Evening Star Newspaper, February 8, 1890, Page 8

_ THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON i, tas a) D.C., SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 8, 1890-TWELVE PAGES. SOME RARE SPORT. The Famous Irish Game of Hurling. SIMPLE ATHLETIC CONTESTS. & Game Four Thousand Years Old—A Cress Between Football, Hockey, Lacrosse and Polo—How It Is Piayed— |"! Ad@vantages of the Game. —_o-_—___ Copyright, 1990). HERE is probably no athletic game sow known to the world that is older than the game ot hurling, which seema about to become quite popalar with our athletes. Chronology has it that Her- cules first celebrated the . games in the year 1218 B.C. At abou Seon time, according to the historians, the early colonists of Ireland founded what were known ss the Tailton games, which were held annually in Meath and which Were, as far as they could be, national. They were kept np until the end of the eighth entury, when Ireland suffered from the Anglo- Norman inva ++. when they languished. The ‘Tailten games were the Mrerunners of the Irish athletic games of today, andsome of them were very similar—wrestling, weight throwing, run- Bing. horse racing and the like. In some re- spects the old games were more refined than those of our own times, for in addition to trials of skill aud strength there were also contests in music, poetry, chess playing and such inno- ent pastimes. 1S AMERICA the game is but just beginning to get a fair foothold, but the outlook for it seems to be par- ticularly good. In a way it bas been kuown to Americans for a considerably time, for the American school boy's game of “shinny” is in reality but a form of hurling. However, piay- ing the game scientifically with regular teams, as it is played in Ireland, England and Scot- land, has been but lately attempted here. company of all-around athletes who came to the United States from Ireland about a year ago played the game in various cities while here and dida good deal to popularize it. John Boyle OReilly and other prominent Irish-Americans who have been secking to revive interest in Irish games have also helped to give hurling a itt. The New York Gelic society now has two lar hurling teams. There are several more im Philadelphia and Boston and there are others im other Atics, %. ¥. CRANE. ‘It was in these games that hnrling first be- mdin Ireland it has never lost Every achool boy, and for that . joy"—for in Ireland a male continues to be a boy unt’! he 1s the head of a family—piays the game. It is held, too, that it ix the favorite game of the fairies. There is scarcely a village in all Ireland where you cannot find some veracious old gentleman or dame willing to teil of the games they have seen the “good people” all dressed in green playing on some green hillside in the gray of the even- or in the moonlight. ut. folklore aside, it is certain that the @eme isas ancientasany thatcan be named, and that it was played before the beginning of the Christian era. Harling aaa game is simple enough. The Irish used to call it baire, as they called the goal keeper culbair, and the hurly or stick used in the game was called camau. To the average American unused to the game it seems at first to partake of some of the qualities of foot ball. Rockey, acrosse and polo. It 13 ex- citing, too, for itis a game that calls forth great activity, and when played by two full teams there are about twice as many men en- as there are ina matched game of foot Lscper when these get mixed up in a melee over the small ball used the thing is likely to Decome exciting. There are opportunities for some pretty rough play. too. Inthe game of foot ball the most the hot-headed players can do when they get excited is to slug with their fists, In hurling each player is armed with a stek three feet or mor ha curve on the end. which is u ofknob. The possibilities that these hold forth to players who do not care to control their temper can be readily understood. NOT UNLIKE FOOTRALL, Harling when played br two full teams en- ages forty-two men. It may. however, be layed by aa few xs fourteen men on a side, tshould be played by no fewer. When two teams complete face each other they are not unlike football teams in formation. Besides goal keepers each has half-backs, right-point covers, left-point covers, wing men, centera and Tushers. Sometimes, too, the tactics used are notunlike those of the football men. The fushing and tackling are much the same and the famous wedge movement of the Princeton foot- ballteam has often before nowbeen brought into play on the hurling field. The main quali- fications for a player are activity, pluck quick- ness of sight and good judgment’ of distance. ‘When played by full teams the hurling ground should be 196 yards long by 140 yards wide. The ground should be ciearly marked off, as in foot ball. At each end of the ficid stand two feu! posts and there is a cross bar ten and one- if feet from the ground. The object of the game is todrive the ball between these posts and under the cross bar. This couutea goal, Tf driven over the cross bar it counte but a point. ‘The same count is made if the ball goes over the goal line within twenty-one fect of wither goal post, all rs stand near to and in front of bal, and two men govern the feo Ra afew yards geFe “l ete. Ly 7 i i itl to play the referee becomes the dictator of the He is, however, gare by four , two goal umpires and two field i The captains of the teams toss for choles of sides of the field, Then the hurlers, standing in line on the field opposite each other, advance, shake bands or catch hurlys, as the case may be, after which they retire into position. Then the referee, taking Up & position at one end, tosses the ball