Evening star., 1914-11-21

Rainy weather Saturday night and
Sunday. followed by cold and windy
weather Monday. was not appreciated
by many of the scores. of sportsmen
who had arranged weekend outings
with rod and gun.
81 was glad to see the rain, however"
said John w. Hurley, who seldom
, misses week end on the river.
1.-The water has been so low" he add
ed, that fishing has not been good, and
rain was needed to make the river
higher and not so clear, and I was
more than willing to forego a days
pleasure to get the improved condi-
tons"
R. f. Doyle. jr., having been for
tunate on several recent trips, would
not permit the bad weather to inter-.
fere with trip he had planned to the
Monocacy. He was on hand In the
rain, and flshed until he had landed
two large bass.
''and the other weighed nearly two
pounds"
Before returning he tried his luck
with a gun and managed to kill three
rabbits.
And bass and rabbit dinner is
worth eating" his father remarked the
day after the fish and game were serv-
ed on the dinner table.
Charlie Vanriswick made his way to
the tidal basin through the high wind
Monday night to give the fish trial
as soon after the rain as possible. 1t
was necessary for him to clothe him
self in his heaviest garments in order
to prevent suffering from exposure, but
A~1,s hi
fish, he said, was enough to keep him
warm.
Boarding the launch Beth r. early
Sunday morning, party composed or
Peter C. Schaefer, Frank Wall. Charles
NJ. Potteiger, Elmer Bailey, Charles
Harris, Richard A. O'Brien, James s.
OHagan, Herbert Puts, John w. Hur-
ley and Philip S. Warren made trip
down the river as far as Pennington.
at the head of Piscataway creek, TO
enjoy an oyster roast.
1t was only because of the rainy
weather that John w. Hurley and other
members of the party willingly aban-
doned fishing trips to attend the roast.
And it was not a roast. after all"
! remarked one of the party. There
| was too much rain falling to enable US
to start a fire to heat the irons, but we
| had oysters in every other style"
] Because of the high water at the
/ L
| the party to make Il landing. Anchor
was dropped some distance from
| shore, however, and the use OF ten
der enabled them to communicate with
| friends on the shore.
| Fried, stewed, steamed, on the shell
| and in cocktails were the different
| styles in which the oysters were pre-.
pared. The party of ten had good
| time, and late in the afternoon return
| ed home in the rain.
| Warwick Fur has returned from his
annual cunning trip in the vicinity OF
Fenton Daffer and Page Shepherd ac-
companied him on the trip.
| "There had been SO much dry weather
about the neighborhood OF North
! Fork said Furr. that the dogs were
| unable to scent the birds or trail the
| rahhits and we remained in the coun-
| try only two days.
| Rabbits are exceptionally plentiful!
Z, there this season. he added, but we
I saw only a few birds. because OF err
4 about the delay in the opening of the
/ cunning season, our trip was delayed.
l and l fear the people in the country
| thinned the birds before we arrived.
| The four sportsmen killed thirty-one
| rabbits, forty-one squirrels, five birds
| and one duck
| although we did not get a shot at 1t.
| The duck was big. tat mallard.
i The Bowie farm. near Pisgsh. Charles
1 county, Nd, was where Ringgold Hart.
| gunner and angler, spent a day the
rov Rodd. Duke Ferguson and Allison
/ Bowie were the other members OF the
party.
game in Charles county. said Ring-
gold Hart. "but the dav we were there
the ground was dry and high wind
:, was blowing, and it was almost I'M
possible for the dogs to do ANYTHING.
"And on the river the next day: ne
added, 'it was too calm for ducking:'
pecker. one flicker and one squirrel
We're bagged by the quartet.
/ Gum Springs, Loudoun county, Va.
was the destination of Joe Baur. Percy
Windsor and Paul Baur on cunning
trip Monday. The trio made arrange
ments to start for Gum Springs IN an
;automobile Sunday night.
at rained all day and the roads were
muddy" said Joe Baur. but we made
the trip over the rough and slippery
Skinner's farm for earlv sha 3tine.
rabbits were plentiful and.in splen-
did condition. the gunner added. hut
had doss and Tess ,ess mot
and small. due to the long spell of dr.,
The sportsmen killed thirteen rabbits,
Ia few birds. three squirrels and a crow
No turkeys were seen, but Skinner re-
lported having seen three of the big
birds earlier in the season.
Harry Pyemont and Bob Susan did
not remain at home last Sunday on
account of the rain. They are enthu-
sjastic anglers and the question OF a
little rain or wind never prevents them
from trying their luck.
"Fish are caught twelve months in
the year in the vicinity of Bennlng
lhridee." said Pyemont, "and that's
where we went Sunday to try our
luck, where we were sheltered from
the rain"
The anglers caught a long string Of
catfish and perch, they said, and prob
ably would have caught more had 1t
not been for the presence of such large
numbers of carp in the branch.
! ."rhe carp are so thick" said Pye.