Evening star., 1916-05-13

Ii was intended to have com mblna- =
tior pIanked shad and steWed chicken
dinner served in the open The com :
mittee on shad. however. failed TO
make "A catch or prepare fish for the
occasion. but Gus i.ohSe said that no
fault could be found with the dinner
that was prepared by The"d"r" l'eia-
vr2ne. who served as chef.
And. much to the surprise of the
participants. the chef had menu cards
for them. giving information that
stewed chicken. Virginia style, was the
principal dish. and other ENTREES sas-
cestei to those at the table that chef
pelavigne had recently attended
banquet and obtained sample card
Everybody who went to Happy Home
was prepared to try the fishing. ana
Gus Lohse's shout of losing a ttree-
foot FISH had the effect of aMak"hlhS
interest in the sport
IL know il measured three feet. Gus
declared. for | saw it when 1t made a
jump out of the water. shake the nook
from its mouth and drop out of sight.
Henry Rinck. Carl Ernshaw. Thomas
Waddy. Harry Smith. c. Gardiner and
J. Painter hurriedly entered three boats
a the shore and gave the sport tllal
A total catch of three small cells and
two perch was recorded. according to
the chef. who declined to cook them,
and the reason more fish We're not
caught. explained one of the disap-
pointed ones, was because the music
on the shore distracted the attention or
the fish from the bait.
Eight new members were initiated.
They We're George F Joachim. George
NJ Gardiner. Peter J. Bennett, W E.
Tayloe. y. II. Thomas, Joseph r. Nc
Clellan. r. J. Ernshaw and !. =. stuck
ert. and among the members who par
ticipated in the outing were Hugh r.
o'Dornell. F. Rosse. Augustus j. Lohse.
Theodore Della avigne. T.. W. Mclntire. j.
Cushman. Thomas Waddy, c. Gardiner,
Henry Rinck. Thomas Morrill,, Harry
Smith and J. Painter.
Lew e Thayer. one of the most en-
thusiastic members of the Anglers
Club. one Of the oldest fishing clubs
here. last Saturday afternoon motored
to the club to try his luck for Mlssis-
sippi catfish.
perch fishing is all right said the
sportsman. but when | get a hsh ON
my line | like to know it, and Mis-
sissippi catfish is accommodating
enough to impart such information
Thayer's favorite sport is bass fishing,
he says, but when the closed season is
on he is willing to catch other fish that
put up a fight and that, he says, is
what the catfish in the upper river do.
Leo Mellon and John Glrtch were
Thayer's guests last Saturday. Angling
for the Mississippi catfish was new
sport to them, but they quickly became
interested. and promise TO become en-
thusiaStic Waltonites-
THE FISH take the bait just a bout two
days in the wear. Jokinely remarked
Thayer when he returned with a dis
play of twenty-seVen fish that weighed
fifty-two pounds. and this was one of
the days.
II was late in the afternoon when the
trio reached the river, but they had
he ter only f-vE q
before fish We're in evidence.
"And We just slaughtered them one
of the successful anglers remarked.
The smallest of the twenty-seven fish
weighed one and a half pounds. the
anglers stated. while the largest was a
three-pounder brother of Lew
Tnayer this afternoon is here from AL
toona. Pa, trying his luck on the upper
river.
Members of Glebe Club ard guests
last Sunday gathered at the clubhouse
on the west shore of the Patu. at river
at Mount Calvert. Md, and participated
in what proved TO be one of the most
successful planked shad outings in the
history OF the club.
w \. Hettipger filed his accustomed
place about the oak boards on which
the shad were cooked; Lloyd Brooke
cooked and served the shad roe and ba-
con and Fred Bowman prepared and
served clam chowder.
And the beauty of the outing" COM
meuted . member of the club, was
that John Chames. caretaker of the
club. caught tn" fish from the clubs
shore not many hours before they were
served.
Club members and guests were too
deeply engaged I'm the task of picking
bones from the shad to bother about
trying to catch 4 string OF hsh. and
none Of them was on the river. a mum
her Of the club members went to the
shore Saturday night and made prepa-
rations for the reception of those who
made the trip on the morning train.
Some of those who participated in the
outing were y. 7 Schroth, W A. Het-
finger, charles Kendall. Fred Bowman.
u J. Taylor. Thomas Brooke. Lloyd
Brooke. Harry Luckett. Samuel Moore,
Chat Towers. james Maulding, John
Byers. 7 \. DoIsherty. julius Eglon.
August t;etz, Charles Getz. Louis Har-
tig. Louis Hodges. Charles Kattelman mn,
William DAILY and Frank Smith.
John Hurley last Monday gave an ex-
hibitIon Of an angler having great sue
cess. while thos: about him caught
very few hsh. anc one of the onlookers
offered the veteran an apology for the
Things he had said about his fishing
ability.
"rll admit I have rnaliEned YOU" was
what Fred Eevcr told him II often
accused vow ot buying fish, but after
toGa ,'s exhibition j'!n willing TO admit
] was wrong
r ~ 'scHer and w H Frey were oc-
cupant% of a bCat that was anchored a
sh0-: distance from the veteran Hur-
lcy. Gere was not much luck cxpe-
riencsd ny the two men, who finally
corclrdod they might just as well give
up "rd er;oy watching their nefghbor
How DO you do y 80 asked one of the
6isa appointed ps'-
Con-" over ant III show you" re-
sponded Hurley
Over y mt the s~o men Their lines
were dropped ne: wh-r. Hurley stiIl
was hauling IN big perch. occa sionaliy.
swo NJ q tire. but their bait failed to
sttraCt the fsh a,d they were no better
OFF than they We're before they inade
the move
"AHf 'nH worst of all" said Gever.
was ihat Hurlry had 20 give W. fish
20 take horne"
Charlie Porter ~ Huchie- Harry An
dersou aud john Dean participated in
, a extend outirE off the lower point
OF Potomac Park J. was not a oLIes-
ZION Of numbers with the quartet one
of them eNpla4UeL, bat a matter of try
Ing 10 leg n II the rOtkfsh had reached
this section
md We found hat they were there %
saId Porter. although the fsh were
irS and far between"
The four spOFtsuen made an earI,.
f.aIt To- the river. reached there aboflr
breakfast titre and proceeded TO make
an effort 70 tempt the hsh. Ii developcfi
that most Of the fish had bvea X IA sfed
h0weVct. aud only three OF them con
descended To tackle the big squirmine