Evening star., 1914-10-25
QUAIL ON TOAST
TO Be EXPENSIVE
Game Wardens of Virginia
Rigidiy to Enforce Laws
Protecting Birds.
WILL KEEP STRICT WATCH
ON SHIPMENTS TO CITY
Dealers Who Receive Game Liable
to Prosecution If Purchase
Is Illegal.

Quall on toast promises to be an ex-
pensive luxury this winter. 1t is not
because of the scarcity of birds in the
nearby states, it is stated. but because
of the promised rigid enforcement of
the laws against the shipping of game
from the states.
Birds are reported as being more
numerous than usual" said one sports
man. Game wardens and county Of
hcers to look after the gunners are
said to have been very largely in
creased. and it looks as if there is from
BILE in store for some of the non-resi.
dent gunners in Maryland and Nir-
ginia.''
Dealers in game are displaying more
interest in prospective shipments of
quail than heretofore. it is stated bc-
cause of the decisions by courts last
spring. The cases referred to wera
tried before Judge Henry c. Mcdowell
In Roanoke. Va. and several shippers
were fined.
Charges were preferred against ship
pers at several other places in Vir-
glnla, and several Washington con-
signees were called upon TO give testi-
mony. The Washington merchants
were also aWena bic under the EXPORT
law. II is stated. but were granted i'm
hhuhits IN consideration of appearing
as witnesses against the shippers.
Were First-Time Offenders.
III Is said that all the shippers who
were prosecuted were first time Of
tenders. and We're dealt with rather
leniently, some paying fines as low n,
$40. Trials started early in the spring
and have been tried from time to time
up to about two weeks ago. Court de-
cisions that consignees are liable to
arrest and trial for receiving birds
shipped here, it is stated will result
in some of them refusing to receive
any birds shipped from the Old Do
minion.
Matters in which shippers and mer-
chants are Interested present only one
side of the story. Sportsmen who like
to go to nearby states with their guns
and dogs and enjoy the sport are in
tereSted in the other side.
In Virginia the game law is very
simple and needs no disciple of Black
stone to give SunnerS idea of what
they can and cannot do. The law pro-
vides that quail may be killed east of
the Blue Ridge mountains from No
vember / until February l. West OF
the mountain range the season ends
January !.
A nonresident hunter is permitted to
take fifty birds out of the state if the
of the state are permitted to ship
eighteen birds as a gift to friend.
Sales of quail are prohibited at all
times.
Must Have Licenses.
The law provides a license fee of $40
for nonresident gunners, but the fee
does not have to be paid for rabbit and
sora shooting. Birds taken from the
state by nonresident must be easily
accessible to view, the law states, and
must be labeled with the name and ad-
dress of the person carrying them.
Referring to nonresident guests
shooting in Virginia, the law provides:
"A guest of landowner requires no
license if hunting on his hosts land,
with him or a member of his family.
provided his host receives no compen-
sation, directly or Indirectly.
The season for shooting rabbits opens
November l and closes February /.
James Z. Curley, state game warden
of Maryland, has issued an instructive
book giving the game laws of that
state. The game warden calls atten-
tion to what is known as the uniform
season law, passed at the last session
of the legislature. 1t provides that no
person snail shoot, catch. trap or kill
or gun or hunt for any partridge or
quail, English or Mongolian phea SAINT,
dark neck Bohemian pheasant, pleas
ant or ruffied grouse, rabbit. squirrel,
wild turkey, Woodcock or deer within
the state between December "a and No
vember 10, exclusive of both dates. nor
upon Sunday, or when the ground rs
sufficiently covered with snow to track
the birds or Other game
The state bag limit permits gunners
to kill in a day fifteen quail, six pheas-
ants or ruff1ed grouse, four English
pheasants, twenty-five doves, twelve
woodcock, twelve jacksnipc, twelve
rabbits, twelve squirrels and two wild
turkeys.
Game Shipment Prohibited.
Counties from which shipment Of
game is prohibited are Allegany, Anne
Arundel. Baltimore, Calvert, Caroline.
Cecil, Dorchester Frederick. Garrett.
Hartford, Kent. Montgomery. Queen
Anne, Somerset, Talbot, Washington.
Wicomico and Worcester. \ special act
relating to Montgomery county closes
the cunning season in that county De-
cember 20, and permits nonresident
gunners to hunt without license of
they have written permission of own
ers of land, where they do their hunt
ng.1Prince Georges county has slmi-
lar non resident provision.
License fees range from 81 for resi-
dents of some of the counties to S20.50
for non-residents. the highest sum be-
ing required in Prince Georges and ST.
Alarys counties. In Kent county the
license fee is $3.50, but guests of land
owners pay only $3.50.
Maj. Richard Sylvester. chief of police
and District game wardens is preparing
to notify members of the force and his
deputy wardens to enforce the game
law i'll the District of Columbia. The
law permits possession of quail and
ra bbits November I, but does not per-
init the killing OF such game in the
District of Columbia.
The game warden says he intends to
see to the prosecution of offenders
against the law. and during severe win
ter weather will see to the feeding of
the numerous covies of quail in the
District. The shooting of rabbits is
permitted only on permit. and then
only for the purpose of protecting
growing crops
1t is more than probable that officials
of the Department of Agriculture VIII
be on hand the first of the season t.
keep tab on dealers who may receive
shipments of quail from states IN
which the laws prohibit such ship
ments. 1t was by keeping watch on
the dealers and express companies last
season that they found the grounds for
many prosecutions.
Musical for the Blind.