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FOREST AND STREAM 
Nov. 30, 1912 
Resorts for Sportsmen. 
Florida. 
Oakland Hotel 
OAKLAND, FLA. 
On shore of the charming Lake Apopka, second largest 
lake in Florida. 
The Sportsman’s Opportunity. —Where he can 
get his full bag every day of Quail. Duck, Jacksnipe, 
Oswejro Bass, Brim and Trout. In a territory not 
overcrowded and little shot over. 
The man from Missouri is the one we want be¬ 
cause we will show him or refuse his money. 
Climate delightful. Write now for terms and reserva¬ 
tion, information or booklet to 
OAKLAND HOTEL. 
Winter Sport with Rod and Gun 
Sportsmen, spend your winter vacation here. Good 
•hooting; thousands of ducks; plenty of quail. Both 
fresh and salt water fishing can be had within a short 
distance of the house. Booklet sent free. Correspond¬ 
ence invited. Address 
THE RENDEZVOUS, Homosassa, Florida. 
T. D. BRIGGS, Proprietor. 
Maine. 
MACHIAS LAKE CAMPS, Ashland, Me. 
Best Moose and Deer hunting in Maine. Remote camps. 
MACHIAS LAKE CAMPS, W. P. McNally, Prop. 
Mississippi. 
GET INTO THE DIXIE CLUB 
the largest and best equipped game preserve, with all 
kinds of shooting. Send for our folder. Address. 
DIXIE CLUB, McComb, Miss. 
New Jersey. 
OAK COURT HOTEL, Lakewood, N. J. 
Located in the Pine Belt. A family hotel, notable for a 
quiet air of domesticity and a homelike atmosphere. 
Booklet. Open October 16th to May 15th. 
E. E. SPANGENBERG, Manager. 
N. v York. 
W. J. O’Neil, proprietor, a , Hammond, guide; good board and 
first-class accommodations. Good bird dogs and hounds. 
Centerville Station, Sullivan Co., N. Y. 
A FISH STORY. 
The grandfather of big fish in the Gulf of 
Mexico has been discovered. Twenty-nine feet 
of dark blue flesh, shaded with a faint tint of 
sea green, having a breadth of beam estimated 
at nine feet, with a topmost fin five feet high 
and with side flippers reaching to a length of 
three feet, he appeared this week to Captain 
Jim Neilson of the Gulf Fisheries schooner 
Dorothy. That the big fellow was a “grand¬ 
father” was indicated by the every appearance 
of age and veneration that he bore. His broad 
sides and back were encrusted deep with 
barnacles; his monster jaws and fins were cut 
and slashed, the evident result of many deep 
sea battles. His teeth were snagged and rusty 
and in many places gone altogether. The most 
notable evidence of his age, however, was the 
fact that he was blind as a bat. 
Captain Neilson. who is known to the fish¬ 
ermen of the Gulf from Galveston, his home, 
to the Florida Keys, as “Lucky Jim,” is now 
skipper of the fishing schooner Dorothy, of the 
Gulf Fisheries fleet of Galveston. His story of 
the big fish is that he met up with him while 
the Dorothy was at anchor in the Gulf about 
thirty miles from the Heald Bank Lightship, 
which is stationed thirty miles southeast of the 
Galveston bar. A calm coming up in the night 
had compelled the Dorothy to come to anchor, 
and it was when the broad expanse of the Gulf 
was lighted up by the first rays of the morning 
sun that the big fellow was seen. Discovered 
by the lookout it was first thought it was an 
overturned vessel of some kind, and immediate¬ 
ly the attention of Captain Neilson was called 
to it, it being thought that it might be a clue 
to the unfortunate sailors missing from the 
wreck of the steamship Nicaragua. While 
lowering away the dory to make an investiga¬ 
tion. however, there was an upheaval move¬ 
ment of the supposed derelict, and there arose 
to sight the back, and part of the head of a 
monster shark. 
