The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1914-12-28
A FINE CUNNING TRIP.
Editor of This Paper Enjoys Outing
In Drawbridge District-Walked a
Thousand Miles, More or Less.


In Drawbridge District-Walked q
Thousand Miles, More or Less.
The editor of this paper took his
annual cunning trip last Tuesday, ,and
returned to Cambridge that night
well loaded down with game, particu-
larly partridges, although he did not
violate the law in regard to the num-
ber a single hunter may shoot. He
left Monday afternoon and went to
the home of Mr.. Daniel J. Wiley, in
Drawbridge district, where he spent
the night, and bright and early the
next morning, with Mr.. Wiley and
Mr.. r. Ward Hughes, he set out for
Chances Island, where they had been
informed there were two large COW
eys of birds. The distance across the
marsh to this island is about two
miles, but as we trudged it through
the half frozen marsh, going in at
times past the ankles, it seemed like
about six. After hunting over
| Chances Island, walk across the
marsh, along very perilous path, for
an amateur, brought the party to
Guinea, but as the prospect there
did not seem very alluring,the return
trip was made to Chances Island by
a different route, which came near
being disastrous to the Editor, as
there were a number of places that
were about to the top of the boots
which he had borrowed for the oc-
casion. After getting on Chances
for the second time, rabbit was
started, and after a fusillade of shots
by Capt. Ward, the Editor and Capt.
Dan, the animal was finally crippled,
and the Editor started out to run it
down, but owing to the fact that
he was nearly winded, and the ami
NAL only crippled, he did not get a
chance to whack it over the head
with his gun barrel as he, apparent
ly, intended.
His first bird this season, or any
other,was brought down on Chances;
the bird arose close to him, and as it |
winged its flight across the edge of |
the marsh, toward safety, the crack |
of his hammerless gun, also borrow
ed for the occasion, was heard, and |
the bird dropped; the glory Of this
victory was somewhat dimmed by
the fact that Capt Ward also fired. |
and while he claimed not to have
touched the bird, still there was a
bare possibility that he did hit it. |
Upon the return trip homeward, a |
bunny jumped from under bush |
and started scampering across the |
path of the hunters, but before the |
Editor could get his sun off of his
shoulder and aim at the fleeing ami |
NAL, Capt. Ward hid ended it's ca
reer with a well-aimed shot, but
an indication of th eondition, of tn
members of the party, the ~EditSf
put it in his bag, as Capt. Ward said |
ne really did not feel like carrying it.
After a bountiful dinner at the
home of Mr.. Wiley, we started out |
again, and got up a coveYof birds;
The Editor took a shot at/the bird on |
his side, and down it dropped, just
as pretty as - anne warden Trego, !
President Lee LeCompte, of the Game
or FMnk E. Butler, had |
shot it, but thiy one was spoiled by
the fact that Ward also had shot at
It, thus dividIng the honors of the oc-
casion. BM as this coyey was fol-
lowed INFO the branch a single bird |
arose, And before Ward or Dan
could /draw bead on it, the Editor
raised his gun, pulled the trigger,
and with a graceful dip the bird fell |
within few feet of the spot from
which it arose; there We're no divid-
ed honSrs on this occasion.
About half-past four o'clock, tired,
foot-sore, and in more or less physi-
Cal distress, the party turned home
ward, and after again eating heartily
the return trip was made to Cam
bridge, but this time the honors were
rot in the killing of rabbits nor
squirrels, but in bringing down the
quail as they winged their way across
open places, in branches, marshes,
thickets and fields.
We had, as Col. Roosevelt would
say, bully" time, and our only re-
gret was that Messrs. Murphy and
Bradshaw, who were members of the
party last year, could not be with us
upon this occasion, but if nothing
happens next year, we will try adm
arrange the trip so that they can go,
and, in the meantime, all those fell
lows want to practice up, for, with
the improvement shown during the
past year, there is no telling what
we may do next year.
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