The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-12-20
NO END or coNyrcrlcur GAME.
A Few of the Rag. That Yankee sports
men Mmye MnAe TINS Srnson.

II u CIV Oh the hnSs Ahht hnRee ports
men Have Made This Season.
HARTFORD. Dec. l9.-There was never a more
prosperous or delightful season for bird hunt
ing probably in the annals of the old Nutmeg
State. The weather IA perfectly suited to the
sport. One soft. golden day succeeded another
all through November and early December, and
until the late furious northeast snowstorm
whirled through the land there had been hardly
n day when ii was not n pleasure to stroll with
dog and gun in the woods. At no time were
partridCes more abundant, thanks to the rigor-
Gus game laws, aud quails and woodCoCk were
plentiful, too. Some magnificent strings Of the
brown. backed and speckled beauties of all kinds
were taken by the skilful sportsmen.
Among expert wing shots. who shoot for tho
markets in northwestern Connecticut, William
Green OF Winsted, who tramps in a hunters
paradise among the Berkshire foothills of Itch
field county. undoubtedly ranks first. Up TO
about ten days ago Mr.. Green Lad
shot considerably more than 500 part.
ridges and Quails. and a large numbcr OF
woodcocks, more than the combined bags
Of all the other Winsted hunters. There IL the
trio. Selden Minor, Darwin. Andrews. and NJ. ii:
expert anu interchangeable sportsmen. but they
love to follow the fox trail far better than to
fewer than n GORE OF fox brushes every season.
Notable bags OF game have been scored In n
single days hunt by sportsmen in all rarts or
the state. Here are "A few specimens: John
Gecr. James Slain, aud Horace Palmer. II one
days tramp among the rolling hills of Sorth
Stonington, in the southeastern quarterof the
state, shot 40 rabbits and hagged an odd one TO
make the score AN even 90, Ia n bnrrow. They
New London. Wilson Mason, SIepIh",n Hayes.
Earl Morton, and Garry Crane. with II pack of
hounds IN IN" r9oEn' 9Ii"riErGwM c%un H
foxes aud ten rabbits. The wilds % berlin were
brimful of. game ali the fan. Rabbits wcre
l,.,.v..t Is tnHnl ltt, "a 49, il, - pf..y- lf . lly.,r an
Il score daily the woods were alive with pnr-
tridE"s' ana IN" rnstutrS and erHIl: ield; win
sp0rtsman. John Patterson. was ;hat OF baGging
four handsome, his, ltnd ugly lrhprreG OWLS in
M AFTERNOON. In Nrw London county Jesse
Phillips of ii'h"u took nine pnrtrldrcs in "ne
afternoon Ia hrwnuds ahnut tnnt country tow n,
together M.iith eleven qnniis and a red !oN that
weighed ~ rouids, Mr.. PAII1lps VIII hnAt I0Aes
A sight to lhrill II Wild fowl sportsman was
about the tranquil reaches Of the Sound near
bridgeport. The entire lower harhor was dotted
with cOyeys ~ them, hundreds Of BIRDS III u
flock, ana So ~i"hrieAs were they that they paid
ltile heed TO l!r NOISY, sIiaSting operations or
oyster dreuges and oystrrmrE working ut tho
shell beds. ia inrt, some OF ne holIest BIRDS
approached ~" dI'hGc',, ana the ureGEers ana
oyster handlers unused thc!n selves by shying
oyster shell. nj nics Of them. SAID ore observer
on the shore ut the larhOr:
Tho ~rrcttirst sight OF all vas presented
when the steamer urestn came pHtlnE and
spln~hing NJ the river. y little way ahead OF
her wa, II long dock Of the largest ducks that
were ever seen in those waters. ana AN cXhila-
rating show they made, barely Swimming the
surface Of the harhor, and seeming to hc u team
OF water s%lFit"S conveying The vessel. Even The
veteran bridge tender SChictIngCr said he
never saw such heavy waterfowl Of the kind
before, and added that there never were more
ducks in the waters uDout Bridgeport"
FlOcks OF geese and ducks are reported to lie
fairly aR,hditnt IN tho waters Of Long Island
SoGna ali along shore They gre numerous aisg
ponds Of the Rhode Island coast.