FIGHT BETWEEN A DOG AND A SHARK.

Globe, Volume VI, Issue 623, 17 June 1876, Page 3

FIGHT BETWEEN A DOG AND A SHARK.

It is no uncommon occurrence in tropical climates to hear of a clog being devoured by a shark, but it is a novelty when the proceeding is reversed in a latitude so far south as Hobart Town; yet those who were passing the Waterman’s Dock at eleven o’clock the other day (says the Tasmanian Tribune) witnessed the latter feat being performed by a half-bred Newfoundland and retriever dog, belonging to Mr Charles Dillon, the wellknown waterman. The first seen of the shark was his tail, which was above water, midway between the two stairs, and in an instant the dog was swimming towards it. Carlo then dived and presently reappeared with a shark four feet long between his jaws, having a hold round his belly. The tough hide of the dog’s antagonist prevented his getting a firm grip, and he had to let it go for a moment, which opportunity the shark availed himself of, to make an attempt to bite the dog, but he was not quick enough, for Carlo caught him by the head and presently dragged him ashore. The dog was not injured in the least, but the shark was found to have one of his eyes completely torn out. The watermen quickly disembowelled him and threw the carcase back into the water, when Carlo once more brought it on shore. The pluck shown by Carlo was generally admired, and it is the first instance we have heard of _ a dog so courageously attacking a shark in its own element.