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Tarpon Only One of Many Species
Which Challenges Wits and Skill of
Man With Its Courage, Resourcefulness
and Love for Battle.

which leaves water in q scrap Is the
real topliner of the finny game.
The barracuda may hit you any
where, either over the reefs, in the
green water" inshore from the gulf
stream or "in the blue" which is the
stream itself He is a bad actor from
the moment he strikes, and he may
60 6 feet long and weigh so pounds.
And again, watch his teeth, POST
master General Farley boated one last
Winter which weighed 5234 pounds.
That fish won the Pier record for
barracuda last Winter. What kind
of a fisherman is Jim?" we asked Jesse
Coyne, the guide that day. "Well, he
isn't so bad" Coyne answered. But
he doesn't know much about this
brand of fishing. Ee lost q sail we
should have had"
A lot of folks have the wrong idea
about tarpon. They think if you go
to Florida in any month you will get
into tarpon. That isn't true at all,
for the tarpon is a migrator. He
makes a circuit of the Caribbean Sea
each year, first showing up in Florida
waters in schools in mid-March. And
there aren't so many of him around
even then. He can be caught mostly
in the Winter around the arches of
the railroad trestle which runs Cor
ran before the last big hurricane)
down to Key West, in the shallow
| waters of Florida Bay. But there is
one spot, little known to fishermen,
where the tarpon can be caught from
mid-February on. hope I won't be
telling any secrets when say that
the one spot in the continental United
States where the tarpon can be caught
in February is in Shark River, which
lies a few miles north of Cape Sable,
the southernmost tip of continental
Florida.
During some mild Winters they stay
in the myriad channels of the Shark
River all Winter long. But generally
the first reports of tarpon begin to
come in about February IS. There
may be a few small ones there all the
year around, but they are hardly
worth ones time. A 40-pound tarp
will put up good scrap, but he doesn't
hold a candle to his more bulky
brethren, who run from 80 to $50
pounds.
CHARK RIVER, SO named because
- Of the many small shark which
swim its waters, is one Of the most
beautiful spots on the American con-
tiner,t, either by night or day. The
river itself has dozen channels,
winding between and around small
mangrove islands. It is the outflow
of the many streams which come
from the Everglades, to the north, and
twice daily the shallow tides Of the
Gulf of Mexico run miles up into the
back country, returning with a bur-
den of crabs, needleflsh, mullet and
other fish on which the tarpon feed.
In that maze of channels and small
islands the tarpon love to feed-big
boys that run $50 pounds and more,
gymnasts of the air, battlers who
never give up until they come 10 On
| their sides, completely exhausted.
In Shark River water trolling with
split mullet is the common method
OF hooking the SILVER king" OR the
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the surface by your whirling "teaser."
And if you are lucky, behind your
trolled piece of bonito or tuna belly,
flashing in the sun, your guide will
point out to you a deep-lying, slim,
brown shape, long and lean, lying 10
feet behind the bait, pacing it for
perhaps half mile before planning
in for the tap" and the kill, which
signifies the most-sought fish Of them
all around the East Coast. That Will
be a sailflsh, and if you and your
friend are trolling two bats you might
hit a double" for the sail run in
pairs, patrolling the waters OF the
Gulf Stream for the small fish on
which they feed.
You've been cautioned by your guide
in the technique Of hooking sail,
for it is no easy job to catch one OF
these speedy customers, with his silly
looking bill, his great Hopping sail,
all purple and black spotted, his great
tail and his cleaning length OF
feet. Yes, he runs that long, but he
doesn't bulk much on the scales. The
average sail is feet long and
weighs around so pounds. The record
at Miami is 81 pounds, and the fish,
from bill tip to tail tip, was more
than 10 feet long. You sit there,
holding your rod, nerves all a-quiyer
at sight of the game. He comes
closer, he hits. a signal telegraphs
itself along the tense line. That starts
the longest 10 seconds in the world.
