The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-09-12

next two months the sport men OF tnai
State will Doe busy bringing in their Weii-
! filled bags OF game.
The season for plover snipc, marsh
I birds and wild pigeons. begins DID NND
! states Il little earlier. but by SeptenhrI
| Ism the season for these birds Us well
J under way ana they are found ln plenty.
! SQUIRRELS. hare. and rabbit also come
/ within the shooting laws now, ana NHti'
| there are pheasants and other loW-IFln-
/ birds there is general lelup oI me Iules
| that Tor a large season or the year pro-
| feet these birds from the sportsman
! cum In fact ~ Is the time 0f year when
/ Vou can 20 forth with your f0wins-picce
! and shoot most anything you see.
IL is generally supposed that u Us from
the guns OF the men that wid fowl nave
| the most 90 fcd-. but such Us not the case.
J The United states has turned out gene
! ration OF sportsWomcn as ardent ana
! as enthusiastic as any as ever came OUT
| of the wilds OF Scotland or from the
! green estates Of England.
! At this very moment thcre are In this
country hundreds of trunks packed for
! the shooting season. and hundreds unon
! hundreds OF women. old and young
the bicycliennes-whO are getting ready
/ % start out with grip and bag Tor lt-
| tie fail shooting. Many or these go on
bicycles, others become guests az country
houses and i0iu hunting parties. Stli
others-like the John oliver Hobbies he-
roine-"go away for "a weeks shooting
anywhere they can find IT,
The kind OF gun that women hunters
use rs sixteen gauge. that carries 100
wards IL weighs six and quarter
pounds and has a barrel twenty-eight
inches long The average cost or this
gun IS So but there is a very good six
teen-Eauge gun, Of foreign make. that
IS sold Tor Sl6.
When YOU see your hunting woman
starting ont YOU viii notice that she
carries a canvas Cun-case, which has cost
her about $50. but 81 she he very sports
Womanly. She win carry n leather case az
81 and keen her canvas one in her trunk
The canvas is for short excursions; the
leather one for protracted journeys.
For safety. women now use the ham
mcrless gun. which cannot catch IN
skirts or twIgs. and the kind Of ammuni-
ton they use is the smokeless. small
shot This is for snipe. squirrel. par
fridge wild fowl n all kinds. rabbits. and
in fact anything up 10 foxes and deer.
The accepted way 20 carry ammunition
IS in a "sheu belt" which is made ~
canvas. There IS one costing SlG5 that
| holds seventy cartridges. There are also
shell belts. with tiny pockets, into which
cartridges can be slipped
Tn the eastern part Of the country par
tridges snipe and quail are "w0men's
game " ~ these birds are the ones uni-
versally hunted by the sportsw0men Of
New YORK. ItIl~ hAlliif tIN inc I.fNf-
ern coast In Illinois. Michigan. Nilsson
RI and the middle sections wild turkey.
prairie chickens, and wo0dcOck are "wo-
mems game"
There are only two or three weapons
used by women. and there is very little
variety I'm these. \ woman's rifle Is a
woman's riff. the world over. "a sixteen 10
twenty gauge marks the feminine fowling
piece 10 the sportsman. while its light
graceful appearance tells even the Law
men that IL is to be handled by fair, fem
mime fingers.
A mans fowlng piece. for these same
hunting excursions when he acts as the
sportsWoman's escort, Is ten inches long
er. and carries about two hundred wards
So great Is the lad for shooting I'm this
country az present that an sorts OF OK
travaeances are permitted themselves by
people who have the money 10 spend on
fads A well-known sporting firm recent
ly sent home 70 the wife OF a million
aire a gun costing $3.50 II was marked
with a gold name-plate and Underneath
was blank plate OF gold upon which
Is 10 Ia inscribed At the end OF the sea-