Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-11-06

unfortunate in that he lost his two
| 'ogs, which he declares were about the
| est coon dogs in this part of the coun-
y. The animals became sick shortly
1 Ifter the hunt and died of a disease
| unknown to their owner. Reynolds de-
clares the coons and possums are plentl-
| full near Fort Washington, and he is
| planning another trip.
| William White and William Birkight,
| who have a fishing shack above Tram
mers at Great Falls, were on the upper
| river one day recently, and when they
| returned to shore had about hall
dozen good sized bass on their string.
| A two-day outing to Black Ripples by
| r. f. Rooster, Amos Donaldson and
| Charles Birkight was one of the most
| successful of the season for the trio.
| They landed forty bass, many of which
| were of good size.
| Desk Sergt. Wash Sanford of the
| ninth precinct was the recipient sew
| eral days ago of two rabbits by parcel
post. They were sent to him by Ponce
man Jet of that precinct, who Is on
| cunning trip in Fairfax county, va,
with Sergt. o. C. Ryan and Jerome
| Hurst.
The difference between a teaspoon and
a spoon bait was demonstrated to Will
liam Duvall of the District water depart
ment by William Croker and George
Georgens while they were on a fishing
trip to the basin Wednesday night.
| Duvall has fshed with plain hook
and line, but had never used spoon
bait. Before the trio left their homes
! in South Broollland. Duvall inquired what
kind of bait was to be used. we VIII
use SPOON" one of the members said.
| You better go home and get table,
| SPOON Duvall was told. He left and
returned later. but presented tea
spoon, stating that he could not Dor
row a tablespoon for the occasion He
also presented a fishing line about ten
feet in length. on which was cork.
What are you going to do with that
spoon and line?" Duvall was asked.
II am going to catch fish," he replied.
The other two fishermen then gave
him the laugh, and it was not until a
spoon bait was shown to him that Du-
vail fell for the joke
Duvall had the laugh on the other
two. when, even with their good bait,
hours of laborious effort.
There were plenty of fish being
caught by Others" said Crocker, but
we did not get any"
A bunch of bass, the largest of which
weighed three pounds. arrived here
Wednesday night from Ward Savage
,, who is on a weeks outing near Lees
| burg, Va. He sent the fish to frie ,ds
and urged them to come up and en-
JOY the sport.
w. D. Barry. one of the recipients of
the bass, was to have gone on the trip
the city. He is planning, however. to
meet Savage at the Union station Mon
day morning to take him to his home
with any game the> sportsman might
Drlng; Savage, in a letter to his
friends, informed them that he intend
ed to enjoy some cunning before he
returns.
A feature of a cunning trip of seret
y. Z. Ryon of the fifth police precinct
foliceman Jerome Hurst of that pre-
cinct and Desk Sergt. H. NJ Jett of the
ninth precinct. who are in Fauouier
county. Va. was the killing of hawk
oy nergt- Ry9n, as it was about to
| carry off rabbit.
The hunters had their dogs out when
one Of them jumped the rabbit. The
cottontail was fast being run toward
swoop down and ciinch it's taons into
the heeing bunny. 1t lifted the animal
ana started to fly away with it, when
Sergt Ryon dropped" both capturer
and prisoner with well directed shot
from his gun.
In a letter received from Sergt Jett
he states game is SO plentiful that it is
not question of how much they would
XIII but how much they wanted to kill
An average of forty rabbits and quail a
day is the bag" Plans are being made
for wild turkey hunt by the trio.
A three-day hunting trip this week to
Sterling. Va, was made by Bicycle
Policeman L. r. German Of the ninth
precinct Jules Henderson and J. c.
Bland and was a most successful one
Game certainly is plentiful up there"
said Mr.. Henderson. The wind BOTH
cred the dogs some, but we had good
sport. and in the three days-Monday,
Tuesday 2nd Wednesday-bagged thir-
ty-fve rabbits and fifteen quail" He
said several wild turkeys were seen,
but they were too far away to SHOOT
German and Henderson went to the
farm of Rupert Bell, a brother-in-l law
of Mr.. German. They motored in Mr.
Henderson's car Tuesday they were
met by Mr. Bland, who enjoyed the
remaining two days of the trip with
them and all returned home Thursday
, in Mr.. Henderson's machine.
Another trip to southern Maryland is
being planned by Mr.. Henderson for
the near future.