For if you strike back now, the sail,
smart fellow that he is, will know
that he isn't chasing a small fish and
will vanish somewhere into the deep
water. He knows that when he hits
small fish with stroke Of that
slim sword the backbone of the small
fish is broken and the bail will not
swim any more. So, under the tensely
whispered instructions of the guide,
the moment you feel the "tap" you
throw off "the dog" and free spool"
your reel. Under the speed of the
boat, travelling at four or five miles
an hour, your bait and your line run
out smoothly, while the bait drops
slowly toward the bottom. The sail,
oo SAAS SSA4NSo soy, ia NASS, o1OWAy oAoeAAAA
the bait, careful of a trick. Then he
takes it firmly in his mouth and swal-
lows it. Meanwhile, up above in your
swivel chair, out in the hot sun, you
are thinking that never before were
10 seconds SO long. For you must
count them slowly. # you count fast
and strike you may pun the bait right
out Of the sails mouth. If you do he
is gone, for he knows there's trickery
in it. If you miss him on the strike
for any. other reason you stin have
a chance at him, for the sail will come
back for more. I've had them come
back five times, but you must reel in
vigorously and fast If you are to at
tract him.
IF YOU are lucky enough to hook
him you are in for q scrap lasting
from Is minutes to hours, depending
on your tackle, your skill and his
strength and size. The average sail
Is landed in As minutes, even by an
inexpert angler, but II you fish for
him with sporting tackle, meaning .
12-thread or s-thread line, which
won't stand q straight pull Of mort
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say. the big boys broke the tackle
and got away. for the record Atlantic
marlin stands at little more than
500 pounds. Sometimes the whole
ocean will seem to break open and
you will see a green-and-gold barrel
like head engulf your bait, and then
go for the bottom, breaking your line
as he goes. That will be big tuna,
and no man ever has caught, or even
stopped. one of the really big tuna
off the Florida Coast.
THEY run really big down there,
but they fight so deep and so
long in that 5,00o-foot depth that
they haven't been boated, although
many of them have been hooked.
Imagine a fish weighing 800 or 900
pounds, as strong as the ordinary
horse, on the business end of a fish
ing rod! It is back-breaking work
and far more than the ordinary angler
can stand. Sailfish and white marlin
at Bimini? Plenty of them, but most
Oh UIl6 dIlSl6ES WHO ~ ILAClC d4C oAOCA
blue marlin and a record. But if you
want the more complacent sport OF
boneflshing, on the flats in water
4 or feet deep or less, go there after
bonefish, too. It's one of the better
spots for these silver streaks, called
the fastest OF all fish.
A few mi1es south Of Miami, not
far from Fowey Rock Light, is a big
bank of coral reefs, stretching far
down the keys beyond Alligator Light
and on down to Key West.
Along these keys you will be likely
to run into that bull of the shallow
waters-the big amberjack. He will
weigh from 40 to IS pounds and he
will put up scrap that will make you
wish you had exercised your wrists
more last Summer. A bull for strength
and a bulky warrior who never quits
Is the amberjack. His one drawback
Is that he doesn't leave water in a
Jump, for to the sportsman the fish
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there every Spring. White marlin
running up to 100 pounds are as
common as sail on the Miami side
Of the stream. And occasionally a
big old bruiser of blue marlin,
weighing 500 or 900 pounds, will hit
your trolled bait-either whole bar
racuda, a whole bonito, weighing 5
pounds or a bonefish. Big bats for
big fish. If a big boy hits on light
tackle it's good-by to everything, for
he will break your line, and probably
your rod. and give you severe pain
in the pocketbook.
They've been caught at more than
500 pounds near Binaini, after scrap
lasting more than 20 hours, and
they've been hooked at an estimated
weight of a thousand. Needless to
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Sense of Adventure and Quest for
Beauty Both Satisfied by Recreation
Which Makes Florida Nations Winter
Sports Capital.

than 80 pounds, a 6-ounce tip or less
your fun aplenty, while this dancing
acrobat of the ocean does tall
spring over the top of long wave
or shakes his spear in your face
few yards away. And then there's the
final thrill when your guide puts on
a glove and grabs the rough spear in
his hand to lift the fish over the side
of the boat. Eureka! you've finally
landed a sail.
If you are q real sportsman you
will have the guide carefully extract
the hook and turn the fish back.
Perhaps you want him for mounting.
That will be o. K, too, for the guides
don't mind that. But they do-good
sportsmen that they are-prefer you
turn your fish back No mounted
sailfish ever looked anywhere near SO
fine nor had the glowing colors Of
that silver-and-bl warrior the guide
dumps into the bottom Of the boat.
If you "gill-rake" your fish, which
means a hook planted in the gills.
you may have trouble with shark. A
gill-raked fish bleeds freely and the
big shark is quick to spot a patch
of blood in the water If the shark
gets to your fish you will feel a tre-
mendous, strong pull on the line and
then slack. Your fish will come in
with only the head half remaining.
