HALF-TON SHARK
JfOD AND RHKFi BATTLK NEW YORK. dune 11. \|,- I'Ynneis Low. a Vale graduate, with rod and reel captured a bloc malm dunk oIT the New Jersey coast vesterdav. Whether Im will be able to claim lb,', record is doubtful, for about InOlb. ~f ibe lisli was nil away in efforts to eel it into lbe little yacht from which it was liookeil. It weighed only 9981 b. when it was got ashore. Mr Lowe bad a struggle lasting 2.1 hours 1 icl'ore getting bis lisli alongside tho boat for a member c.f the crew to harpoon it. . . . The world rod and reel record is held bv Kane Grey, the author, who in 1930 landed a marlin swordtisli weighing 10401 L. off Tahiti. The problem will be considered by the Saltwater Anglers ol America. The previous mako shark record. 7981 b.. was made by Mr. I[. White-Wick haiO, an Englishman, in New Zealand m 1931- ___
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18761, 18 July 1935, Page 3
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