The sun., 1900-08-19
WILD FOWLS OF BARNEGAT
ALSO the PLEASURES or House,
marina ON THE NAY THERE
Mr.. HsrdsnberEh. Floating studio and the
Trophies That Decorate H-Fase,nsuon OF
BsTnegAt BAY sport to lie had 'her'
Nou-IIou,..p oating Not very Expensive.


artIst NAV for tho present almost be sald 70
have ioined tho colony OF coitagcrs here. no
has drnyn Il up between the sedgY banks OF a
tiny little inlet 10 Bamegat Bay, not far from
the yacht club house and near tho wooden pier
about which there always clusters more or
LAS dense forest of cat-boat masts Pelican 10
the name Of Mr Hardcnbcrgh's floating studio.
and although the Pelican Is not particularly
broad IN the beam for n hOuse-boaL she Junt
about hlls tho narrow Inlet In which she "a laid
pp. little bridge connects her deck win the
driveway that leads down 10 the boat ldndihs'
and when you once get aboard and take peep
into her snug lttle ground floor. or rather water
floor, apartment you are not at a loss 20 under
stand why Mr. flardenbergh describes II as hy
all odds the most delightful studio he ever had
To the south and east you may look out over
the waters NJ the Bay ripping away 20 the SAND
dunes lust beyond which. and only Few hun
dred yards distant. Is the thrashing surf OF ths
broad Atlantic. To the west Ia sedgy reaoh
OF salt meadow grass and waving bulrushes,
spreading away to the dark fringe OF pine ana
cedar forest which is always the final and rather
melancholy note I'm all the shoroward landscapes
down on this part Of the Jersey coast Breehes
from sea and bay rustic the curtains at tho
windows and M the pretty little apartment
with refreshing air straight from OF the brine.
has done all his work during the past year, Tho
walls OF his floating studio are covered, and the
tables beaped nigh, with his productions
vater-colors that reflect all shades Of Baruegat
BAYS calm and somew hat sad cast OF scenery.
But the artists best work Is in his paintings
from life Of all the many varieties Of birds and
water fowls that haunt the bay Ills studies OF
this kind have won him no little fame, and he has
not disdancd 20 bring his art Into the COM
mercial field when there were Inducements
sunlcient The Havilands have worked many
OF the gamc-hird pictures he has made for them
into their dainty porcelains
All about him are his models models that he
shot and mounted himself for he Is a tax xdermist
a. well as n painter He has splendid specimens
Of the great blue heron-t three of them in all
that he brought down only a short distance
below where the Pelican Is now tied up, Then
there Is a monster snowy owl shot few miles
inland a fine wild goose too. he has - the great
Canada goose which comes here every fall,
fyinP In great N-shaped wedges and warning
the bay-men by It's hoarse honk honk, high In
air, that the hunting season IL near at hand. and
that the gunners from the city viii soon be
down 20 iii the places that the hot weather
refugees from town have left vacant. To give
list of all the birds Mr. Hardenbereh has
perched about in his house-boat studio would
be about the same as making a catalogue OF all
the feathered tribes that haunt the dark waters
Of Barnegat And that would be a long task
weary task.
Pretty much every migratory bird that goes
southward in autumn and nor Inward in spring
gives BarneRat call For fifty years II has
been a paradise for hunters. Old Bill Chad
wick In his hotel on the sand neck about eight
miles below Bay Head. has his old registers
containing the names Of scores OF men famous
in New York and. indeed, throughout the coun-
try. who were guests al the old tavern in their
time and sat around ifs blazing pine stump
fires on sharp Soyemier nights comparing
notes on this and that shot Of the days sport
and planning tn sport of 10 day that was
TO begin soon a. the heayins sea, which they
could hear laundering on the sands few rods
on, began to put on the lrst cold. slaty CLINT
Of dawn; Just as likely sf not the sturdy
before old TnSCie Bill's swapping fire History
has afforded Instances of such thing hap
taverns along the shore where hunters con-
gregqted, and where they suil con gresate
well, the name, of these old boys of long
ago are there, now on the old hotel registers,
with the number Of birds each OF them Killed
their owners put them down. they are; but tho
ink Is pale and faded now and the warm hearty |
% si R Ga to due SaS S5'
name Is among the rest, Very fond OF fishing |
and shooting, and the honest Out-of-dOOr life |
that goes with both. was he and there Is a |
tradition that he. too. could take a hot toddy |
on occasion, and cen lift w In rollcking cho- |
out In tue senate Chamber with words that |
moved mems hearts through2ut all the land,
changed from the Bauegat OF half a century
ago. To be sure, a railroad now runs down |
the narrow srip OF sand That separates par u from
cottages where there was only here and there,
at intervals OF many miles apart some hunters
the railroads and the cottages have not wrought
any very great change IA the general aspect
bic Of the sand dunes with the surf crashing
at their feet, The dark waters Of the bay
with their som6re mainland iriage, OF pine
through generations gone and forgotten knew
them. The Ash and the wild fowl come aud
by Of both seem TO keep up irrespective OF the
swarms OF hunters and fishermen who from
early spring TO late November haunt the bay.
There are seasons Of course, when the game
or some variety Of II, Is on and there are
as in some other seasons. But the average
keeps up just about the same. Probably there
are as many birds and as many kinds OF
there were In the days when Daniel Webster
and his Crones were wont to come down |
here In the season.
Even now the hunters are at IT, As you sail
down the bay you hear the crack Of their guns
along the shore on both the seaward and tho
shooting now. 1t u an article OF faith with |
the hunters here that the New Jersey game
laws protect only the English snipe at this |
season Of the year. AT anything that files /
your way shoot. barring. of course. the fsh- /
hawk. There Is a heavy penalty for killing a
hshhawk-a penalty that practically T. I'M
necessary, for the hshhawk u protected by a |
shore superstition strong enough to keep him |
Immune from danger. To kill hShhawk IL |
to a true beachCOnber a. uncsnny a deed as |
was the killing Of the albatross to Coleridge's |
Ancient Mariner And then, too, you may |
not shoot ducks out OF season, but II will ba |
many a long week to come before a wild duck |
dips its web feet In Barnegat.
30 the birds that are nov along the bay shores |
are counted fair game by the hunters, with |
practically nothing to protect them save the |
hot weather. which makes hunting n more |
serious proposition than in the crisp, cool days |
OF the autumn. They practically are all Of the |
curlew. pover and snipe tribes, There i- the !
piping ploveT. the golden plover. the black |
breasted plover. the calico back. or brant Bird |
the brown marlin the sickle-bill curlew, ths |
jack ourlew, the robin snipe and the yellowleg |
All these birds are now found along the bay, |
and hunters are gathering them In plentlfully !
Notwithstanding the warm days that make |
snipins along the shore with = gun 20 carry |
something that strongly savors Of work In |
the reedy marshes Of the mainland 10 the west |
OF the bay they are shooting marsh hens and |
Virginia and Carolina rail birds.
IL was said above that the Canada geese !
practically begin autumnal shooting. 1t should |
be remarked however, that usually before |
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