Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-04-24

| Every ono Of the sixteen members OF
the Order of the White Elephant who
| responded to the call for a planked-shad
dinner at Happy Home Club last Sunday
was much in evidence. but Thomas
Waddy, who did the planking, was looked
upon as being the most important one
In the party.
Leave your fishing tackle at home"
was the injunction of Elwood w. Mcln-
tire, chief trunk, while Scribe Theodore
Delavigne was on hand to blacklist every
member who brought a hook and line to
the vicinity Of the steaming shad.
| And not a hook and line appeared,
was his report.
! Gus Lohse did not have to carry tackle
with him. He knew where there was plenty
Of fishing paraphernalia in the clubhouse.
he said. and would have vioiated tne
chief trunks injunction had 1t not been
| that there was high wind blowing and
| no fish to be caught
who wants to go fishing when planked
shad are staring him in the face?, asked
| the scribe of some of the more falth1ul
anglers.
Delavigne admitted that the fish in the
river did not have any attraction Tor
him. He was more than satisfied with
the outlay of Potomac shad that Capt
D. " Chisholm and others were willing
to claim the credit of having caught of
the clubs shore.
Its not SO much matter Of where
they were caught said the scribe. "as
it is who does the planking-Tom
Those who enjoyed the outing were Ell
wood w McIntre. Theodore Delavigne
Gustave I.ohse, Thomas Waddy. NJ. A
Carr. D. J. Cushman. 5. l. Folsom, a
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Wolfe, Frank Smith. Charles B. Gard
ner, John T. Waddy. A. F. Cogswell and
Capt. D. " Chisholm.
It was Capt Billy Hettingers birthday
celebration that attracted an appreciative
party of friends to the home Of the Glebe
Club, situated on the west bank OF the
Patuxent river at Mount Calvert, last
Sunday.
The member of the club whose birth.
day was to be celebrated was escorted
| to the shore of the Patuxent river Sat
urday afternoon, going early in order
to make certain that shad enough
would be caught to satisfy the appe-
the next day.
A small haul seine, operated from the
shore in front of the club, brought In 8
good supply of big roe shad. The fish
were prepared overnight, so that Lloyd
Brooke. who did the planking, had easy
going Sunday morning.
Turtle soup, clam chowder and spring
vegetables were served with the fish
table heard the Chesapeake Beach trair
nearing the station they felt that they
would be able to fast for a week. Capt
Hettinger's guests were John A. Rooms
Charles Kalbfus, Louis Hodges. Will
liam Kane. William Hyland, Harry
Luckett. John A Rupert. William
Martin, Fred Baumann, Chat Towers
John McGrath, Harry Mauldin. Johr
Tancill, William DAILY. Mr.. Handy
oger geoEse se s9mas rs1
Russell Baker, Philip Darr. ]. Heath
Taylor. Bert Brown. William Geiger
Samuel Moore and John Nally.
who enjoys fishing for small-moutf
bass, but who will try his hand at any
other fishing in season, is paying g
great amount of attention to the ques-
ton of protecting the small-moutt
terested DR.. Hugh NJ. Smith, commits
sioner of fisheries, in the matter, ant
hopes to induce the Maryland game
warden to take a hand in it in the nea
future
1t is thought that the game warder
has not ample funds at his command tt
give the matter attention all along thu
river, and Mr.. Bowie suggests thai
some of the enthusiastic sportsmen make
timony against alleged violators of the
law.
ut will not require much of an out.
lay" he said, 'and a few small contri.
of bass from being taken from the
water during the closed season.
"All we will have to do is to get the
evidence and turn it over to the game
warden" he added, land at the mex,
meeting of the grand jury have the
guilty ones indicted
White perch fishing has not been ac
tive during the past few days. Some
anglers had good luck, however while
others remained on the river Ions
enough to become disguised.
.one trouble with persons who EMO,
white perch fishing" said Will T
Reynolds, lis that they will not move
from place to place often enough.
III you try the game at one place
ana don't succeed" he said. make 8
move to another spot. and If you cam
catch perch there give the Mississippi
catfish a trial.
Will Reynolds says he is unable tt
understand why fish are not more
plentiful. Several anglers suggested
mat cloudy water is what is necessary
but Reynolds says it is the fish and MOI
the water that is necessary.
Sergt. J. a. Williams member of the
police squad at the White House, ant
MS SUI, rNooeTl n. " llllamS OF the GOV.
eminent printing office, had interestin.
stories to tell when they returned from
an outing on the river above Fetch.
ier's.
Father and son had dav Off Bott
are fond of the sport, and, eouippet
with a supply Of bloodworms, the,
went in a boat to point short dis.
lance below Chain bridge.
We had not been there long before
the fish came along" said the father
and in few minutes they came SC
them from our hooks
ut was case of three at time" he
added ~
When father and son had exhausted
fneir bait and went ashore, they stated
they had a count of SOC white pcrch
And fully l2o of them were hi.
ones said the father
Everett Humphrey. {. II. Harbin. Z
10. Rarteinan and Albert Hardin made
extensive preparations for a weekend
outing on the PatuXeut river near Hills
bridge. The PatuXent river is regard
ed as one of the best fishing streams
in this section. especially the lower end
during the season for saltwater fish
ing.
But it is too early for saltwater
we went to the upper end
Albert Hardin was uncertain as to
what he had on his line when some
thing put up q strong tug of war In
opposition to him. It proved to be a
big swapping turtle, big enough for a
pot of soup. Barteman said. and trou-
blesome enough to interrupt Hardin s
sport for nearly an hour.
| c. II. Hardin caught string of TWEEN
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