Evening star., 1914-11-28

| Ward Savage and J. J. Byrne visited
William c. Hefiin on his farm near the
I Potomac river about six miles from
| Leesburg. Va. this week. Savage went
| to the river to get one more look at
| Masons island, while his companion
| went along to try his hand at cunning.
! Birds were plentiful" said Savage.
| There were thousands of sparrows and
| scores of doves flying about US. Spar
rows are not worth killing, and who
| would shoot a dove?
In the first place" he added. they
| are too pretty to kill. and in the sec
ond place it's against the law to
| slaughter Them
| Savage foud that Masons island was
! in the same old place.
Water on both sides of it." he said,
| and tioes of thin ice between the
| island and the mainland. It's the pref
tiest place on the Potomac however,
| and some day hope it w,Il De mine.
| Monday the high wind interfered
with the gunners. The birds sought Sc
| cluded places, the gunners stated. and
even the rabbits managed to keep fair
| ly well out of sight Tuesday the
weather conditions We're better and
| more game was in evidence.
| Six quail, two rabbits, several Squir-
rels and an assortment OF small hame
filed the game bag of the hunters, and
John w. Hurley was sadly disappoint-
ed when he found that the left hind leg
had been shot off each rabbit. He had
been promised such a leg from a Ma
sons island rabbit.
l.. T. Sterick, one of the most en-
| thusiastic anglers and gunners in this
city, and T. c. Malone have returned
from an interesting cunning trip to
Ashland. Hanover county, Va, and
the trip, they stated, would have been
| decidedly more interesting had the
ground not been so dry.
The sportsmen went to a place four
teen miles west of the railroad station
in order to get where city gunners
| were not numerous and where they
thought they might find both large and
small game.
I'VE were prepared for everything
from a deer to Bird said Sterick.
I'VE a deer. but didn't get it.
However, we got the bird.
The ground was SO dry that the dogs
were unable to pick up a trail and fol-
low 1t. said the gunners. and even the
branches were dry. They managed to
get los rabbits and &c quail.
And we would have killed more than
we could have carried said Sterick, IF
the ground had been moist
One morning the dogs trailed two
deer for fully two hours, and that aft
ernoOn Sterick was within fifteen feet
of deer. but did not get a shot at it.
He was waiting to get a shot at quail,
he said, and when the birds came his
way he shot two of them. Hearing a
noise behind him, he turned and saw a
deer going in the other direction, the
report of the gun having frightened it.
W. o. Beasley and ]. II. Carroll spent
four days in the vicinity of Woodford,
Caroline county, Va, seventy miles
from this city, and killed varied
sortment of game. The gunners went
to Virginia as guests of LIE Roy Poats.
uncle of Beasley, and had an enJoya bic
trip.
1t is stated that several members of
the Poats family, residents of different
counties of Virginia, are rated as being
among the best Sunners in the Old Do
minion, and some of them enjoy the repu-
| tation of being the best turkey hunters
in the state.
Beasley and Carroll spent three days
in the country. The weather was fine
and game was plentiful They succeeded
in killing sixty-seven quail, forty-two rab-
bits, four pheasants, three opossums, two
turkeys and two coons.
William f. Duin and John W. Hurley
visited Weverton, Nd, Sunday morning
in an effort to repeat their big catch
three weeks ago
But there was nothing doing said
Dulin.
George w. Leopold. their boatman. was
i on hand when the anglers reached
Weverton. and Il few minutes later the
three men were on the river. A high
wind appeared and it was almost iInpos-
sible for the anchor to hold.
Each angler had one strike. Neither
was able to land fish, however, and on
| account of the wind they made an early
return. A few days warm weather is
what is needed for bass fishing, the
| anglers stated.
THE water was so cold,' said Hurley,
| that it chilled the bait and made them
| too sluggish to attract the bass
Lieut.. J. W. Meyers of No. II engine
| company, T. c. Meyers and c. A. Mey-
ers have returned from two-day gun
| ming trip to the country near Culpeper,
| Va.
1t was only about month ago that
| the lieutenant and one of his brothers
went to Benedict, Charles county. Md,
| on fishing trip and startled the an
glers there with one of the largest
catches of the season.
| And their trip to Virginia netted
| them a fine lot of game, remarked
James SprinSman, who spoke advisedly.
The weather could not have been bet
| ter, the gunners stated, and game WAS
plentiful enough to make the trip en-
| joyable. The trio returned with thirty
two rabbits and fourteen quail
James NJ. Wood and S H. Watson, the
| latter a resident of Florida, went to
| Charles county. Md. last week to at
tend a democratic gathering. and while
there they varied the monotony of country
| life by going to the fields with guns and
dogs :, s ,u..,: ,uo,t~ ..,
Wood rabbits and quail were plenti-
full on land and there were hundreds Of
| ducks in sight on the river.
| But he added, I'VE had no boat in
| which to go after the ducks, but We did
manage to get plenty of rabbits and
BIRDS
| Charles r. Holman and Edward A.
| Strac achan, spending the week end at
| Aqua creek, spent the greater part Of
! one day in an effort to kill wild tur-
i key.
Incidentally said Holman, I'VE went
, prepared for rabbits. Strachan got
| shot at a turkey, but the big bird fail
| ed to stop.
| "But,' he added. several rabbits stop
ped
| W. B. Crapster spent his week end at
| Travellers Rest, Aqua creek, and was
| on the river part of one day. He was
one of several anglers who tried their
| luck Sunday. and his string of fish con-
sisted of eight bass and pike.
! Pretty good string of fish for so late