The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-14
TROPIC TUNA COMES NORTH
100 POI M CANE FISH CtTGHT
~ THE ron MERE tBOI =.
I'nseasonabIy warm Sea Has Lured Him
IIIiher FREDDY alexander Gets q o.
Founder and u Motor Heating After
another To-day u camera PrOSG.

Founder and u Motor floating After
another To-day u camera PrssT.
Freddy Alexander. the tennis cham
pion and "a member of the brokerage
firm II Homas. Alexander A Co. will
scoot IN n motor boat from Seabright at
y O'Clock this morning for q try at the
. Atlantic coast record in tuna fishing
Last sunday Mr.. Alexander with troll
ing line hooked and whipped one of the
! biggest horse mackerel ever caught by
an amateur IA northern waters
At Seabright and at other points along
/ the coast professional fishermen have
been Cutting the market with giant
1 fish that had chased great schools Of
menhaden 10 within ten miles OF the
beaches. The fishermen say that they can
not remember the time when there were
80 many of these big fish In this latitude.
They have been hooked by the ton. lit
orally. and sold at 81 apiece until the
fish dealers complained that the supply
was way ahead OF the demand.
| In these waters the big fellows are
called horse mackerel. although they are
nothing less than the big game fish Of
California and Florida waters. A trip
around the Horn is nothing To them.
AneNpsrt az the Aquarium said yesterday
that Mr. AleNandeI = prize might possibly
have followed the course OF the old clip
per ships. travelled northward with the
Gulf stream and then. lured 10y the UNI
usually warm water this season. come
ON up the coast with thousands % his
fellows
The remarkably high temperature Of
the ocean az this tim. has been a cause
for speculation 10y fishermen and scientific
observers The water has been much
warmer this fail than for years before
Yesterday morning az Point o. Woods
. DIR T. Agranonte. who has interested
himself for wears IA noting ocean tempera-
lures. dahbl''d a Thermometer IN the At
lantIc aud found the mercury marking
~ degrees IL vas a. high. he said. Rs
ha had ever known at this time Of year
Tn" SeabrIght fishermen. Who gave
Freddy Alexander hi, idea Of going after
the north Atlantic tuna record agreed
that they had never known anything
like II
On SATURDAY Last Nr Alexander learned
that a company of the big fish had been
spotted chasing m"nhaden about twelve
miles from SsahrIght For days the
fishermen had b.-''n hauling them in. cap
turing fish that weighed all the way from
81 Ia PSI pounds and selling them To- market
l-"pl" who supplied the Italian trade in
New lpTk VII Alexander went ont
early ON Sunday morning and after an
hours trolling hooked "a young seaquake
IN gpbbl.d has hurtirh SOUND halt. bit
down IN ia" wiz" line and Ia ont for Ire
land For the next half hour Mr. Alex
and"r : motor hoat travelled fast He was
too busy To- ''Stifnat" the EJD.s-d rate, hut
u seemed Ia him something like fifty miles
an hour The tuna spranR sometimes
clear ut N" water and soTneiimes u played
all over tn" n"iRhborhood like an
a
struggle Mr. Alexander gaf.d the biK
hun over she - de- The scales made him
nin.'y eight pounds
Mr. Alexander told some uf his Friends
IN Manhattan that there was as good
tuna fishing N Seabright the.e days
a. one could get at santa Catalina Isiand |
or IN III" Florida C,a-f Fitting p War
ner, proprietor ~ Forest and Siyedrr and a n
enthusiastic fisherman made artanR~-
rnents To accompany Mr.. Alexander
this morning The tennis champion had |
used an ordinary rig for big bliefieh !
pu Sunday. and he Considered himself !
lucky m Conquering his tuna: hut when |
he started out thus morning with Mr. |
warner ne had the regulation tuna tackle I
hiR hooks powerful rods and chain .
and wir" lines They took . photog- !
"a ph"r IN cas@ giant got away from .
them and proof II needed at Seahright
The coast fishermen told Mr.. Alexander I
that there was a monster roaming along .
the coast a fish who's" weight they est /
mated NJ 9Sn pounds That's the one /
Mr. Alexander and Mr. Warner aTN par
tic'ilarly ANXIOUS 20 get q hook into.