The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1901-03-09
SPORTS.

The expert witnesses In the case of Skog-
lund W. Whitney, on trial in New York;
should be summoned from Havre de Grace
or Talbot county. Mrs. Skoglund was Mrs.
Whitney's cook. She was helping the kitch-
en- maid to SINCE r-dhead ducks over an al
cohol fire when the maid overturned the
pan Of alcohol upon the cook and burnt her
severely. Now the cook wants Mrs. Whit
ney to pay SIS 600 damages. The work OF
smuggling reihead ducks does not belong to
the cook, ii was contended, and n more ex-
pert maid should have been provided to per.
form this delicate work There was gen.
eral discussion Of the proper way OF SINCE
ing the ducks in which bench and bar took
part. One expert witness declared II at uu-
less the singing is properly done the wisest
diner cannot distinguish between redheats
and canvas backs, and that, instead of pay
ing four or five dollars a pair for the ducks,
puddle ducks may "a we'll be bought. Here
in Mary land many people contend that u
canvasback or a redhead duck should not
be- singed at all. or course they are not
scalded. They must be picked dry, and some
cOphS say lIhl lucy SuDulu Ds pl'htu CItdu
and then kept In a hot oven just % minutes
On the Eastern Shore those who SINCE the
pin feathers off use newspaper OF dry grass
to make quick blaze 1t is objected to
singeirg that the flavor of the duck is i'm
paired by the operation. A good many
people affect to like wild ducks almost raw.
Perhaps if they are to be eaten raw they
should be eaten also with the feathers on
them. But there Is reason In cooking red
head and canvasback ducks, just as there is
reason in roasting eggs. Baltimore Sun.
Wild ducks have almost ceased to frequent
the waters of the Choptank river. 1t is not
many years since the extensive flats In the
broad bays that sweep from Cambridge to
Cooks Point afforded some of the finest duck
shooting in the Chesapeake region. Begin
ming with Hambrook's bay, fronting what is
now known as West Cambridge, the hunter
had choice of shooting grounds that ex.
tended fifteen miles westward to the Chesa-
peake.
In those DAYS such estates as Hambrooks
Sandy Hill, Horns Point, Castle Haven and
Cooks Point were almost International In
their fame as shooting boxes. But 1t ia
doubtful II the most skilful duck hunter
could in tbese days secure enough birds to
his gun to make the sport worthy OF atten-
ton. Where there use to be countless
thousands Of ducks and many geese feeding
throut bout the entire shooting season, one
can scarcely count dozen in week.
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The stake Jrogram for the next fall meet
ing at the G'ntlemen's Driving Park at Bal
tmore has been announced. This IL to be
one of the greatest series of race meetings
ever held in this section. for which they are
to be $4,000 for stakes and open races.
The Gent, mems Driving Park program
follows:
First Day.-Tuesday, September Pa IS
! class trotting; stake, II 600.
Second Wednesday. September rs
2 Is class pacing; stake, $1,000.
Third Day Thursday, September &c
2.20 class; stake. $1,000.
Fourth Day.-Fridav, September 27-2 80
class. pacing; stake, 1000.
This quartet of stake events is likely to be
among the contests that are expected to in
dnce to this section the best harness horses In
h. country.
Other big meetings are to be Electric Park
Plmiico, Prospect Park and Timonium.