Sport: Speculator's Catch

Lolloping about in the waters off Liverpool, N. S. last week, an enormous tuna noticed a scrap of herring, snapped it up. Inside the herring was a hook which sank into the tuna's bony jaw.

When Thomas Montgomery ' Howell felt the tug on his 550-yd. line, it was a half hour before noon. Captain Thompson pulled up anchor and Mr. Howell's fishing launch moved out of the harbor into the ocean. Behind it came the Thalia, Mr. Howell's large yacht.

In open water, a strong wind was whipping up the sea. For four hours,...

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