The sun., 1916-09-24
WHALE SHARK TOWS.
e ANGLERS 80 HOURS
Story Of Thrilling Ride With
10000 Pound
Fish.
ITS HUGE PROPORTIONS
~ ALEXANDER. Med. sTODDART.

II you do not believe that story Of the
big fsh that swallowed Jonah, or II you
have been a believer and now have back
slid. tax a look at this authentic pho
tograph Of a full grown man In the
mouth Of a whale shark.
Then ponder over these figures Of the
dimensions of the fish: Length. As feet:
weight, 10000 pounds circumference %
feet 3 inches diameter, 8 feet 3 Inches /:
mouth, width, SO inches; depth ~
inches: tongue, ~ inches tail. 10 feet
from tip to tip; pectoral An. s feet in
length. 8 feet in width; dorsal I'm, 8 feet
In length, Q feet 0 inches In width gills.
4 feet long.
Its hide was three inches thick. It's liver
weighed 100 pounds. n In It's mouth
were several thousand teeth. 1t had no
scales.
Its last meal was a fish weighing 1900
pounds.
Thompson Bis Game Angler.
To forewarn sceptics. It might be men,
toned hat the big sea monster. or whale
shark. was not captured with rod and
reel. But II might be said also II whale
sharks ever become common doubtless
Capt. Charles H.. Thompson OF Miami,
Fla, who ha~ rpooned the big Ash. will be
one OF the first to try for them In tina
manner. For Capt. Thompson In a big
game angler and known all over America
for his catches Of large fish.
He has TO his credit a hammerhead
shark 81 feet s inches long. regarded
as the largest and longest taken on
the Atlantic coast. This shark was mol
taken with rod and reel either II was
harpooned. then hauled between TWO
launches and shot.
on another occasion. while cruising
Wiz ,a,.iiash ,,a,
rmsn"u,o zoo, ,,,I.
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Fish Fought CANTOR. m uours.
doubtless because OF his varied and
VIDE experiences on the Atlantic and II
the CUR waters Is the reason that the
world mas to-day a mounted specimen
OF the huge monster, Few other mef
would nave tackled with a harpoon
from n boat only twenty feet In length
such a creature as was seen on knights
Key on June ], 1912.
The FISH. with five ~harpoons In him
ioueht TOT tnlrtS-hihe hours perore J.
gave up the hsht AT mat time II nae
I5l bullets IN l's carcass. II hVed FOL
h'e days.
Ihere were three men IN the Somoa
was sighted, Merely a fin was shown.
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''va'u'e'
e'naps u hon ""S 'erp."N ~,
rave inc ; .unse mo w nrs'
~produeo the "na'e sn"fA NV" ",,'oh an
in a the Son'oa WIN 'hree me
were swirnhs around anu ,he" sn'' gu
toward the 'u't S're""', ina, VIZ" rug
once began never ehoeu uh'i' iohs IN,
the mex "a!, t"'"'s eN'iE nun y '"
day ana night II was necessary ~ pa'
out the ooa' 50 that II S"ou'u "o' T"
swamped. -,
There was no rood IN the poat. oni
a bottle OF water, yet the men tough
for more than a day m a harf AM
never gave up the tisht until they won
''""e w" WV"
How many times they were close 4
death no one now remembers. Its hus,
ten foot tail narrowly escaped the mel
a number OF times. IL It's blow had no
killed outright 1t would have so stunne,
them that In Knocking them overheard
death might have ollowcd by drowning
T,c apht could be seen from shor
and the t~elephones nj knight Ike,
were Lcnt busy and fortunate sightseer
came from ali along the Florida coas