The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-08
Sportsmon No Longer Roam
Virginia Fields.
POSTEDL AND'WlRE FENCES
The Absence Of Robins Causes Muck
Comment They Fly Northward
And do not Stop Even for Food. si
Fishermen at Work


In times agone, In good old ante belums
days. and then UP until a comparatively
few years ago, sport with rod and gun5
was something to be INDUCED in by every
} body. The little negro, with his big mus
5kpt his daddy's property. decided to him (
lanky "squa' al dog, exercised his prerog-s
iativc Of ''toting gun and making warm
times for Molly Cotton" Just as we'll
as his former master ever CHASED fox 4
on the back OF q blooded colt to the
music OF a pack Of hounds in days "a fob y
de wah."g The heart beats quick and ones
breast sHells with emotion at the loss of i
those good times, 80 strikingly portrayed 4
BY Richmond's artist king the rem ownedt3 a
as we'll as beloved, Polk Miller. Il.
All these conditions are changed, and
I In their stead you find the farm lands
t''posted" slsns, and henrned in by, not
only selfish owners and overseers, but
State laws as strict as those prosecuting
the crime Of lnIrder. S.Sa
az Trespass on one Of these abode5 OF thu !;
agrioylturist IL you please ana watch the (
brings sposted' I to your attention, very
often q load OF shot for your dog, and 4
oftentines, H. extreme cases. load OF
shot, as well as sulphurous invecttves fo1
yourself. sF q
B II this lbe progressive farming, well 4
y
Dixie; if this be sup ida tedness, tho1
the Ola Dominion Is out Of date and for-S
ever q n1oss-bAck; II this be hospitality
then Virginia has lost the art, Submerged
beneath q gulf OF personal greed. 81 S95s
Ana yet these conditions actually pre-
vail, for farnaers and planters would ,jusJ
( As much expect you to shoot one Of their5
sbarn-yard fowls as to hunt on their do.$.
mains without permission: take q pot-shot
1t their turkeys as ct the covey OF par}
tr1dges which may happen to seek cover
on their land. All one can DO IS to keep
straight down '.the middle Of the road, Il
and await q chance shot at bird 81
rabbit found on the Unrestricted domaine \
..of Governor Montague. 5ss3 M
RoB1Ns DO NOT STOP IS
The absence OF robins from this vici.S
nifty this season Is 4 cause 81 no iittg
tie comment. Tho toothsotne red breast
has been quite conspicuous BY his absences 4
And regretted no little by those who love i.
their song as welt as their flesh. Huge
3flocks have been noticed soaring htel In Il
the blue vault OF heanen with heads points
ed due North, not 9yen stopping to OBJ
4 tain d supply Of food on their migratory 4
flight from the Sunny Southland OF thain
birth. q & "a 81 81 Din t3t sIS1S
4 Tho fishermen have reaped the hrst
benefits from their arduous lahors IL GET
soma good hauls Of shad and herring have
been reported. It Is learned hers tha,ts
( Shipments from Gloucester Point S'whnrf
have, amounted i to as 1igh as one hun
dred barrels or more 81 sllad during 5thag
Z last OF the past weelt3 md I first Of the
one just gone, when roe shad were quoted
ut one dollar apiece, and bucks at fifty
cents This is only q short-liyed prosperi-S
ty for the fisherman, Tor IN q week Of 4
two shad win be low IN pt.ice and plenti.Ss
ful In quantity. It IS no unusual thing
for a fine roe shad to sell for fifteen cents
tair-sised bucks as low as five to eight /