The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-11-02
GUNNERS AFIELD
ON OPENING DAY
Too Many Sportsmen Spoil
the Sport.
ALL GAME PLENTIFUL
Large Coveys Of Partridges Found Near
City Boundary Hunt
ing Dogs.
ALL GAMEPLENTIFUL

the cunning season for partriGges,
rabbits, pheasantss woodcock, and kin
cred game opened la the District Of Co
lumhla. and most OF Maryland and Viz
slnia, yesterday.
Washingtoniaus Who went out in
. quest OF game yesterday say the sport
swas eEceneuJ. bEC no big bags were.
reported because or the many Eunners
who were OUT Back Of Ben
ming the nimrods were as plentiful as
old maids at e. quilting bee, and eunners
VINO lad sighted game were often rob
Ded OF a shot by amateurs laundering
into CoTey OF parJTidges.
C0veys Near M Street.
Several large coveys had been discov-
cred near NJ Street extended. In North
east and this was the Mecca for many
OF tho huntsmen- big little. black and
white, who greatly amused the veteran
gunuers. They We're there with shot
guns, Floberts fox terriers. bull dogs.
and other CANNES capable of finding only
dead birds or soup bone.
e H. ~ il-i-tlis. a sportsman OF south
easr spent the daE shooting in that
nei5nporaoCor and brought home nine
quail lie failed DO sighE "a rabbit. and
saw only one Woodcock- SAYS 8Ir VIII
Hams who has been cunning regularly
Tor about name years.
Game Plentiful.
There are an the prospects ia the
orld for a good cunning season around
aslington. have looked over ali OF
hunting grounds around the CItv
while getting nay dogs iu condition. and
have not seen so much game since be-
fore The blizzard of ls5s Yesterday 1t
was almost impossible 10 shoot very
many birds on rabbits because OF 1Ee
great number OF Euuuers and sF1uId-be
5--Aets VINO were out There was plesl-
- ~ game blt there We're too many
persons 20 s-ooL IT,. ana c0nseII eu-ly
everyone had 70 be- content with small
snare
''No matter how plentiful game Is
around Washington and lu The nearby
counties ot Maryland an1 Virginia. the
shooter has one gEeat lEaH JalE That
y posted l1Ea5. one may start up a
Convey or a rabbit and after getting one
shot az lne paIEllEes ana possibly kill
luE one or two le is often unable 10
follow them and get another shot. as
against cunning and the birds are apt
40 settle ou the forbidden. tract have
been cunning around washing tom Iur at
least eight years. and have lost many q
bird ana rabbit by lI5 seeking shelter
in farms where suuuHls is not allowed
Don't Destroy Property.
Ordinarily "a farmer he's 40 objection
10 persons shooting on his place it they
take care not 10 destroy his crops OF
UroueTtv- but there are great many
persons who go cunning who WiI shoot
anything with feathers or hair. one
weakness OF some or the negro guuuers
is 90 shoot chickens. Last fan I asked
permission 0f "a farmer 10 stir up q
cogeV OF partrldses which had flushed
into hls grounds. Nlich were posted
was granted and la "a CauEer-at iUU with
m- be said LEaL Ie had no objection
whatever ro persons shooting on his land
81 they d-a mot harm his property The
year before. ne informed me- Bg0dly
portion of l5s late crJT= was ruined,
and many Ct U-= chickens had been shot.
i have found that nine lu every tal
farmers take the Same view. 100 not
harm tlelr property and they haEe Eo
objection 90 you going on their land
went out iu quest OF the IealneIed seu-
try and the c0ttontal yesterday. j 90
feii y0u of au incident 4 encountered yes
ferday Things got rather slow with the
numerous EulGrF- where was and Z
heard frequent shooting trom the l'-
rcctIou 0I tle Reform school 0a tho
EaldeusbuTg Road. j followed che sound
north OF tle Reform school grounds
reached the scene of action and found
four negroes merlllV blazing away al
G5czers and larzs. i asked them what
they had ana they replied no teen pat
LTloges. exhibiting proudly before mas
eyes bunch 0f the skiuulest larlzs and
EieEeFs u ever lai4 my eyes on"
Three on -FOUR days from now cunning
wiu be an irs best. a5 1y that time the
and there Wiu NOT be 80 many people iu
lhe geld and marsh.