No time was lost by the crew in getting 
back on hoard the Dorothy, for there is no 
telling what a shark might do. if so inclined, 
to a dory loaded with tempting looking fisher¬ 
men. The big fellow was not pugnaciously in¬ 
clined, however, but, to the contrary, seemed 
to be seeking company and sympathy in its old 
age and plight. Lifting its head out of the 
water, and opening its jaws to an extent that 
would easily have taken in a good sized barrel, 
it apparently “sniffed the air.” as if seeking its 
bearings. The aroma of fish on board the 
Dorothv. or possibly that of the coffee which 
was boiling in the schooner’s galley apparently 
was good to him, and he at once proceeded to 
seek closer acquaintance. He came up within 
fifty or sixty feet of the schooner’s side, and 
there remained rising and falling with the swell 
of the Gulf. LLs age, his sightless eyes and his 
battle scars and damaged teeth were plainly 
seen by all on board. He remained alongside 
for nearly an hour, and when, to see if he was 
in need of food, one of the crew threw over¬ 
board the remains of a June fish captured the 
day previous, the big fellow slowly made his 
way to it,. smelled around, and opening the 
ponderous jaws, swallowed the fifty-pound piece 
of fish like a hungry man would an oyster. 
With a flirt of his aged tail, as if in thanks, he 
then disappeared, and a breeze coming up, the 
Dorothy lifted anchor and sailed away to her 
fishing grounds. 
Resorts for Sportsmen. 
North Carolina. 
'H rsnni iwa 
Center of Winter 
out-of-door life 
in the Middle South 
Four excellent hotels 
—52 cottages — The 
Carolina now open. 
Holly Inn 
opens January 
10 ; Berkshire and Harvard 
open January 1 5. 
Three 18-hole golf course, 
and one 6-hole practice course, 
tennis, livery and saddle 
horses, model dairy, shooting 
preserve, trap shooting. 
Good Roads in a radius of 50 
miles or more. 
Through Pullman Service 
from New York via Seaboard 
Air Line. Only one night 
from New York> Boston, 
Cleveland, Pittsburgh and 
Cincinnati. 
Send for illustrated booklet giving 
full information. 
Pinehurst General Office, Pinehurst 
South Carolina. 
North Carolina. 
HUNTER’S LODGE! 
Good Quail Shooting! 
Choice accommodations for ladies and gentlemen. 
Best Chef south of Potomac 
Terms: $3.00 per day; $75.00 per month. 
GEN’L FRANK A. BOND - - Buies, N. C. 
PINE TOP LODGE 
Halifax County .... North Carolina 
Finest quail country in the Old North State. Thousands 
of acres and tens of thousands of quail. Guides, dogs, 
teams, telegraph and telephone. Fine automobile roads. 
Leave New York at night and arrive at Halifax follow¬ 
ing noon. Bring your wife and have rare sport in the 
Sunny South. Till Nov. 1st, address C. & L. P. Blow, 
at Virginia Beach. After Nov. 1, at Tillery, Halifax 
County, N. C. 
Best Duck, Goose, Swan, Quail, English Snipe 
shooting at Currituck. 
JASPER B. WHITE, Waterlily, N. C. 
PINE FOREST INN 
( 2 k".‘rr) SUMMERVILLE. S. C. 
JUNE-TIME IN DECEMBER. 
A high-class Winter resort catering to a select cli¬ 
entele. Noted for absolutely dry, healthful climate. 
Opens December First 
The most delightful month for all outdoor sports. 
A convenient stop-over point for tourists en route 
South. 
Importan* to Sportsmen 
A shooting preserve of 1800 acres for guests of the 
Inn, where deer, quail and other game are plentiful. 
Spperb 18-hole Golf Course; Tennis, Riding, Driv¬ 
er, Livery. Illustrated Booklet. 
COTTAGES TO RENT 
RALPH J. HERKIMER Manager 
(Summer) Berkeley-Waiontha. Richfield Springs, N. Y. Address 
up to November 25, Prince George Hotel, New York. 
