Evening star., 1915-11-13

Bob Ferguson, caretaker and chef at
Lansdale Lodge, Moxley Point, Md,
last week delighted Capt. Charles T
Peck and Harry A. Cole on the occa-
sion of a weekend outing as guests
of the owner of the lodge.
We'll never forget the catfish
chowder and hot biscuits Bob served,
Cole said. when we had finished eat
ing it became necessary to lengthen
our belts"
Lansdale Lodge is attractively locat-
ed at Moxley Point, on the south shore
of Piscatway creek opposite Fort
Washington, and it has been the scene
of many a pleasant outing participate
in by the host and hundreds of friends
In the summer and fall Harry Lans-
dale always is able to have Ferguson
serve a fish dinner, while during the
fall and winter season wild game is in
order. Ducks and other river game
are plentiful, and even in the coldest
weather it is possible to get fish in
small nets.
Capt Peck and his companion were
Lansdale's guests for two days. They
did their fishing and shooting from
craft propelled by oars, the only kind
from which shooting is permitted.
Twenty-seven bass. a string of perch
and few pike were landed by the
enthusiastic sportsmen the first day
of their outing. while the second day
they took hand at cunning and killed
five ducks.
A J. SahdaIa and Capt John Smith,
the latter resident of HarPers Ferry
and an ardent disciple of Sir Isaac
Walton, participated in disappolntin2
week end trip on the Potomac and
Shenandoah rivers.
Il went after big fish," id the Wash
ington member of the party of two.
taking along a supply of choicest bait
of all kinds, and went where my FRIEND
said he was certain we would find the
big ones.
1--WE may have found them" said
Sahdala mournfully, but the fish
didn't find US"
Their first outing was near Millville.
The two spent an entire day there and
caught two fish They found craw-
FISH in the bass they caught. and
Sahdala suggested that supply of
such bait might attract the big Nm.
I'VE got the crawfish,' he said "and
tried them, but without success"
Then Capt. Smith suggested that
"shiners"-what he termed native
bait-might bring results. Such bait
was obtained and the two anglers
fished near Knotts quarry. one of the
fish that Patrick Riordan so frequently
refers to as horses came along ana
took Sahdala's bait
and came near taking his rod sug
gested Capt. Smith.
Sahdala's rod broke, he lost the fish
and left the river Five fish in three
DAYS was the total catch.
Rabbits were plentiful. but 1 didn't
see a bird" was the remark of Austin
Savage when he returned from an out
ing on land and water in the vicinity
of Leesburg, Va, where he spent three
davs with /. C. Rollins and Roper
Goodheart.
Savage says the ground was too
dry for the dogs to trail rabbits. Rab-
bits are plentiful in that section. how
ever and gunners are having splendid
sport.
several miles across the mountains
| he stated game is said to be plentiful
| and in that section there are many tur-
KEYS but the weather is not cold
| enough for that sort of sport
| His host had several guests during
the tint he was there.
| And" he jokingly remarked, at
was up to me to put something on the
| table
| II put it there" he added CONNIE ntine
| on his duck II caught only three black
| bass, enough for a meal, but / was not
shy on the rabbit proposition-got thir-
| teen
| Iieut James A. Hartley. night CHIEF
| of detectives: Ringgold Hart. private
| secretary to Maj. Pullman and 1nspec-
| tor Grant, and James E Armstrong
| one of the popular. members of the de-
| tectiye force, have returned from a
| fishing trip to the vicinity of Sterling
va. 1t was the lieutenant's first effort
at bass fishing. and his companions
| both reputed experts, felt satlsned that
| they would have some fun with the
novice.
n so happened, however. that the lieu
| tenant has caught f1Sh or many other
varieties, and when the first bass of the
| day came along and took his bait his
| friends awaited developments. They
| thought it was a 20-to1 shot that he
| would not land the fish,
| "He.u null the bait out of the fish's
mouth" suggested one or the trio, who
had heen in the bass game for a long
time. .
| "But the twenty would have disap-
peared had a bookmaker given the
odds" one of the onlookers remarked,
| for the lieutenant surprised them by
pulling in the gamester
| Each of the trio caught one fish. High
| wind interfered with their sport the
| other days.
j. A. Timberlake and E. e. Richards
| mt ono over on the boys up the river
| on a weekend outing. They were at
Sawbuck Ripples short distance above
Point of Rocks, where many other
| Washington sportsmen were trying
| their luck, and all were out for the big
| fish.
| White bait was what the anglers
| used. and a Ave and one-half FOUNDER
was the lightest gamester that took the
| bait.
| big enough to make the rest of the
| fishermen feel sick.'' remarked John w
| Hurley, who say the display on the
| train.
| Seven fish were landed by the two men
| and all were of fairly good size.
Billy Withers and Walter e. Schnei-