Evening star., 1916-12-09


One hundred and twenty quail and
thirty-two rabbits were bagged by F.
H. Purks and Stephen Howison on an
outing in King George county, Va, the
former home of Purks. The outing was
in by Washington sportsmen this
season.
I'VE had hoped to get a turkey or
two" said Purks, but feed is plentiful
and the weather was so mild that the
king birds refused to take bait.
"a little blustery weather and snow
will drive them to the baited spots" he
added, land then there ought to be
some fine sport Turkeys are plentiful
in King George this season.
The sportsmen made their headquar-
ters with relatives Of Purks' at Comorn,
a village about midway between Smith S
wharf on the Potomac and Hop Yard
on the Rappahannock. They reached
their destination from Fredericksburg
in an automobile.
I'VE had good weather the four days
we were out with the dogs" said
Purks. "and the trip was a most en-
joyable one"
The sportsmen found quail more
plentiful than usual. they said, and no
trouble was experienced in locating
the birds. Rabbits also were plentiful.
but the gunners did not pay so much
attention to them. picking up one oc-
casionally, until they had killed thirty
two.
Purks said he wanted to return dur
ing the Christmas holidays and try to
get turkey. He believes his success
probably will depend largely upon the
weather conditions.
There recently were three happy
anglers on the river near weverton.
a short distance from Harpers Ferry.
on weekend outing. They were Fred
H. Geyer. William H. Frey and John
w. Hurley. When the trio made start
the night before there was every in
dication of fine weather. and the
weather was all right in the morning.
short WHILE" said one of the trio.
First 1t got cloudy. then there was
rain. which was quickly followed by
hail. and snow came as a climax"
BILE. however. each sportsman landed
one fish. At times the cold weather
drove them ashore. where an at
tractive campfire made conditions more
pleasant than in the boats and where
Steaming food satisfied the inner man.
1t was while Frey was enjoying the
warmth of the fire that he landed a
gamester that weighed two and one
half pounds.
He would have caught a second
one," remarked his friend Hurley,
had not big fish carried away his
line"
Fred Geyer had the most exciting time
in his career as an angler when he pulled
S-t, 81
three and one-half pounds. and Hurley
topped the catch with a bass weighing
Ave pounds.
I've been after a big one all the
season." said Hurley, "and at last my
efforts were rewarded"
You gotta stop kickin' my dog
around" were the familiar words of
the campaign song that appealed to
John Havenner last week, when an
peared near his home at OXon Hill.
fell and looked appealngly toward
him
Determined that the poor hound
should no longer be kicked around. if
it had undergone such treatment. the
young huntsman led it TO the house
and fed it, and now Jack" as the
dog has been named. is one OF the
pets of the family.
Two days after the stray animal
reached the Havenner home its early
morning yelping suggested to the fam
lily that there was something wrong
with 1t. and its new master hurried to
make an investigation.
John met the dog almost on the
same spot he met 1t two days before.
but, instead of being the poor. weak
ened creature it was then. 1t displayed
signs of being in full health and vigor.
to eat, it deposited big, fat rabbit
at its masters feet.
Charles Havenner. youthful brother
of the owner of the dog, and Emmett
Bailey were out for a weekend trip
on the Havenner farm.
1--WE were only out two or three
hours" said Charles. but it was long
enough to get four quail and five squir-
rels."
A bird potpie was served for Sunday
dinner.
Mack Sparrough. usually a lucky
angler, had his luck with him on a
week end trip to Aqua creek with Ber-
nard Harding. The sportsmen encoun-
tered no such weather as that encoun- !
tered in the Harpers Ferry section by |
Fred H. Geyer. w. H. Frey and John w. |
Hurley.
"We we're not troubled by rain or |
snow" said sparrough: Our only trou-
BILE was taking fish off the hook"
For three hours the two anglers re-
NAMED in one position without ex- |
periencing a touch" Sparrough never
was a believer in shifting from place to
place. however. and at the end of the
patient wait along came the bass.
1--WE landed eighty-one fish," said one
If the anglers. "and ten Of them
weighed more than three pounds apiece.
The others were not so large"
Seventy-one of the fish were caught
with live bait. The others were caught
With spoons.
Having enjoyed the week end trip to
Aqua creek, Sparrough and Harding
Tuesday morning went to Freestone to
get an idea. Of how the fish are caught