The big shark will snip of four feet
Of a sailfish as timer snaps of a
corner of tinplate. Your guide will
try to scare the shark away with a
barrage of soft-nosed bullets, and if
he hits the brute he will vanish. But
the shark is purposeful fellow and
he comes back for more, even II
prodded with the business end Of a
small harpoon.
A big dolphin will give you as much
fun as you want. If the dolphin
grew to the length and size of the
sailfish he would be even more sought
after. For there isn't gamer scrap
per swimming the ocean than this
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high-browed, many-hued speedster.
I've seen them start so yards abeam
of a trolled bait, skip over wave
tops and hit that bait plumb in the
nose in about half second. He's
a scrapper, too. Look for him around
punches Of gulf weed or floating logs
or boxes. He likes to hang around
in the shade of any floating object.
, But, If you really want big game
on the East Coast, take a run over
to Bimini, the newest fish mine off
the Florida Coast. Bimini is an
island about 48 miles east of Miami,
surrounded and washed by the warm
currents of the Gulf Stream. Over
there in the British Bahamas they
really go for big fish. Marlin weigh
ing more than 800 pounds are caught
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l. Here's group after amberjack and barracuda
a reef.
2. Visitors to Miami will recognize this scene. It's
general view of pier where than 50 commercial
Gulf Stream boats tie up and land their catches.
g. strike within view of the towers of Miami Beach.
4. Johnny Sail6sh finally gives up but not without
struggle of many minutes He will be feet long and weigh
50 pounds Note his sail and the persuader in the
captains hand
S. Six feet out of the water shaking his head tarpon
does fin spring. feet of silver fish cleaning in the
E. Here is silver king landed last March by L. w.
Laudck Washington angler The fish weighed lis pounds.
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Continued on Third Page.)
Evening star., 1936-12-06
Chronology of Events
Mrs. Simpson First in Public Notice as Guest OF
King at Formal Dinner.

May -, 1936.-Court circular an
nouncing King Edwards first formal
dinner after his accession. ended list
of guests with words: - and Mr..
and Mrs. Ernest Simpson"
July 9.-Mrs. Simpson again dinner
guest of King.
August Mrs. Simpson included
among half dozen guests invited to
accompany King on holiday cruise in
Mediterranean.
August lO.-Months cruise on yacht
Nahlin starts from Sibenik on Dalma-
ton coast of YugoSlavia.
September 6-Cruise ends at 1stan-
bul. Homeward trip includes stop at
Vienna on September 8. where Mrs.
Simpson arranged to have King con-
suit ear specialist.
September 24.-Mrs. Simpson guest
at Balmoral Castle house party.
October l5.-Mrs. Simpson starts
suit for divorce under English laws
which permit decree only for infidelity.
Insurance Rates Increased.
OCt0UCT 1ts-ISuIllOtS ming AAAoy AAAoA
ry increase insurance rates against
postponement of coronation next May
October 2O.-King Edwards per-
sonal bodyguard assigned to protect
Mrs Simpson.
October 27.-Justice Hawke grants
Mrs. Simpson a decree nisi. final in six
months.
November 10.-Jock McGovern, M
p, hints money is being spent for a
coronation which may never take place
November liking Edward attends
party given by Mrs. Simpson.
November 13.-Mrs. D. B. Merry
man, Aunt Bessie" arrives to chap
erone Mrs Simpson.
| November IT, Ellen Wilkinson
raises Simpson question in House q
Commons by asking why certain page'
are torn from American magazines be-
fore they are placed on newsstands.
November 25.-London Times. with
out mentioning Mrs. Simpson. saw
Kings position must be kept higf
above reproach or ridicule."
Bishop Makes Statement.
December bishop of Bradford
in speech to diocesan convention, salt
of King Edward: He stands for tn
English peoples idea Of kingship ant
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hope 1t still Is an essential part OF
that idea that the King needs the
grace Of God for his office We
hope he Is aware of his need. Some
of us wish he gave more positive signs
of such awareness." British News
Service, reporting this address, sug-
gested editors could publish or omit
the concluding sentences, Is, they
wished. Afternoon papers deleted
them. but morning papers published
the sentences and linked them to the
Mrs. Simpson gossip, thus lifting the
press self-imposed censorship.
December 2.-Bishop of Bradford
said he had no idea of bringing Mrs
Simpson case into open, that he
hadn't heard Of it when he prepared
his diocesan address and had in mind
only Kings failure to attend church
regularly.
