HIGH PRAISE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 46, 22 January 1938, Page 9

HIGH PRAISE.

DOMINION’S SEA FISHING. FAMOUS HUNTER ARRIVES. AUCKLAND, Jan. 21. “You people have the greatest country ever. And am 1 glad to be back here to do a little fishing? I’ll say I am 1” And Dr. Richard L. Sutton, M.D., Sc.D., LL.D. and F.R.S. Edin., and Professor of Dermatology at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, U.S.A., filled his lungs with ozone as the liner Monterey came up the harbour this morning.

i>r. Sutton, who is a man of wonderful physique, in addition to being an authority, in his own field —that of skin diseases —is a world-renowned big-game hunter, deep-sea. fisherman, photographer anti author He is a Fellow ot the Royal Geographical Society and his books, illustrated for the most part by protographs from his own camera, have had a wide circulation.

“Last year I fished both here and in Australia,” said Dr. Sutton, “and you can tell the folk in New Zealand that I think Mayor Rland is something to write home about. Anybody wanting a kick out of life should try' his luck down there. Last year I landed 18 swordfish in eight days and I certainly was delighted. The best was about 3871 b, but even a fish like that on the end of a line can give a sportsman something to think about.” Dr. Sutton explained that he was on his way down to Tauranga to spend his six weeks in New Zealand. He had made arrangements for the launch Naomi, owned by Captain Arthur Fletcher, who had been with him last season.

He has done a lot of tuna fishing off the east coast of Nova Scotia, and landed tunas weighing from 462 to 7651 b. “But I love shooting, too,” he said," and his record of exploration and big-game hunting is an outstanding one. He has hunted in Africa, IndoChina and India, and written his exploits in book form. He is recognised as an expert observer in anthropology and natural history. ' “Though I’ve shot lions, tigers and elephants, I’ve never _ had anv very narrow escapes,” said Dr. Sutton. “I’m a mighty careful fellow with wild game.” He took part also in an Arctic expedition out of Tromso, Norway, in a chartered .sealer, the Isbjorn, and is full of reminiscences about polar bears, walruses, whales and seals. The record of his adventures was published under the title of “An Arctic tSclf 31*1 Dr. Sutton, who is an expert with the camera, has had more than 2000 pictures of outdoor subjects published, and has been a voluminous contributor to magazines on matters dealing with hunting and fishing. -- . “You bet I’ll be back aga.in, said the doctor. “There isn’t a better country in the world f,or a sportsman.