Evening star., 1917-12-08

L. r. German and J. n. Pearce par
ticipated in an Interesting Thanksgiv-
Ing outing on the farm Of their mother
tn-law. Mrs. E. A. Bell. near Leesburg,
Va. In addition to enjoying them
.sIves following bird and rabbit dogs
N quest OF quail and rabbits. they at
tended family reunion at which thir-
sy-nve representatives of three genera
lions were seated at the dinner table.
TT was a turkey and possum dinner"
4id a member of the family gathering,
and the number in attendance was
sreat enough to I'LL the dining room"
Fully satisfied with the roast turkey
served for dinner, the sportsmen
surprise by returning from the fields
With two or three wild fowls. There
s.re turkeys IN the Bull Run neighbo-
hood where they did their cunning,
hey stated. but none of the king fowls
We saw a number of wild ducks
swimming in Bull rum. said German,
but did not shoot at them"
German shot seventeen rabbits and
i've birds. while Pearce bagged eleven
abbits and three quail. They found
both rabbits and quail plentiful.
Charles r. Holman spent the Thanks
Kivins holiday at his bungalow. which
turned and spent the week end there.
Too cold for fishing" he remarked
There was not single angler on the
river the week end. the first time
washington anglers have not been In
evidence there for such an outing since
early spring."
Plenty gunners were on hand in the
Aqua creek neighborhood during the
Thanksgiving holiday and this week,
but not many big killings were re-
ported A flock of wild turkeys, proba-
bly, dozen or fifteen In number, ap-
peared there two weeks ago and gave
residents Of that section an idea that
there would be something doing in the
lfne OF killing big game.
several sportsmen this week went in
searcn OF the turkeys. but. It Is re-
ported. not one of them saw 80 much
40 track OF one Of them.
s.I suppose they went on one Of their
Nights, remarked one of the older
summers. r.and will be back in four or
nye weeks unless they are killed.
But he added. "al1 of them win not
get killed and certainly some of them
vii return"
Charles G. Bartemen and VIII Ward
gsna esSenlly Harttcipate9 part, IN tive cunning
hey called them. although one days
outing netted only one poor rabbit.
One trip was to Frederick county, Nd,
where shooting of quail is not per-
birds In the protected county, but did
aot shoot any of them because it was
sgatnst the law. They did bag thirteen
0obtts, an unlucky number. said
5ateman, but the number proved any,
@ing but unlucky on that occasion.
r The trip was q thoroughly enioya-
BE one" said one Of the sportsmen,
and there was nothing to suggest that
@irtsen s cen; caused anything bordering on
..'Barteman admitted the number NAV
nave had some bearing on q later TRIP
70 Prince Georges county, where he
44d his companion were guests Of
lyerett Pumphrey.
we started early in the morning,
Esre in the woods all day and only
s.W. 7. Kerfoot. jr., ana Ralph Harris
Ast week visited Boyce, Va, q small
town In the Shenandoah valley, and
epent an enjoyable two-day outing.
birds and rabbits are plentiful in most
secttone Of the valley. they were told,
ead II is only question OF q sports
MANS ability to shoot and the assist
anee Of good dogs.
mo blame was attached to the dogs
mat accompanied the Washfn9ton
nportsmen. nor did they report q
0e1scity OF game. They succeeded in
ggfng . dozen big. fat birds and
sWtld ducks have been fairly plentiful
81 the Potomac and Eastern branch
fho past 6GE days GunnefU have not
oe9u yexW uumeroua, however.
leck hepley te1ln = story Of . late
81 e latsls Ftyer + guest e bass
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