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

Washington sportsmen who enjoy
day in the country with dogs and gums
are fighting shy of Virginia The rea-
son--the new license law is in opera
ton.
1T requires n nonresident TO give
up ten-spot." said one of the en-
thusiasts, land that is too much to pay
for one or two days sport. There is
no guest of land owner proposition
there now. and even the residents of
the state have to pay tax. although
they get off with 81 license fee
Heretofore hundreds of sportsmen
participated in cunning trips to the
Old Dominion each year. and some of
trips. but the high license proposition
has greatly reduced the number.
TT would seem that the birds would
enjoy that much additional protec-
tion." said the sportsman. but ii is
not so. The birds are hunted through
out the season by residents of the
state until there proba bly, are not
breeding purposes; they are killed just
the same"
In Maryland it is an entirely differ
emit proposition. 1t is true that non
RESIDENTS are required TO pay a IL
cense tax in most of the counties, but
the law makes an exception in some
of them where the nonresident is a
guest of n land owner.
The season in Maryland opened No
vember TO- Friday of last week and
it is said that Washington sportsmen
were in the state in such large num-
bers that hundreds of rabbits and
birds were killed and brought to the
city.
1t is reported that there has been
good ducking on the lower Potomac
and PatuXent rivers and tributaries,
and many anglers tell of having seen
Hooks of ducks while on angling eX-
pedltions. Most of them We're in mo-
tor boats. however, and the law does
not permit shooting from such craft.
This made it necessary for them to
forego the additional sport.
Henry VI. Jet, member of Police
Capt Schneider's precinct. found a way
to escape the tax of SO while on a
trip to Spottsy(vania county, Va. last
week. He was there to cast Il vote for
President Wilson, and the fact that he
was taxpayer and voter was sufficient
to have him rated as resident.
"All l had to do was give my name,
age, color of my hair and eyes and a
general description of myself" he
said. land then 1 got the license, goos
for a year
Jett gives a glowing description of
his home-going trip. There was SO
much doing. he stated. that he was
unable to spend much time in the fields
with his dogs.
II was out with the dogs two morn
ings." he said, Shooting on the bat
tlefields. and killed a dozen rabbits and
fifteen birds"
Friday night he motored to Fred
ericksburg and participated in Will
son demonstration. There was torch
light procession, in which 5000 persons
figured. :,
town" he remarked. and following the
parade there was big bonfire at the
| base ball park"
Claude WHITAKER, Preston Soper and
Austin Savage were in Maryland the
opening day of the cunning season.
They were in the Oxon Hill district of
Prince Georges county as guests OF
Robert Tucker. on whose farm there
were several covies of birds and an
almost endless number of rabbits
The visitors and guests left the house
early in the morning and soon their
dogs picked up trail. A rabbit soon
it was a case of one after another
being shot until eight of them had
been bagged.
Then We started to find birds" said
enough for days outing, but we
killed three more before we returned
to the house.
The sportsmen succeeded in killing
only four quail, while Savage got the
one woodcock that was brought down.
WHITAKER and Savage returned nome
that afternoon. stopping at the nome
of Charlie Middleton long enough to
enjoy a hot rabbit supper soper re-
NAMED in the country to enjoy an
other days sport.
Week end weather was not too Sc
we're for several bass enthusiasts. In
cluded in the number of those VINO
were willing to brave the weather con-
aitions on the upper river were Fred ii.
Geyer. w II. Frey and John w. Hur-
lev weather forecasts had no terrorS
for them They would have remained
at home, however. had they known just
what weather the few hours would
put we went" said one of the trio.
got caught in the rain and made the
best of it"
Fred Geyer was the champion of the
companions had one fish each to their
credit. and their boatman caught four.
a number equal to the combined catch
of the three city sportsmen.
Geyer mourned his failure to make
several strikes count, and Hurley
missed two strikes. but Frey was not
willing to make such an admission.
Il had one strike and caught one
fish, he said
A big, fat pheasant was the prize
trophy of a cunning trip in which
Charles H. Kalbfus, John A. Rooms
and Melvin Fischer participated the
opening day of the cunning season
in Maryland.
I'VE made the start the night be-
fore, so as to be on the ground bright
and early" said Rooms Morning
was not scarce. though SO many farms
were posted that our cunning area
was restricted"
The number of farms on which gun
ming is prohibited. the gunners stated.
rs largely in excess of the number
posted last year and strict enforce
ment of laws against trespass means
protection for the game.
The trio did their shooting in the
Rockville section of Montgomery
county, remained two days and
bagged forty-one rabbits, four quail,
one woodcock ard pheasant.
Billy Nithers thinks Aqua creek is
the greatest of all fishing places along
the lower Potomac late in the season
II have spent the past five week
ends there" he said. and have caught
all kinds of fish.
The last weekend trip was with
Fred Ballenger. and the anglers made
catch of nineteen bass and four
pike.
We've made magnificent catches
each time" said Withers. and We are
going to keep up the sport until the
weather gets too cold. On our last