The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-11
HUNTING SEASON OPENS TODAY
Woods and Fields Throughout State Alive With NimrOds- Many NewarkHs Take
TO the Irai=Game Plentiful.

from the cellars by men who had trapped
them and sent u market without any
protest or restraint.
Every farm house in North Jersey has
its city guests with baying hounds and
rangy bird dogs and between the pursuit
of game and the mix-ups with the land
owners who have posted their places and
are on the spot with muZzle leaders to
keep tresspassers off. like In the woods Is
one sweet dream. and promises this year
TO furnish much material for nature takers
of all kinds. and essays on wild Animals
/ Have Conquered" will be heard In every
place of business where one of the en-
ployees has tramped the Jersey hills In
their regal autumn dress and missed every
thing he pulled a trigger on.
In all portions of the State Newarkers
will be well represented on the hunting
fields. the number of gunners leaving this
city Saturday, Sunday and today broke
tons being packed with the shooters, their
paraphenelia and dogS-dOgs of all kinds
of colors and shapes, from the Virginia
hound, with his dropped eyes to the regal
thoroughbred setter with proud crest
and eager eyes and the nonscript of doubt
full lineage, who will hunt anything from
ground moles to bears. when be sees them
An amusing incident took place yester-
day In a party of gunners on Broad
street. while bound for the Lackawanna
depot. Captain Trave Bloodgood, of The
Tuesday Club, was leading six dogs on
rather long tethers, when suddenly the
dogs spied a cat near a fruit stand. All
six dogs started after the cat, and in a
Howard Potter was the first to fall. land
ing on the stand. B. A. Robinson was
tied In a knot by three of the dogs, and
Bob Potter was fastened to a pole. Fred
Meyer tried to save himself, but landed
in the peanuts. In a second guns and grips
went s~prawling, and before the fracas was
over all hands were tired out. The party
consisted Of Mr.. and Mrs. B. A Robin
an, DAL1-A T1AfA~ Tr1rrord L EiaI1ip0
Howard Potter, Trave Roodgood. Fred
Meyer. Benny Robinson and George Rob-
inson. They will hum over the Jenny
Jump Mountain and stop at Buttzville.
get a start were Supreme Court Judge
Gummere. Police Judge Charles Herr. Dr.
l. d. Ward, Joseph 9, Mqndy, Joseph M;
BY BygTnes', j. ! M; a,s s,omeEzy srs Robert r. Isase
Talbot, S. W. Keon, B. 3. Liacler, W. II.
TroTbridgSei Harry Smith, 4. CARPENTER
N. Baldwin, Harry w. ,Wambold; Henry
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r Hiiss :. II Il. n Rartlett +. I RId M; PEN r aee +,
il. n. surst, IF. Peli. c. B. Hughes, J.
R, Hepburn, r. r. Wicks, J. C.: Belllng-
ham; Nelson; schrofft, Van Dyke, R.
Mundy. f. 9. Runyon, William Lyons,
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", corlough, w; sutter. H H. Wells. 1.
GiiianI. Y. YgghgiaF L Wilson a.
Dyer, A. Basklie, G.: J.. Mossbacker, VIII
lam Winterbottom, H. Archibald, H. .Theo-
bald. F. A. Mott, jr.. w. n. French, Ira
II. Matthews, P. II. Greenwalt and R. D..
Rawson.
Cleveland Joins the Hunt. -.
For the first time since his recent illness
former President Grover Cleveland left his
home at Princeton early today, with his
son Richard and C. r.. Priest, OF Prince
ton. and will hunt rabbits over preserves
near his hon'.. The former President, It
is said. has fully recovered his health and
has the same humble spirit that has al
ways characterized him. He is not
ashamed To hunt the diminutive cotton
at the present draws the line at anything
smaller than a deer. and shoots herce
bears with the nonchalance of an every
day occurance.
gunners are leaving there on the Penn
grove and Salem branches, and further
adds that while game is plentiful, the
farmers have their land posted and V
organized to keep gunners off. There Is
trouble expected in that section, as the
game is that which has been put out by
the State. From Millvilie comes the re-
port that each train brings its compliment
VI ~ 49,
from Philadelphia and interior parts OF
Pennsylvania, and the game wardens and
their aides are watching closely for hunt
ers from other States who are running
down Jersey game without paying the $40
license fee that is necessary before a non
resident can pull a trigger in this State
on anything but wild water fowl.
Game Warden George Phifer. OF Cum
berland County, stated Yesterday that the
woods and fields of old Cumberland were
full OF bunnies and that the whirr of more
than one flock of plump big northern
quail had been heard by him this fall
Through Cumberland most of the land Is
posted and the ground leased to parties
by the owners by the week or for the sea
son. and in some places the farmers charge
a dollar a head TO hunt over their, iand.
This growing practise of prohibiting
shooting on any part Of the country
Throughout the State, and while it is
recosnized that an owner has a perfect
right to prevent trespassing on his land,
on the other hand 1t is pointed out that
most. OF the quail and partridge nov nov N
out by the State and that the game war.
dens who protects the game are paid out