Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-10-09
FIFTY YEARS AGO
IN THE STAR

the marshes near this city.
sparse 1t appears from the follow
Snort ing paragraph printed in
0PoIt' The Star of oc+oh.r i. ,s,,o
That the same complaint was heard half
century ago
This season has rot been as extern
siNe'y eHJo!ed by the amateur sportsmen
OF the city as those rast The old sports-
men VINO ior haIf century have scarce
~ missed season have let this go. aud
have thereby given opportunity for an
increase in game in the season of 1861.
Those who have been to the cunning To-
calities report the game i'm excellent con-
dlt1on. though not as plentiful as in
years past. Indeed. it cannot be exuected
that it should be, for as soon as the sea-
son arrives the fields and marshe, are
peopled with gunners, pre- fessonal and
amateur who seldom allow a bird 10
pass i'm range Of their PIECES. Though
the reedbfrd and ortolan are plentiful in
the marshes it is with difficulty that they
can be approached, and duck and plover
are rareties. where a few years ago they
were abundant. The rapid growth of the
city, the Improvement Of the fields by
the erection CT many squares of dwell
ings within few years, OF course, had
much to do with driving away the choice
game. 1t has not been a quarter of a
century since the entire area of what is
now Swampoodle was a sporting range,
and the Mall from the Capitol grounds to
the mouth of the Tiher was another. and
plover. snipe, small ducks. etc, were
abundant"
:;
the name of Baron Renfrew. arrived in
Washington Wednesday.
Baron October 3, 1850, and The
n Star of the next day
NenlIe". printed a long descrip-
ton of his reception, in part as follows:
st having been announced that Baron
Renfrew and suite would probably ar
rive in this city about o'clock yester-
day afternoon in special train from
Baltimore. some time previous to that
hour large gathering had surrounded
the depot. occupying all available points
and all apparently determined TO secure q
front view of his royal self and suite.
Not only was this the case at the depot,
but large numbers had assembled all
y
ensigns were displayed from various
prominent points along the route. and the
balconies, windows and sidewalks were
filed with ladies, duly provided with
white handkerchiefs. whereWith to wave
a welcome to the prince.
Baron Renfrew, unattended was the
first to alight from the car. and as he
stepped forth and walked along the plat
form he attracted the attention of all
those near the railing. 1t was not long,
however. before he was joined by the
Duke of Newcastle. Earl St. Germans,
resentative near the government of the
United States, and other members of the
suite. who accompanied Baron Renfrew
along the platform to the large hall of
the depot. where Mr.. Secretary Cass was
introduced by Lord Lyons to the royal
guest, Mr.. Cass saying that he had the
pleasure in the name of the President OF
the United States of welcoming his lord
ship to Washington and by his permits
sion would accompany him to the eXecu-
though tastefully appareled in a full blue
frock coat, dark gray mixed pantaloons,
cut in the English style: black silk hat
and maroon-c olored gloves. No jewelry
was visible about his person. On alight-
ing from the cars he seemed embarrassed
and appeared to be not quite at ease
even after entering the carriage
There was much disorder in the streets
Of Washington during the visit 6f the
prince, owing to the in
Visiting adequacy of police ar
u..a1,, rangements. it being at
"nAS' times impossible to re.
the spaces reserved for the royal party
Tn 0th h.
turbed on this occasion, as evidenced by
the following paragraph printed in The
Star of October ), 1860:
Upon great occasions the freedom
of the city is sometimes extended to dis
tinguished visitors by the municipal au-
thorities. Whether this course has been
adopted by our city officials toward all
the hawks that followed the royal party
to Washington We do not know, but one
thing was apparent yesterday. last night
and this morning, and that was the per-
feet freedom which seemed to be en-
joyed by hem. A gang of
Baltimore shoulder-hitters passed up and
and Indecent language. perfectly, regard
less of the law and unchecked by Off
Gals. At night they were driving about
in coaches. singing and yelling, and max
ing night hideous, but they were undis-
turbed. This morning gang of knucks
were going up and down the streets. and
took no care to hide their weapons. At
an early hour they took their breakfa SITS
under the porch Of the Bank of Wash
ington building. from whence they were
followed by a detective officer not in the
city employ. A number of fights came
off during the early part of last night
and no arrests were made"
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