Evening star., 1915-12-25

An enjoyable outing last Sunday was
participated in by the Order of White
Elephants at the clubhouse of the Happy
Home Club, near Riverside, Va 1t was
la social session given in honor of the
Southeast Washington friends of the club
and was not fishing trip
Discussing the seasons catches while
seated about a campfire" said a member
of the club was the nearest approach
to fishing"
Many Of the members motored to the
clubhouse, while others went on the cleo
trio car line from Alexandria, and all
participated in the turkey and steamed
oyster feast. doing full justice to the ef-
forts of James Waddy. chef. and John D.
Knott, chief shucker Thomas Waddy
served as master of ceremonies, and saw
that the White Elephants and their
friends were well provided for.
1t was early in the afternoon when
the big fat turkeys were taken from the
oven, under the superintendent or the
chef, and Chief Shucker Knott announced
that Norfolk bivalves were ready to be
served Twenty-Five members and guests
were seated about the tables, and most
enjoyable time was spent.
THE campfire scene was the most at
tractive of all,'' said one Of the partici-
pants The air was just bracing
enough to make the fire comfortable.
and the fish stories that were told were
calculated to make a fellow get out his
tackle and make an effort through the
ice on the creek"
Those who participated in the outing
were Grand Tail Arthur McNelly, Grand
Left Tusk F. S. Rosse. Chief Shucker
John D. Knott, John Graf. Harry
Smith, A. Licarione, Giacinto Licarione,
Carl Ermold, Leonard Kuhn, John Cole.
John Kuhn. Thomas Waddy, Maurice
Flynn. r. f. Miller. George Jarboe.
James Waddy, Eugene Burgess, Her
man Reichard. Eugene Longley, Will
liam Anderson, FitZhugh Tayloe, John
ID. Knott, Thomas Harris, Walker Mel
son and Edward Williams.
S. J. Held. one of the few Washington
sportsmen who always goes where he
expects to get only large fish, has been
advised that he captured the third prize
offered for the largest fish caught the
past season.
His prize catch" commented w. P.
Bowie, was a channel bass that weigh
ed forty nine pounds. The prize is cash
or it's equivalent in sporting goods,
but, being only in the amateur class,
the winner accepted the equivalent"
Held's biggest rockfish the past sea-
pounds. 1t was caught in Kent Island
narrows. where the successful angler
landed many other large rockfish.
Early each season, just after the first
vicinity of Fletcher's and tries to land
the largest rockffsh of the season.
And" remarked Charlie Fletcher,
'he made success of his undertaking
several seasons"
But I'm laid up for the season." re-
ms r nf he i'm
repaired for next seasons sport, and
there Is every reason to believe that
sport next season will be good"
J. E. Buckingham. veteran angler,
and former Capt. T. B. Amiss of the po-
lice force think the time has arrived
when there should be something done
to protect the small-mouth bass from
''pothunters."
up in my section, Front Royal, Va"
said the former police official, "trot-
lines are worked to death, and every
season the fishermen of that class do
much toward depicting the stock of
gamesters.
The veteran Buckingham says the
bass in this section need as much pro-
lection as do those in the Shenandoah
only a short time ago." he said, 81
was told that nets were being used
near the mouth of Goose creek and
that many bass were taken from the
water"
Both ,sportsmen suggest that 1t might
be well to ask the legislatures of
Maryland and Virginia to enact a pro-
tective law and to limit the catch an
angler is permitted to make.
1t was Christmas morning at 1135 sth
street northwest; just about dawn
when hundreds of residents Of that sec
and when the occa sional noise of a
drum or horn served as a reminder of a
holiday celebration or of the war on the
other side of the ocean.
But such things did not appeal to the
head of the house as being such re-
minders. In fact. he heard none of the
noises. In the long drawing room on
the lower floor there was an immense
Christmas tree, but instead of being
trimmed with paper and candy decora
ton, figures of Santa Claus and ami
mails, it was trimmed with fish,
One large lantern fish was seen lead
ing the way to the tree. while dangling
from its snow and tinsel covered
branches were squirming eels and toad
fish, small mouth bass and rockf1sh, and
the lively time the fish were having
frightened the barefooted children who
gathered to pay honor to old Santa.
There was no stingaree In evidence
to make the affair really exciting, how
ever. but seated in a boat at Benedict
was red-haired man excitedly pulling
one from the water.
Just then the breakfast bell summon
ed John w. Hurley from his sleeping
room. and the sportsman was glad il
was only a dream.
w. p. Bowie Is making extensive ar
rangements for. ducking trip to Rock
Point. Charles county, Md, where he
knows ducks and geese are plentiful
and where there are blinds. enough to
enable him to do shooting on either the
Potomac or Wicomico river. George
Fowler will accompany him.
$And when we RETURN" said Bowie,
there will be some goose and duck
counted by the score"
In order to make certain the killing
of game. said Bowie. decoys of all kinds
have been sent to the river-wooden