Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-11-23
Sporting Intelligence.

OLD AUGUSTA AHEAD ON BIRD SHOOTING
J DEER HUNTING--A FIELD SCHOOL
FOR DoGs-A HINT TO SHOOTING CLUBS
Messrs. Eugene Peyton and Julius c.
Scheffer on Tuesday made the best days
shooting Of the season, bagging 65 patridges
andfve rabbits. This is the best shooting
we have seen recorded anywhere in the
State SO far.
The Albemarle hunting party went
through on their return Saturday, having
killed Is deer. The hunt lasted five days
and resulted as follows: One doe by Mr..
Ellis Harris; two bucks by Mr.. Frank
Robertson; one doe by Samuel McMahany;
one buc ok by Robert Coles, son Of P. S.
Coles, ESQ.,; one buck by Isaac Garth; one
buck and one doe by r. G.. Wright; one
buck by Jerry F. White, son of Samuel G..
White; one doe by II. Taylor; one buck
caught by dogs; four bucks caught by Cit
liens living near the camp.
A hunting party from Staunton last week,
hunting in the neighborhood OF Sitting
toms, killed six deer, Of these Capt. J. M.
Hardy killed two, Mr.. Jno. NJ. Kinney one,
Mr.. Alex. Bumgardner one, Ham Sibert
one, and one was killed by one of the drivers.
The party experienced good deal of oppo-
sition to their hunt among the residents of
the locality.
The 'Forest and Stream" a sporting
journal under the head of ga finishing
school for dogs,' says:
Mr.. Els. Wanmaker, who is one of the
most competent and painstaking dog break
ers in America, is now at Fort Defiance,
Virginia, about seven miles from Staunton,
where he is stopping at the private house
of a personal friend of the editor of this
paper, to whom a proper letter of introduce
tion was given. His object in going to Viz
ginia is to select the best ground for break
ing his dogs on game; and as quail, wood
cock and ruffed grouse can be found in
abundance within twelve miles of his loca-
ton his field is not restricted We were in
duced to take a personal interest in Mr..
lawmakers enterprise because we wish
to encourage one who is so conscientious
to his patrons and devoted to his business
as to leave no method untried, however
severe or taxing to his sense of comfort or
self indulgence. We have no doubt but
that his school for dogs is the very best,
dllS UllCbU lO w LII oO p1OVO WuCA uC L.
turns his graduates to their owners that
he will have gained their fullest confidence,
and that of the dog-lovlng and dog-retain-
ing fraternity of sportSmen. 1t he fails to
satisfy we shall make the fact known. AS
far as we know, Mr.. Wanmaker is the on
ly dOg-breaker il this country who takes
his pupils into game countries for practi-
cal instruction and a varied course of stu
dy. We are not aware that his method is
followed in Europe, However, it matters
not whether it is his own and original with
him, provided it proves its soWn value to
those who wish to have their dogs well bro
Ken, both in house and field.
Besides his own dogs. Mr.. Wanmaker
takes with him the dogs Leaf and Branch,
both red Irish Settlers, by Plunket out of
Stella: Promise, by Pride of the Border
out Of one of Mr.. Dueley Olcott's bitches;
Mr.. John P. Waters imported orange and
white setter, Ben Smith; Mr.. E. A Herr
berg's Patti, Blue Bolton, by Pride of the
Border out of Jessie, and Mr.. F. FL. Halls
red and white setter, Bess.
The same paper recommends that the
Game Protectors Associations should issue
cards to their members as has been done
with success by that of Alexandria. 1t
adds;
The cards set forth that the bearers are
legitimate sportsmen, giving their names
and residences. and in every way designa-
ting them to be respectable and responsible
men, out for a days shooting. The far
mers are beginning to take kindly to these
gentry, now that they have ascertained
that they are really the protectors and
propagators of the birds they shoot, and
do not depredate on chicken houses and
burn rail fences, but respect their property
rights.