Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-18
ROD AND GUN.

the dogs were i'm good condition and be
fore the game had been run to DEATH
He experienced such good luck the
opening day. he said. that he remained
over hight and had a second days outing
His game bag contained thirty rabbits.
twentyone birds and one mallard duck
when he reached home.
John Richardson a deputy game war
den. is on the job at Seat Pleasant I"
investigate passengers returning on
the Chesapeake Beach railroad trains
with evidences Of game in their pos
session. He has stopped a number Of
persons since the opening of the gum
ming season and made a number ot
arrests.
Justice of the Peace Ransom L.. Main.
who holds court 1T Seat Pleasant. hear
the cases brought before him. He is
in favor of enforcing compliance with
the law, more especially regarding tn.
section of the act which provides a
bag limit for Prince Georges county.
That law limits days shooting TO =
dozen quail. two grouse. three English
pheasants, fifty reedbirds and ortoiau.
twelve doves. six woodcock. ten ral,-
bits. ten squirrels. ten jacksnipe. five
| black-breasted plovers fifteen yellow
| legs. ten cootS and gallinues and four
turkeys a season.
1t is provided that non-residents gun
ners must pay license tax Of seo.5o.
explained Justice of the Peace Main.
out Sucn persons are permitted gun
as guests of land owners. Members OF
clubs who gun under the provisions of
a club license, he stated. are permitted
| to shoot only water fowl. and IL they
want to indulge in upland sport they
| must get n license or he the guest of
a land owner and gun only on his
| land
| The law. he explained. very properly
| provides that only a days bag limit
| may be brought from the state, and in
!
session. he said, it is incumbent upon
the person possessing il to show h..
has the lawful right to take it oui
! of the state.
Two young men were arrested this
week for having too many rabbits in
their possession. Each one had eleven
rabbits. the magistrate stated. one Owe,
the limit, and it cost each of them 8.
and costs.
William A Hettinger and DIR. Jam.S
Maulding participated in an interestins
cunning trip on Patuxent river near
Glebe Club the past week
DUCKS We're particularly plentiful.
said Hettinger. land we killed the bag
| limit without any difficulty"
Hettinger and the physician partioi-
pated in duck dinner before leaving
| the club. membership in which gave
| them the lawful right to bring home
| twenty-five duck apiece. They were
! unfamiliar with that provision of the
! law. however. and that is why many Of
their friends will have to forego the
| pleasure of a duck dinner tomorrow
| Neither sportsman mentioned tho
/ temporary detention OF a member of
| the club upon his arrival at Seat Pleas
| ant He had two rabbits that he had
| purchased from a resident of the coun-
| ty, the club license not permitting the
| shooting of upland game. but the mag
| istrate excused him from paying a fine
DR.. F. W. Hornbaker. physician at
the penal colony at Occoquan, believes
an occasional hunting trip is beneficial I
| to ones health. he says. and for tina;
reason he manages to participate in a
coon and possum hunt about one. a
| week. On recent night trip to Powell
creek and Neabsco he was accompanied
by T. Z. Hammill, j. l.. Selecman. Leo
Beach, Thomas Selecman, Winston
Beach, John Weldon and George Dou-
| glass.
Shortly after we made the start II"
! said the physician. I'VE picked up ~.
| trail of coon, and followed it fully
| two and one-half hours, finally treein Y
at a point about one-quarter mile from
! the railroad track at Powell creek
1T was big, fat coon, that weighed
l.between fifteen and sixteen pounds" he
| added.