Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-08-24
CHARLES GUTHRIE FISHES
FOR SHARKS IN ATLANTIC

SUMMIT HOUSE." Block Island,
R. l., August Is, 1916. Dear Mitchell:
l am enclosing q sporting section Of
the New York Tribune, containing the
account Of the Astor Cup races. |
witnessed the event and it was a most
magnificent race. These yachts re-
sembled a cross between a "white-en-
ameled bath-tub and a polished ma
hogany piano" They fairly glisten-
ed in the sun and their white sails
bending oye on one SIDE then the
other and going at times from II to
Is miles an hour through the wate-
formed a picture I shall never forge.
/ am also enclosing a clipping from
another Tribune announcing the sail
ing Of the enclosed named warships,
IS in all. They passed the iigh.
house on the island about 1880 n
morning and ! missed my ~breakfaS.
to see them. ! had a pair Of power
full binoculars and could see them
very clearly, only about a mile and a
half distant They went through
their maneuvers right before my
eyes and fired several shots. The
torpedo boats were all numbered, 80.
80, 20, etc. in large white letters near
the bow about five feet high, and the
destroyers would split the water 80
and IS miIes an hour, leaving a Whit
wake a half mile long and dense black
smoke fully a mile long, %belching from
the four short stacks of each.
There are 10 torpedo boats in thu
harbor here, and three tenders. On:
of their officers goes to see one Of
the girls / know, and he is going t.
take me over one of the boats. You
can see them go through their ma
, neuvers most any hour in the day
diving on the surface. Their engine:
can be heard for over two miles, wors;
than a racing car. A hydro-aeroplaE'
was flying over town this a. m. \
big money Monk" from New Yorl
owned it.
| went shark and tuna fishing yes
terady with a party of six in a SINAI
; boat, and had some thrilling expe
, riences. The mate of the boat MISE
: the shark about 20 feet and coul
! not harpoon it. The sea wal so roug'
: we could not get at it again, but ra
I into a sword fish, but the steersma
Z could not manage the % foot boat i
the heavy sea, and we missed it, to-
No, / never felt sea-sick. | was to
excited. ! wore a thick flannel shin
and sweater, and then | almost froz
to death from the spray, and had t
/, keep warm in the cabin. / wish NJ
Larsen could have had my kodak il
stead of my amateur hands. He couI
!, have snapped some wonderful "shots
on this trip. We caught five lare
!. "black fish" We had Holsters fo
- bait and used and ate during the da
:, over rs of them. | ate s of them m
self, and as a result today / feel pre-
!, ty tight. If my pictures are good,
=, will have proof for what I've said.
The super-dreadnaught "Pennsy
%vania" anchored off shore here abot
10 days ago, and proved a great a
traction. 1t is the largest battle-sh
in the world at present-600 fe
J., fee, long, ~ fourteen-ineh guns, al
has a crew of. 1040 men. They a
chored about sunset, and as tn
hauled the flag down the band play,
"The Star Spangled Banner" e.
was great. That night it lighted
the whole island with its searchlight
=, | could read a newspaper with
rays, and the ship was two and 0
half miles away.
| wish all my friends could be he
to see these wonderful sights and G
joy the weather. The average tel
,rv perature has been go degrees.
,de The ocean bathing is the best evI
md but you have to be very careful. T
law surf is very high this year, as {
,ed beach has changed, and the old hea
are very careful on that account.
ast / passed by Greenport where 70
father visits. 1t is one Of the M
the beautiful places on the sound.
With best regards to all,
Charles II. Guthrie