Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-03-05
GAME AT THIS MARKET.
Some Of the wild Delicacies which wssA.
tngton Folks Enjoy.

Some Of the wild Delicacies which wasA-
tngton Folks Enjoy.
Washington dinners are becoming moro
superb and costly every year" said dealer IN
game at the Center Market 20 Q srAR writer.
Game is particularly in fashion and people
who give luxurious spreads vie with each other
in the expensiyeness and rarity OF that feature
Of the fare they offer TO their guests. To make
sure Of getting what is best ladies' come 10 the
market in their carriages and themselves pick
out whatever 10 most choice. Money 10 no OBJ
ject The usual thing now, when . fine enter
tainment is 10 be given, IL 10 give . carts
blanche order TO the game dealer with the un-
derstanding that the cost is not to be consid-
cred at all. Canvas back ducks are served
always at state dinners ct the White HOUSE
this year, although hitherto other birds have
been thought good enough.
This region about Washington supplies
more choice game than any other district in
the United States. The extensive swalnps and
the many tributaries OF the Potomac afford
chosen breeding grounds for woodcock while
the canvas backs hereabout are famous. IL is
melancholy fact that fewer canvas back aud
red head ducks have been killed on the Poto-
mac this year than ever before. Thls liz the
work Of the pot hunters. who. armed with
swivel guns that carry pound aud a half Of
sale. Yet IL 10 upon the slaughter done with
these guns that we dealers Obliged TO do
pend almost wholly for our supplies
'One day. not so very long ago, Q woman
sold me loo reed birds which her husband
had killed at q single shot In the same way
wild turkeys are shot on their roosts in Nir-
ginia and Maryland. A skillful pot hunter viii
kill twenty or thirty wild geese very often 81
one shot, approaching them cautiously on .
moonlight night when they are sitting IN the
NAT fhar Far II II.
wild turkeys is TO entice them within point
blank range OF blind by means of a train Of
corn which the birds follow in feeding and by
an imitation OF their notes produced with
quill in the mouth.
There is not a very great demand for villa
geese, because, although q fairly young one 10
most delicious, they are apt to be hopelessly
tough. Ii 10 pure gamble when you buy one,
unless you can rely upon your butcher. Jack
snipe cannot be killed with q swivelgun. but
must be shot from the shoulder, and every
hunter knows that they are by no means easy
to hat They are found in considerable num-
bers IN the swamps and lowlands not far from
here, mostly in Virginia. They are the next
birds TO be in season. The protective laws are
much evaded in the District Noodcock are
only allowed to be sold from July 1 TO October
3d. reed birds from September to January 81 !;
quail from October 81 to January I; ducks from
September TO March 81; wild geese from Sep
TENDER to March 81, and wild turkeys from
Il.
Some Of tho deer that are sold in the Wash
ington markets are from West Virginia, but
many Of them come from Minnesota and Indian
territory. Quail are shot in Maryland and Viz
ginia, but most Of them brought from
Texas, Mexico and elsewhere in the vest
Wild squads come from . big rooet in Michi-
gan. Such rarities as antelope and bear mese
We have only occasionally. Prairie CHECKERS
are mostly from Montana They are drawn
and stuffed with prairie grass, and in that
shape they are sent east In refrigerator cars,
being put in cold storage upon arrival until
wanted.
Some jack rabbits from the west reach
Washington. From England come good many
pheasants, which have beautiful tails nearly
two feet long. The other day party Of Ara
pahoe Indians came to the market and saw q
pair of these pheasants hanging up. Without
SO much asking permission they grabbed the
tail feathers and pulled them all out, sticking
them around their hats They declared that
the feathers were more lovely than those Of the
eagle, which are commonly considered 70 b
worth 81 apiece in the west"