Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-28

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On the Eastern branch marsh the tides
are high about an hour later than the
times above given.
Down On the Pat1xent.
The Patuxent marshes will be favored. as
in past years. by many old-time gunners.
The reed bird and ortolan season does not
open in Maryland until September g. Big
bags are always made on the Patuxent
by good shots. There is a law which
prevents persons shooting on the Patuxent
without permission of the owners of the
land contiguous to the place where the
shooting is done, but the frequentcrs Of
the marshes from this city have standing
arrangements for this purpose. The old
In the past of so many Washington gun
ners, will be sold. II is said. in a short
time. Strangers desiring to shoot the
Fatuxent however. will have no officially
They can take train to Marlboro and
get a conveyance to take them 10 Hills
bridge. where boats and pushers can al
ways be secured and the latter have the
privileges mentioned above.
Arthur Mattingly. w. w. Boarman and
other well-known crack shots will visit the
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On the Big Mnr.h.
Quite a number of sportsmel will do their
shooting down on the big marsh tina. be-
gins at Quantico The birds usually are
in better condition there, and not being
shot at as much are not wary. There
are few pushers with skiffs at the High
bridge. The course usually pursued by
sportsmen going down there. however. is
to sail down. DIR. J. Z. Jones. Mr.. Ed.
Landvoight and two or three others will
go down on the formers yacht. carrying
small boats ana pCshers with them.
Mr.. Richard A. johnson and Mr.. James
NJ. Green will go to the Rappahannock
Nc nday on the formers beautiful steam
yacht 'Nerdd." and try the ortolan on
the famous marshes there. They make sail
to the Patuxent and shoot there before
returning. Mr. Green. when he comes
home. will accompany Mr.. Seymour Cum
bingham of Litchfield. Conn.,. to Aberdeen,
5. D.. for the prairie chicken shooting.
these birds being plentiful whereabouts.
Applnuded by Sportsmen.
Sportsmen generally have been loud in
their approval of the course pursued by
Game Warden Richard Sylvester in hav-
ing close surveillance made over the marsh
es of the Eastern branch and along the
water front. Six officers have been sta
TONED on the Eastern branch with in
structions to SUNNI arily arrest all persons
VINO violate the laws relating to the shoot
ir.g of ortolan, reed birds and other water
loWlS, anu f11TDOr MASTER sutton mas Deen
keeping close eye on the water front.
The excellent result of this was shown
wednesday, when colored man named
Brown, arrested on Eastern branch. for
fefted collateral amounting to 81 for kill
ing six reed birds, and an Italian named
Ambrose, arrested by Joe Sutton was
compelled to pay 81 for killing a kildee
plover and a reed bird. - for the kildee
and = for the reed bird. The good work in
his direction is to be continued. and on
tomorrow and succeeding Sundays a
close watch will be kept to prevent any
shooting whatever on the marshes on
those days.
Other Sport Items.
There is considerable inquiry about what
kind OF feathered or furred animals may
be legally killed after September 1 in vir-
ginia and Maryland. Owing to the many
perplexing county laws in the two states
1t would be advisable for persons contem-
plating September shooting to ascertain
from persons living at their intended des-
tnations just what the local regulations
are. In Loudoun county, Virginia. pheas-
ants may be shot after September l. There
is much doubt about the law governing
their killing in the other counties.
Upland plover have been quite plentiful
in Loudoun county this year. and some
good bags have been made Mr.. d. William
Oyster being particularly successful in this
regard.
Quail Will BE Plentiful.
Reports from all parts of nearby Mary
land convey the more than gratifying in
telligence that the covers are full of quail.
Experienced persons in Montgomery,
Prince Georges. Charles and Anne Arun-
del counties declare that they never saw
more coveys at this time of year than at
present.
There were not many birds last year in
any mart of MARYLAND and consequently
there was but little shooting. The winter
was mild and open, and birds which sur
vived the season had an easy time getting
subsistence. Consequently they mated in
the spring, as strong, healthy birds almost
always do, and the present population is
partly the result. There is another cause
for the increase. Over 1000 quail were i'm
ported and released i'm couples in Mary
land last spring. and the majority of these
pairs produced broods.
The Marylanders, now that there is
prospect for plenty of birds. one and all
declare that they are going to assure a
future supply by posting their land and
vigorously enforcing the trespass laws.
This is particularly the case out in Mont
gomery country.
Reports From North Carolina.
Mr.. Arthur Mattingly, who recently re-
turned from an extended bicycle tour in the
south, taking i'm Virginia, Tennessee and
Georgia, says that he found sportsmen
everywhere determined upon making North
Carolina their field for quail shooting dur
Ing the coming winter. The prohibitory
law in Virginia does not expire until 1885,
ard the Tennessee and Georgia quail coun-
try Is difficult to hunt over.
The reports from North Carolina are to
the effect that quail are more plentiful
there at present than ever before KNOWN
and 1t is said that the coveys of young
birds are unusually numerous and large.
This is said to be true in the vicinity of
Rocky Mount Wilson. Plymouth. Kelford,
Greenville Greensboro. Bethel and Warsaw
while down at Lake Waccamaw, where the
Wilmington Gun Club has its quarters. the
birds were never known to be as many
TO RELEASE CONTRACT CONvICTS.
Sensation Caused Mt Atlanta by Col,
Byrd's Report.
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