ALI newspapers break" the story,
with smash headlines and pictures.
Stock market says and Lloyd's in
surance rates against postponenent of
coronation jumped to rs per cent.
Stanley Baldwin, prime minister,
told King he had received representa-
tions from Australia, Canada and
South Africa on the Mrs. Simpson
case and warned him "a wrong move
and the empire will fall" Told him
also cabinet, with backing of Parlia-
ment, would resign unless Edward
gave up the idea of marrying Mrs.
Simpson.
Newspaper Asks Statement.
December 3.-London Times asked
Edward to make a public statement of
his intentions. News Chronicle sug-
gested King marry Mrs. Simpson as
Duke of Cornwall, thus making her
his consort rather than his queen
London society magazine, The Week
asserted Archbishop of Canterbury
had threatened to refuse communion
to the King unless he renounced his
intention to marry divorcee and
that the King replied: Please re-
member that ! am head Of your or.
ganization."
Duke and Duchess Of York con-
ferred with King and Mrs. Simpson
at Fort Belvedere, Edwards country
residence. Then the King, Duke and
Duchess motored to London for dinner
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ming archbishop spent half hour with
King.
Crowd watching changing Of guard
outside Buckingham Palace cheered
King and sang For He's Q Jolly
Good Fellow"
December S. influential public
opinion began to rally, If not directly
to the King. at least to demand time
and patience for the solution Of the
crisis.
Lord Rothermere, powerful publish
er, and winston Churchill, mentioned
as the Kings possible choice 70 form
a new government should that be at
tempted, scored Baldwin for attempt
ing ito rush matters"
Evening star., 1936-12-06
KING TO ABD|CATE,
NEWSPAPER HEARS
Duke of York to Become
George VI, London Reyn.
oIds News Reports.
~ the Associated Press.


LONDON, December 6 Sunday
The Sunday newspaper, Reynolds
News, today reported there was "a
belief, strongly held in certain highly
placed quarters, that the King (Ed-
ward Wild already has announced
his intention to abdicate-thst ne has
indeed signed the instrument which
would make abdication final"
The paper added that if the Duke
of York succeeded his brother on the
throne he would be proclaimed king
George VI"
King Edward, the paper reported,
will "likely leave the country this week
end" in order to devote his entire
attention" to the crisis between him
self and the British cabinet over Mrs
Wallis Warfield Simpson.
The Sunday Times vigorously op-
posed marriage between King Edward
and Mrs. Simpson and said the KING 1
decision cannot "be delayed or COM
promised"
"scrutator," the Sunday Times
political commentator. warned KING
Edward against rebelling against
constitutional advisers"
He added:
An appeal of sentiment to the
masses Of men already prepossesseo
in the Kings favor would be tremen'
dously strong and might conceivaoly
win. But think of the terrible price
Of such a victory"
il. Garvin, the Sunday Observer!
political commentator, called I'M
possible" a marriage by which Mrs
Simpson would become queen-bu
mot for a moment because the re-
markable woman concerned Is ar
American"
Let all decent Americans dismis
from their minds that suggestion,
Garvin wrote. The reasons are OF
higher, more inexorable force"
The Sunday Express declared:
THE Kings intention to MARI
Mrs. Simpson is not a whlm OF
young and inexperienced man. 1t
the result of the ripe reflection Of on
who is mature in years and nstructe'
in Judgment.
There is nothing in the law o
England against which this marriag
would offend There is nothing in tn
constitution to prevent Mrs. Simpson
were she to become the Kings wife
from assuming the style and dignit,
Of Queen"
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from inquiries that this assent would
not be forthcoming. He said the
cabinet was mot prepared" to intro
duce legislation dealing with .
particular case" Atlee shut OF pos
sible debate by advising there be no
discussion Of the statement and the
House adjourned before Winston
Churchill and Col. Josiah Wedgwood,
reportedly friendly to the Kings side
Of the dispute, could get in word.
Confers with Baldwin.
Baldwin called cabinet meeting for
next day. then motored to Fort
Belvedere for his third conference
with King Edward within 48 hours.
It lasted IS minutes. Baldwin then
returned to 10 Downing street to pre-
pare statement to be read at cabinet
meeting as to whether King would
give UP Mrs. Simpson or his throne.
