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that nine men out of ten would have cast off a tuna 

 under the circumstances; and it is a pleasure to be 

 able to cite James Gardner as an ideal tuna gaffer, 

 possessing courage and skill. 



Such are some of the incidents in this famous sport 

 along the Channel Islands, where the sea is turquoise 

 and the days are an almost endless summer. 



I wish that space permitted the recital of all the 

 great battles with tunas by other anglers, many of 

 which were far more exciting and sensational than my 

 own, and much longer; but that would be to publish 

 the records of the Tuna Club; and a book of angling 

 must be more or less confined to the experiences of 

 its author, as he knows them the best. Following are 

 the Tuna catches of 1909, for which I am indebted to 

 Mr. L. P. Streeter, secretary of the Tuna Club. 



Date. 

 Aug. 19 

 Aug. 20 

 Aug. 22 

 Aug. 22 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 24 

 Aug. 24 

 Aug. 24 

 Aug. 25 

 Aug. 25 

 Aug. 25 

 Aug. 25 

 Aug. 26 

 Aug. 26 

 Aug. 28 

 Aug. 28 

 Aug. 29 



TUNA CATCHES 

 Season of 1909 



Angler. Weight Pounds. 

 . . A. C. Erode 126 



.C. 

 .L. 

 .E. 

 .C. 



G. Conn no 



G. Murphy 118 



G. Judah Ill 



G. Conn 128, 120, 109 



..A. J. Eddy in^ 



..A. L. Tyler 117 



. . C. C. Bowerman no 



. .Dr. J. L. Kirkpatrick 138^ 



.. Dr. Edwin O. Palmer 112 J 



. -Wm. M. Hunt, Jr 117 



..E.J. Polkinhorn 113 



. . Ross Kirkpatrick, Jr 126 



. . C. G. Conn 120 



. .Philip S. O'Mara i53 



. . C. G. Conn 114 



. . Ben Williams 125 



..Roy F. B. Shaver 113J 



. . Ben Williams 123! 



. .J. A. Coxe 122J 



