Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-12

to have them" 1T doesn't require me to
furnish them Why doesn't it require
you to have them?" Because ! never
saw the blamed dog before. Good day.
And Officer Lake wheeled off. wearing a
smile that hasn't come off yet.
G. L. Nicolson Tom Baldwin and DR..
Snyder of Georgetown spent most OF
last week near Hancock Md. The trip
was more for the purpose of trying out
a couple Of young dogs Baldwin has been
handling for Mr.. Nicolson. and In this
| respect it was a success. for the puppies
number OF quail. one of which when
killed fell on the far side of the canal.
One OF the puppies jumped right in the
water and retrieved it like Chesapeake
Bay dog.
Mr.. s. H. Vandergrift of 18th street
recently purchased in Columbia, Tenn,
fine pair of well broken settlers for his
winter shooting. One is blue bolton and
one an orange Bolton. Mr.. Vandergrift Is
! a brother-fn-laW to Gen. Johnson, District
Comm ssioner.
| A visit to some OF the leading west-end
I markets leads to the conclusion that the
demand for quail far exceeds the supply.
| Everybody reports that they cannot Sc
| cure enough birds to fill their customers
| orders, although they are offering as high
| as 81 a dozen for choice birds. 1he sup
| son advances, but prices will continue
/ high.
| According to published reports District
/ Surveyor Hazen and Engineer Commits
| sioner Judson killed four dozen quails
| and seventy-f1ve rabbits on their hunt
| Do YOU recall the grace asked by the
| clergyman who, on visiting the country
for his health, was fed on too many rab-
bits and too few chickens?
Lord have mercy on ne all.
| We've had rabbits big and rabbits small
! Rabbits fender and rabbits tough.
And. . Lord, we've had rabbits enough.
or the story Of the Harvard graduate
and athlete who. becoming stranded IL
the west hired out as sheep herdcr.
him to pen his flock. Late in the after
noon the sheep owner asked him if he
had followed instructions. Yes, but
had a terrible time running down those
Lambs" said the owner; why there
are no lambs at this time Of the year.
Oh, yes there are. Come out and I'll show
them to you" Greatly puzzled. he went
out to the pens and to his astonishmen,
} found four painting, exhausted Jack rab
bits which the herder had run down or
foot and corralled!
asked for dsfnition Of derby and al
age" as applied to dogs, they appearin:
frequently in these notes. In a genera
sense a derby dog is a puppy undo
, two years of age. For field trial classifi
cation all puppies are whelped on tn
first day of January. A puppy whelpet
December 81 is one year older than on
whelped January 1. One whelped Jan
uary l, 1912, is eligible in derbies Of 131
, and 1913. In numerous instances pup
pies under one year Of age have run AM
in several they have won. Dogs of an!
age are eligible in ''all-age" stakes.
r. H. Leight, conductor on the Noun
Pleasant line. took few days off an
, | went hunting in Fairfax county. II
! brought back meat. too. In the form OF
fine wild turkey gobbler. He flushed fou
and bagged one. the first killed in tina
, | section i'm several years He report
quail fairly plentiful and rabbits galore
;, gentleman recently lost setter an
: advertised him, giving his address 70
: / answers. He has heard nothing of hi
D dog but has received several unsigne
postals bearing anti-vivisection label
$ and suggesting visits to the pound gov
|, eminent bureau of animal research. do
hospitals and other places where his pc
might have come to a horrible end. I'M
e is argument by suggestion. The oWne
| is a strong anti himself. but thinks III
4 dog is serving no scientific purpose. bu
has fallen into the hands OF PLAIN, or
binary dog thief
I From lack OF space in last Sunday
issue, the mention of the endurance rae
}, between the red native Campbell settle
. Joe jr.,' and the great Ilewellyn settle
V Gladstone" was not printed. Severa
+ supporters of the native strain have twit
e ted the writer with giving only tn
a Llewellyn victory. This match was rul
d December 1915 1879. near Florence, Ala
|, The match was for $500 side, dogs I
:. hunt from sunrise to sunset for two day
l successfully. points on quail alone I
. count. speed. style and range not bein
cid conditions were pel