Archbishop Of Canterbury an
nounced prayers be offered Sunday in
all Church Of England churches
that God, in these momentous hours,
may rule over the decisions of the
King and his government" In eve
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Continued From First Page)
Geneva body, but at the same time
should keep its difficulties in mind,
lowing to the disconcert of European
passions and interests
Eight Pillars Of Peace.
Secretary Hull asserted peace and
prosperity rest upon eight pillars OF
peace:
l. Internal quiet and education.
Z. Frequent international confer
ences
3, Swift ratification of existing
peace pacts.
4. Adoption Of common neutrality
policy.
S. Fair and equal commercial poll
icies.
6. Practical international co-opera-
ton.
7. Strengthening Of international
law.
8. Faithful observance of the sane
tity of treaties.
Dispute over technical questions
jammed the machinery OF the Com
mittee on Organization of Peace. the
most important subdivision of the par
ley, and the Committee on Intellec-
tual Cooperation.
Chairman of both committees had
trouble quieting the arguing dele
gates, but compromises were reached.
The Peace Committee was debat-
ing whether subcommittee or individ-
uals should report on the various peace
projects submitted to it. The United
States took no part until the discus
sion became heated, when Assistant
Secretary of State Sumner Welles
expressed full favor of the subcom-
mittee plan, which was adopted soon
afterward in modified form.
Secretary Hull received one of the
greatest ovations the conference has
given any speaker. AS he left the
chamber he was warmly congratu-
lated by several delegates.
Translated into Spanish.
Those who did not understand
English followed closely q Spanish
translation as he spoke
Mrs. Caroline ODay, Democratic
United States Representative from
New York who heads the delegation
of the Peoples Mandate to End War,
which presented q peace petition yes
terday, declared in statement:
Il can think of nothing that women
will hail with more enthusiasm than
Secretary Hull's statement on reduc-
tion of ornaments.
IF we take the first step in limiting
or reducing our arms in this hemis-
phere, other nations must follow our
example"
Miss Mabel Vernon of Washington,
D. c., member of the Peoples
Mandate Committee to End War, as
serted:
Secretary Hulrs speech was a
magnificent opening of the meeting.
He offers a definite program of action
which he declares imperative and
we naturally are gratified that it con-
tains all the principles of the peo-
Piles mandate"
Evening star., 1936-12-06

and heart-to1 heart talk with Dowager
Queen Mary.
In evening Baldwin and King con-
ferred for so minutes, their second
meeting in two days. Prime minister
afterwards consulted parliamentary
leaders and King returned to talk with
mother, while his brothers, the Dukes
Of York, Gloucester and Kent, met In
York's residence. Shortly after mid
night King Edward motored back to
Mrs. Simpson at Fort Belvedere.
In House Of Commons, Clement r.
Atlee, opposition leader. asked Bald
win whether any constitutional dim
culties have arisen." prime minister
replying, The situation Is Of such q
nature as to make 1t inexpedient that
be questioned about 1t at this time" !"
Cabinet ministers worked on bill to
make Duke of York King In case I'd
ward abdicated.
London public, astonished by sudden
outbreak Of publicity in dispute be-
tween King and cabinet, milled about
10 Downing street and Buckingham
Palace.
Continent II Informed.
December l.-Continental Europe
caught up" with the Simpson story
except in Germany and Italy, where
censorships kept it out of print. and
Spain, which was too busy fighting
civil war. London Times said . mar
riage between the ruler and Mrs.
Simpson would "scandali1e . large
portion of the nation and do infinite
harm to the whole institution of Brit
ish monarchy" but London Express
said "The King Is free to choose" The
Sussex Daily News said the situation
''smacks more Of the Balkans than Of
Shakespeare,s England"
Mrs. Simpson left England, making
her way secretly to France and arriv-
ing 1T Rouen ut 4:l0 An. with one
woman companion, chauffeur, body
guard, secretary and automobile. She
left early in the afternoon for the
south Of France. An authoritative
source" in London said she had been
assured King would not abdicate.
In House OF Commons. Baldwin, in
first public statement, said the King
was free to marry whom he would
and the lady whom he married
necessarily becomes Queen" since
there is no such thing as what is
called morganatic marriage known to
our law" Her children, he explained,
would be in direct line Of succession
to the throne and he added: THE
matters to be dealt with are of COM
mon concern to the commonwealth
as . whole and such . change could
not be effected without the consent
| Of all the dominions. I am satisfied
Evening star., 1936-12-06
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