Evening star., 1915-11-27

calvert Thanksgiving uay, CoHiplniHs 3
river and upland shooting. 1t was an
ienjoyable days outing for the gun,
ners, although they did not work hard
and did not get a large quantity of
one rabbit were shot by them.
c. w. Hecox and Martin Dulin. &C,
companied by the formers pair of
hunting dogs, spent day on Dulin's
the gunners state. did not fail to do
| their work, and the days cunning
netted the sportsmen fifteen, quail and
six rabbits.
| warwick F'urr has had his annual
cunning trip. He went to the vicinity
of North Fork, Loudoun county, Va.
remained four days and had good
sport. although he was without bird
There was plenty of game in Lou
doun," said the gunner, who was ac-
! companied by Pascal kephart "and
we got our share of it. Had we had
more BIRDS
The gunners bagged thirty-nine rab-
bits. eleven squirrels, four quail and
| a groundhog
Robert Hebsacker, H. A. Cole and
Richardson Jacobson last week visited
Lansdale Lodge, Moxley's Point, and
partook of. Bob Ferguson's celebrated
| biscuits.
'1ncidentally.' said Cole, I'VE shot
forty y-seven rabbits and twenty-nine
| quail"
| The gunners were guests of Harry
Lansdale during the stay at the lodge.
and all sounded the praises of Bob Fer
guson because of the fried chicken
and biscuit dinner he served.
DR.. Hugh B. Callahan was one of the
successful sportsmen of the week. He
accompanied several friends to Lorton,
| Va, where an old hare. they thought,
would be their biggest game They
were happily surprised. however, by
the appearance of wild turkeys.
| The several sportsmen were walking
along the Lorton road. they stated,
when they ran across turkey tracks in
| the wet sand.
Turkey" said a member of the party
in an undertone, and the gunners came
to a sudden stop. few minutes later
two big fat turkeys We're sighted and
! killed Four rabbits and several birds
were killed later in the day
| Notwithstanding the freezing tenn
perature and the storm warning sent
| out by the weather bureau John E.
i Rhodes. S. Edward Beach and Roger E.
La Hayne, ardent Waltonites, Tuesday
morning went to Chappa wamsic on a
bass fishing trip, hoping they would. be
able to verify some of the Turing re-
ports they had received from that sec
tion.
About all we were able to do the
first day" said Rhodes. was to bait
our lines and try to keep Jack Frost on
the outside of our clothing"
But Wednesday, remarked La
Hayne, I'VE had a different story to
tell"
The trio returned Wednesday night
with a string of twenty-four "beauties''
that weighed fraction over thirty-five
pounds.
Charles Mills, Patrick Riordan, John
w. Hurley and W. G. Kent were amonp
the anglers who boarded the weekend
hshing train for the upper river Kent
disembarked at Point of Rocks, while
the others went as far as Harper's
Ferry. Mills and Riordan going to
Cro~iey's eddy and Hurley making his
way in the direction of Sandy Hook.
I'VE saw at least 1000 black mall
lards," was the report made by Mills
and Riordan. while Hurley and Kent
had fish stories to tell.
1t probab bly, was due to the blustery
weather that better luck was not ex-
perienceh. Hurley braved the unfavor-
able conditions in boat, while Kent
did his fishing from shore The former
landed six baniesters, while the latter
Lawrence L. Mitchell. on a trip to
St. Cloud, Fla, fished in Lake Toho-
pakehga and landed long string of
black bass. His largest fish weighed
seven pounds
And also three alligators," wrote
the sportsman.
He wrote that game is plentiful In
Florida and that it is an easy matter
to shoot quail and deer.
Sylvester Murphy, Timothy Costel1
and j. f. Armstrong had their annual
outing in the ForestviIle, Prince
Georges county. neighborhood Poor
craftsmanship was blamed for the
small amount of game they brought
home
The truth of the matter" said Muir
phy, Is that none of US was able to
cope with the birds and rabbits to
any great extent.
/ But he added. we killed twenty
rabbits and dozen birds"
Clarence Turner. John Mulrennen and
Charles Smithson last week partici-
pated in shoot near Laurel, Nd. They
bagsed three squirrels and nine rab-
bits.
George w. Boyd, Martin Burke. f. T.
Harney and Michael Burke spent day
on the river last week They made
the trip aboard the launch Lorine L.
and returned with nine ducks.
J. K. Webster enjoyed a delightful
cunning trip about the highest points
Joseph Gayhart of Staunton, Va, the
gunner motored to Buffalo Gap from
Staunton and spent part of the day
looking for pheasants.
Hunters from the mountain" said
the Washington sportsman, report an
abundance of such game, the season for
which closes December l."
Jack, a we'll trained pointer be-
longing to the resident of Staunton, To-
Gated four birds. pointing two of them
and the gunners succeeded in getting
three of them.
The birds" said Mr. Webster. ARE
wild and sensitive and it usually is
difficult to locate them. They resemble
the ruf1ed grouse that are found in
northern states"
John Olden and William L. Siebel
packed their hunting and fishing para
phernalia one day last week, caught a
night train at Union station and went
to Accotink, Va, where they antici-
pated great sport in the double role
You know Siebel confided to his
father, "it's a case of if you can't catch
'em. shoot EN-"
The two companions were in the vi
cinity of Accotink. creek early enough
F., to get the first fiiers and first runners
But the birds few high" said one of
them when he returned "and one mall
| lard duck was the only thing we shot
on the wing
| A six-pound bass caught by Olden
was the largest thing in the game line
that the sportsmen brought home They
| caught nine other bass and shot one
rabbit.
| Milo Burbage has had a taste of ba ss
fishing. and his friends say he prob
ably will spend much of his spare time
on the river in the future. Burbage
accompanied Austin Savage and Joe