The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-10-09
WALK OVER FOR WILSON
III All Americans Would support Him
Like His Fellow Citizens Of
New Jersey

Cape May Point, y. j., Oct. 4, 1912.
Editor Star: Some years ago when
the yacht America went to England
and captured the prize which has been
held in this country ever since, the
British queen was an interested spec
tator OF the race, and when the boats
rounded the lower end OF the island
and came into view, an old captain
notified her that the America was first.
She then asked who was second. Your
Majesty" he replied. there is no sec
ond"
Now by the same token IL you want
to know which of the presidential
candidates leads in the race for the
White House in this state. you will be
told that his name Is Wilson, and IL
curiosity leads you to ask who Is sec
ond you will be told that there is no
second, for II Is simply a walk over
as far as New Jersey Is concerned for
Woodrow Wilson. In the late pri-
mary his friend Hughes carried every
county in the state but one, a feat
never accomplished before by any can
didate for office. and a few days ago
we were in woodstown. Salem county,
when they raised Wilson and Mar
shall banner. the first democratic ban
ner raised there for thirty years. In
this district the Wilson candidates
polled more than twice the number of
votes of all other candidates combin-
ed, and the only campaign committee
doing business and the only banner
raised is that of the Wilson crowd: so
it's Wilson first, last and all the time
The weather just at present is de-
cidedly cool and with the thermometer
ha sniff
been exchanged for overcoats, but we
won't relegate the former just yet to
the cedar chest, as we will likely have
a chance to don the same a few times
more before our return to Florida.
The cool weather of the last few
days does not discourage the hundreds
of fish hawks and gulls, whose feed
ing grounds are the ocean rips direct
ly in front Of our cottage, the said rips
being formed by the junction of Della
ware Bay with the Atlantic ocean. 1t
is an interesting sight to watch these
birds as they feed on a passing shoal
of menhaden or bony fish. These fish
are so named for the number of bones
in their makeup; in fact, they are all
bone and oil and are only used for
fertilizer. But the most interesting
feature in connection with these birds.
is to watch them carry away fish to
feed their young. Their nests are
built in the tops of old dead trees and
are located several miles inland. Now
these birds can only carry the fish in
one certain position. 1hey do not
carry them on their backs as a fox
would carry goose, nor yet as a dog
carries a bone, or cat her kittens,
but they hold them in their claws
lengthwise and directly under their
own bodies and always with the fish's
head pointed in the direction in which
they are flying. II they carried them
in any other fashion the wind would
get behind the gills and fins and
would retard their progress, but the
strangest thing is to see them get the
fish into the proper position. OF
course when they dive into the water
they have to catch hold as best they
can and they usually bring it out by
the head and fly around with 1T till 1t
is dead. They then fly to a great
hight and drop the fish, but long be-
fore IL reaches the earth or sea they
have dashed down after 1t and with
foot on each side have it clasped in
their claws like the car of a balloon
and have sailed away, often carrying
fish longer than their own bodies.
II. c. Z.