lad defended himself with an oar
but the fish seized him in its jaws and wac
making "a for the sea when a husky
citizen arrived with q boa,hook. rescued
the hoy and then after = long and bloody
combat slew the monster and measured
/ him The fish, according IN one report,
vas feet q ! inches in length
Most ~ this turned ont when inVesti-
gated 10 be a real fsh STORY, although
n had some foundation m fac, Dr Root
at his Office IN town Yesterday said -On
SATURDAY. ! decided 10 take nv firrt salt
water hath II the saa-on There have
been lot ~ weakiish IN the bays down
there and shITks have hacn numerous.
hut | didn't think ot Thorn, ~ won't
down "a Randell Ray. stspT-.d from the
pier upon boat and then on to the stern 81
another and Owed head first into twenty.
five to thlrty-fve feet of water
As went down l felt something strike
against my right shoulder and thea !
caught glimp~s' IT sonnet hing flashing
past When ! came out my naCk was
sna-'lng and said 20 friend something
pptiy lively ~tTI"A IN" a. ! went down
w." laughed. hu' on turning mo around
found that INV back was covered with
blood Somebody ran 10 get peroxide,
bu' Snew there was no better antI~eptl"
than sel water. 50 | gO' IN the water
again As result TIA" stripes have
started 10 heal pretty well
Dr Root pulled up his -hirt sleeve 20
the shoulder and showed six parallel
stnpss rInnlng toward the middle of
IN" back
There - Young man named leo
torsll. who lives m NoodclIf aud who
has lived on the california coast, whcre
they have hug sharks. said lDr Root
-Corcll cam" bacS from fishing the other
dav. got into a hathInc siit and taking a
small boat went ONT to Ill sharks He
rpw"1 around unt ~ h. saw fins above the
water and then with long hlad"i KNIT"
IN his hand Owed overheard IA" didn't
hrll any, ~ far as could learn
-bn Tuesday a. high tide a shark that
had heen chasing weakiish got stranded
on the beach The first ! saw OF 70 was
when some one called attention 20 a seven
wear old hoy who was irving 10 pound a
nig feb on the head with an oar The
vo'Ings'or couldn't do much with II. 50
"A man went over and killed u
Tho shark was about four feet long
and he jumped about 80 much that some
! ~ the women who werN looking feared
Z that the boy was IN danger Nobody
-s-eTned TO think there IL any particular
danger IN bathing down there now Csu-
7 ally these little sharks will hurry away
/ from n human being and the only danger
- N sticking a hand or a foot into the
mouth II one