be- tween the lines of res, vel care not to throw it higher than their heads. This is a signal for the game to begin. And from this time on there is a struggle, and when the toame are at all well matched it is always an exciting one. The game, as seen in America, is played under the rules of the Gelic athletic association, which, while simple, are strict in the sense that they thoroughly frown down all or rough or crooked playing. er is allowed to catch another with . nor can there be any tripping, push- ing from behind or butting with the head. It is not allowed fora player to bring his hurly into contaet with another player's person, and it is in enforcing this rele that most trouble is Ite enforcement is necoasary, however, for otherwise every game would be marked by broken heads. For any breach of these rules the referee is fully empowered to act. He may malify the guilty player for the game, In hurling the disqualification of a man means the loss of one to his side. In foot ball, when a man is disqualified another may take his place, but this is not so in riing. and the result is that team captains anxions to lose no men seo to it that the rules are obeyed. ‘The roferee can disqualify a player for suy play that he may consider improper. If aman is accidentally injured his place may be filled by another. If any player drives tho ball over the side line of the field, and it does not rebound, no player can follow and return it. This must be done by the referee or an umpire. The players must remain 30 feet from the line until the ball is again thrown into the field and has touched tie ‘round, after which it again becomes a a live b: A PREY BIT. When a ball is driven over the goal line then the goal keeper has a chance to distinguish himself, for he gets a chance to hit the pull at his own free will without molestation from the other players. To nse the jargon of the game, he gets a free “puck” from goai into the field. In other words he has a free hit of the ball on the fly, and no player on the opposite side can come nearer than the twenty-one-yard line until the ball is struck, while none of the striker's side can be farther away frou hisown goal than the center of the field. These free pucks are always followed by the wildest sort of scrimmages and ure always an exciting feat- ure of # game that ordinarily is exciting enough. But, for that matter, there are ex- citing features of the game just as there are in any geme where the players are brought into close hand-to-hand con- tests of skill, strength and endurance, The mateh is al ided by the number of goals made. In some games uo goais are made (although this is unusuai) and in some others the score as to goals may bea tie. In such cases it is settled by the number of points. It is not intended that the haud shall touch the ball any more than is possible when hurling. The ball cannot be lifted off the ground with the hands when it is in play. It may be strack with the hand, ho: i, or it may be kicked. Itmay also be caught on the fly, and the layer so catching it may hit itin any way e chooses. He may not, however, hold it or run with it, the design being to keep the ball free and constantly in play, Hitting both right and left is allowed. Where any rule of the game is broken the referee may allow a free hit or puck if he see fit. In these free hits, except a hit from gq the ball should not be held in hand. If the ball strike a bystander near the lines, except the referee or umpires, it is considered out of play, and must be thrown in by the referee or one of the umpires. If this occurs at the goal line the ball is still considered out of pinay and must be hit from gorl. In the latter case the referee. if he consider that the ball, if not in- terfered with, would have passed through the point or goal line, may allow a point or a goal as ho sees fit. ADVANTAGES OF THE GAMZ. It will be seen at once that the game is ex- ceedingly simple and that the rnies allow the players a wide latitude when playing. At the same time it involvesas much exercise as cither foot bail or lacrosse, without being especially dangerous. In the way of cducating the eye as well as the limbs to quickness it 1s in some respects superior to either. In foot bali a large aphere is used and the eye is called-upou to perform but little labor. ‘In lacrosse the used is small, but itis driven by a sort of a scoop net, so to speak. Howevz, comparisons aside, hurling has it® own excellencies, and as a winter game on the ground or on the ice it has no superior, for not only is xt healthful but it is sate, simple and intensely eerie Ay one can play it who can learn to play be, § and any one who cannot learn to play it can learn nothing, for it is sim- Plicity itself. The outfit required is easily ac- quired. A ball and a stick with a crook on one end—and there you are. All that is needed, then, is a clear day and a level field. Ona crisp cold day there is nothing that will stir up the blood, liven up the muscles and invigorate one generally in a more complete manner than & good live! e of hurling. The game is played in an fo . with a short rest in the middie of the game, so there is no er of any one in ily good health suffering from o verexertion. To become an expert hurler no peculiar qual- {fications are required. A small man can play as wellas@big one, all other things being Activity is the main thing, combined judgment, urly with —— Professional athletes the game of hurling is hardly likely to prone nomen, Wee among gentlomen amateurs it ought for man; Teasons to become a favorite game. To busi Ssbes save faafittion fot tonics ae ‘hye: nishes rare facilities for keepi good ¢al condition, the exercise being sufficient for this without