Evening star., 1915-12-11

twelve and one-half pounds and two
weighed eleven pounds each. The an.
slers caught them fishing in Lucas
pond, not far from Tampa.
catching the bait skipJacks. on spoon,
and then fishing for the big bass. An
| other angler fishing near them landed
nineteen FOUNDER.
Theodore F. Langley. one Of the few
Sunners to meet with an accident in
this vicinity this season. suffered the
loss of two toes
Accompanied by J. E. Graham, Lang
ley went to the vicinity of Bluemont.
well filled game bag, but the accident
caused him much pain and disappoint-
ment
The two young men left for the woods
early in the morning. They had been
told rabbits and birds were numerous,
and that they might get shot at a
turkey.
But before they had reached the
place where they. expected to get
game" said friend. "the accident hap
pened. and the maimed gunner had to
be brought home"
Cold weather and rough water did not
serve to keep some of the "faithfup' off
the river on weekend outing.
Patrick Riordan, one of the number.
And" remarked John w. Hurley, "it
came near being worse than that
But" added Hurley. "he thinks he
must go fishing unless the ice is SO
thick that 1t is impossible for him to
get the bait to the bass
Accompanied by Charlie Mills, better
known as Angler" the veteran sports
man made an early start for Great
Falls. The water was higher than
usual and the slime on the dam made
rdoy hod
been over 1t many times before and he
thought he could go over 1t again and
fish in favorite hole.
He failed to get safely over. however.
and was given a drencEing. Then he
waded to small island, where his
companion. who had not met with an
accident. started a campfire to warm
him and dry his clothing. The two
sportsmen fed several bait to the bass,
but failed to land a fish.
Marion F. Goode and Hugh Reed last
week went to Bryantown, Charles
county. Md, where they were guests
Of George P. Goode, brother of one of
the sportsmen.
"Bryantown is not many miles from
the city," said one of the gunners, but
it takes a long time to get there, re-
quiring the greater part of day, but
when one reaches there he is at a place
where game is plentiful and. the game
is worth the effort"
The gunners went to Charles county
expecting to shoot nothing but rabbits,
being without bird dogs, and that was
all they got. with the exception OF one
"Birds were plentiful" said Goode,
'and had we had bird dogs we could
easily have killed three or four Dozen"
| Next month the sportsmen are going
i duck shooting on the Wicomico.
Joe Sanburn had his usual weekend
outing. He went to the vicinity of
Chain bridge. f1shed all day and re-
| turned without what he started-an as
"Joe knows the location Of a hole in
the river that usually is filled with
fish," said Austin Savage, but last
Joe did not reckon with the ice propo-
| sition. however, and when he became
aware Of the temperature 1t was too
)Iate-time to come home"
was shielded from the wind. cast his
line from the shore and awaited devel-
| onments. and when he became tired of
| waiting he pulled in his line.
"And found it contained ice and not a
fish," said Savage
| Phil J. Stubener this week left two
live decoys at Rock Point for the ac-
| commodation of friends who may go
there during the ducking season.
"rhe decoys did splendid work for
members of our party" said the sports
| man. "and there's no reason why others
should not enjoy sport with them"
Stubener, william Holmead. Clarence
Turner and Brother Lohman were mem-
hers OF the cunning party on the WI
comico river this week. Ducks and
xeese were plentiful. although the
reese, following safety-frst rules. re-
Imained beyond range Of the guns. A
Isoore Of ducks were captured, however,
land the sportsmen spent time enough
in the woods and dslds on their homs-