THE GAME FISHES OF THE WOELD 



are on honour, so far as this is concerned. After being so parti- 

 cular this may be considered a step backward by some conscien- 

 tious anglers, but personally I should not look at it in this light. 

 If any one can tafce a one-himdred-pound tuna with rod and reel 

 single-handed with this device he has earned his fish. Again, 

 it is well to remember the leaping tuna is not the tarpon. It is 

 more in line with Atlantic Coast salmon and other fishes extremely 

 difficult to catch, testing a man's patience, integrity, his physical 

 and mental strength. Since 1898 but about seventy men from 

 all over jthe world have succeeded in taking a leaping tuna of over 

 one hundred pounds with the Tuna Club equipment, during which 

 time thousands have tried it and failed. These men constitute 

 the voting members of the Tuna Club, and so remarkable is it, 

 that I append the names of this piscatorial roll of honour : 



Alden, Dr. B. F. 

 Beebe, A. L. . 

 Boschen, Wm. C. 

 Bowerman, C. C. 

 Brewster, E. H. 

 Brode, A. 0. 

 Bumham, Wm. H 

 1 Campbell, W. Greer 

 Chamberlain, C. W. 

 Comi, C. G. . 

 Comiell, M. J. 

 Comior, J. C. . 

 Coxe, J. A. 

 Dickerson, E. N. 

 Doran, E. L. . 

 EarlaclifEe, H. St. A 

 Eddy, A. Jerome 

 Elliott, Eugene 

 Ford, E. E. . 

 Gaines, H. D. 

 GoodfeUow, W. S. 

 Griswold, F. Gray 

 Gunn, Geo. E. 

 Harding, F. L. 



San Francisco, Cal. 

 Mystic, Conn. 

 New York City. 

 Monrovia, Cal. 

 San Diego, Cal. 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 

 Orange, Cal. 

 Long Beach, Cal. 

 Boston, Mass. 

 Elkhart, Ind. 

 Los Aageles, Cal. 

 Colorado Springs, Colo. 

 Los Aageles, Cal. 

 New York City. 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 

 Santa Barbara, Cal. 

 Pasadena, Cal. 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 

 Alhambra, Cal. 

 New York City. 

 East Oakland, Cal. 

 New York City. 

 Salt Lake, Utah. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



^ Took first tuna with rod and reel at Avalon. 



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