Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17


he killed 200 quail over his ten-month-old
puppy "Cavac Daustone' son OF
Beau" He carried back with him to
| New York a possum and some rare odd
North Carolina mountain dew.
| Mr.. Joseph Hunter had tough luck on
his shooting trips this season. He made
two trips to his favorite grounds in North
each time. and only had few days
shooting, much to his regret and the
quairs advantage.
The great pointer Manitoba Rap. the
only pointer that ever won the national
championship, was recently sold by his
owner. Thomas Johnson of Winnipeg.
Manitoba, to a Tennessee sportsman for
$500. the record price for pointer on
the championship In 1909 his owner re-
| fused $4,000 for him. Manitoba Rap is
| now about six years old, and while his
field trial days are over, he should prove
| great stud dog for some years to come.
| A. p Myers of Georgetown is an en-
thusiastic setter fancier, and has one that
he thinks good enough to hold his own in
| field trials.
| Tom Baldwin has disposed of his good
dog Lord Buckingham to Mr.. Johnson
of this city. Buck" ran in the Laurel
trials last fall.
| Hawks at this season of the year play
| havoc with quails. The birds have very
| little cover and their natural enemy has
| an easy time picking them up whenever
| who lives on the Virginia side Of the Po-
tomac opposite Seven Locks, informed
the writer that one large covey on his
place had been exterminated by. hawks.
There are several small coveys left for
breeders, however.
| Mr.. Wells farm adjoins the tract re-
Gently purchased by Mr.. Joseph Letter.
| who, it is said. will convert it into a
handsome country home. Mr.. Wells says
that Mr.. Letter has had liberal supplies
Of grain distributed all winter for the
feathered inhabitants Of his neighbor-
hood. A most commendable act. and one
that is doing much to preserve the game
supply of the country.
That good shooting can be had in the
celestial emperor is it republics
shown in an interesting letter from
Commander r. H. Jackson OF the U. s.
S. Albany. writing from Shanghai under
date of January %. Mr.. Jackson says:
Here the shooting continues till March.
After that the spring shooting Of snipe,
which is at its best in April. The hunt
ing here (by here I really mean around
Marking. where I have been since No
| vember) brings a varied bag. One day
cock and two quail The hunter tramps
| through the cover and shoots whatever
| rises In addition to the game mention
ed. spipe. duck and pigeons are fire.
quently part Of the bag. OF course, the
| cock pheasant and the mallard drake are
| the prize game BIRDS I think that they
are the handsomest birds that fly. Set
| tiers do not thrive here: worms, burrs and
stickers disable them. Pointers do fair
| ly well, but there are few in the Yangtze
! thusiastic Nimrod, and wherever he may
be his spare time is devoted to shooting.
| Profs. Virgins, Foster and Willis Moore
to the contrary spring is coming very
soon. Field and Kennel has seen the
signs. Wednesday afternoon while walk
| ing within two blocks Of Sheridan Circle
| two woodcock were flushed immediat ely
| back of the William A. Mearns residence,
and, in frequent walks there, it was the
| first time they were ever seen. If further
proof that they We're travellers was needed
| they furnished 1t by rising high in the
air and flying due north. Sunday he saw
| a ground squirrel and next week expects
| the robins Weather sharps can't beat
| this combination
| The Rutherford Montague bill for the
preservation and conservation of game in
| Virginia was defeated by the narrow mar
| gin of six votes in the house of delegates.
/ The measure was a good one in many OF
/ it's features, but in others 1t was too
4 stringent Many Washingtonians do their
shooting in Virginia and the3 writer has
heard a number Of sportsmen-true
spontaneously that its provisions would
prove too exa citing for non-residents. Its
advocates wanted to accomplish too much
the present game laws in force. 1t Is to
be hoped that the emergency bill which
ended the open season January l instead
of February 1 was made permanent.
! Kentucky, on the other hand. passed an
| entirely new game law. Its provisions are
not known in detail. but we are informed
| that it is very much the same law as the
one lost in Virginia.
! We do not know how Mr.. John H. Wal
| lace, jr.. state game and fish commits
| sioner Of Alabama, gets his figures. but
| they are certainly interesting. He says:
! Formerly an army of not less than
| 10000 armed men roamed the fields and
| forests Of Alabama each day from the
LIST Of September to the list of October.
| and killed not less than 100000 quail
each year, of value to the people OF Ala
bama>to the princely sum Of s.. 600.
There were shipped under old conditions
4 not less than one-half million OF live
birds each season from the state.''
One OF the worst miscarriages OF Jus
i tice'' that has ever come under the
/ writer's observation occurred on the IA
nous "1Ol ranch" in Oklahoma fey
years since. family OF coyote wolves
| had done considerable damage to young
stock, and various attempts to destroy
them had failed. In riding over one OF
/ the pastures where the wolves had been
\ operating some of the cowboys found a
dead horse very close to water tank,
and decided to poison the carcass with
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