being too severe for ay £ F A GREAT ANGLER. How Daniel Webster Spent Some of His Leisure Hours. EXPLOITS WITH THE ROD. Mr, Lanman Tells of the Great Ex peander as & Diecipic of Isank Wal- ten—Expeditions to the Little Falls and Excursions in Now Hawpshire. ————-— [Written for Tre Evenrsa Stan. J OUR request that I should send you some of my recollections of Daniel Webster has been received and I am obliged to reply that my stock of information in that line has already been salted down for the forthcoming and re- vised edition of my ‘Private Life” of the noted statesman. In view of the fact, however, that many of your readers will soon be getting their fishing tackle ready for a piscatorial foray along the banks of the Potomac, it has occurred to me that a repetition of some reminiscences of Mr. Webster as an angier might be acceptable to your readers. Mv personal acquaintance with Daniel Web- ster was brought about by a Potomac rock fish, aud hence for me to write about him as an angler is both a pleasure and a privilege. It was early in the summer of 1851 when, after captar- ing a fino lot of fish at the Little Falls, I distri- buted my plunder among certain friends in Washington, One of these. to whom Isenta 10-pound rock fish, was William W. Seaton, for whose noted journe! Ihad long been a corre- spondent. Abont two hours after he had re- ceived my present the editor called upon me and requested asa favor that I would let him send the fish to Mr. Webster with my compli- ments, and as I Lad no objection the prize was duiy delivered to the Secretary of State. After the lapse of another two hours a messenger came to me from Mr. Wobster requesting mo to call upon him at his department. and I did so withont delay. On making my appearance before the great man ho put on avery dignified air, almost equal to a modern civil service com- missioner, aud thanking me for my present said he wanted to consult with me on important business. He desired to know where I had ewught that big rock fish, and after telling him when, where and how, be added: “I wouid like to catch a similar specimen in your company.” ARRANGING A FISHING EXCURSION. After a full explanation of affairs I took my leave and in the morning of that day proceeded to arrange matters with Joe Paine. the fishing king of the Potomac, and a special day for sport was designated. At 4 o'clock on the morning of that day Mr. Webster called at my residence in his carriage and off we posted tor the Little Falls, The weather was delightiul and the river in splendid condition, Joe Paine bad everything in complete order and was in fine spirits. He decided as a special honor to Mr. Webster that he would take us in his boat to a central rock in the river, at the head of the big eddy, where good sport seemed most cor- tain, As we struggled to pass over the rushing waters Mr. Webster became excited and actu- ally clapped his hands With glee. We fished both with bait and a big yellow fly, and it was not long before Mr. Webster h da large fish, which was saved with much difiiculty, and when in the bottom of the boat the captor uttered a regular yell of delight and in his ex- citement nearly lost his rod and reel overboard. The fish weighed 16 pounds, We continued the sport until near 9 o'clock, when Mr. Web- ster told Paine, as he handed hima $10 coin, that as he was President Fillmore’s clerk it was time for him to return home so as to reach the department before noon, and thus euded the morning’s sport, Before the season closed Mr. Webster made a number of visits to the Little Falls, and though less successful than he had been before he greatly enjoyed the early morning drives, the wild scenery of the river, the singing of the birds aud the companion: ship of Joe Paine, who looked after his com- fort and pleasure. TROUTING AT CAPo! Shortly afterward, while talking with Mr, Webster about Capon Springs, which I had re- cently visited, he proposed that I should join him on a trip’ to that place, where he couited on some good trout fishing. We went and had a grand time, but the expoander did not have the privilege of wetting a line. The brooks were too wild and his strength was not equal to 4 protracted tramp and so he spent the most of his time in talking with the Virginia furners who came to see him by the score and to whom, on the occasion of ‘n reception, he de- livered one of Lis most charming of of-band In a letter written to bis son at that time he said: ‘There are a these mountain streams and of pretty good size, but the streams are too far off for There is a fish in these waters called t li fish, resembling the English dace or in some degrees our chud, and he rises to the fly and it is curious enough that the people hereabout are unwilling this year to eat either the trout or the dace. The reason is that the surface of all the streams is covered vy millions of locusts, upon which the fish gluttonously feed and the popular idea is that by that means they become unwholesome, y pushed off to the distant streams and ught home forty trout, some of them ent in size and of good color—two or three of them being a foot long, But they are not Marshpee, nor Red Brook, nor Wakquoit, nor Hink! ills, nor of that brook in which we were always in “the worst of it.’” Apropos to Marshpec, I may add that it was in that stream the orator was fishing when, as he wus pulling the big fish and thinking of a forthcoming oration, he exclaimed, “Venerable man. you have come down to us from a former generation!” FISH AND DIPLOMAcyY. Another incident connected with Capon Springs —more diplomatic than piscatorial——was to this effect: Before leaving Washington he told me to 1 nry Lytton ulwer, and, aftor tell- ing him about the charms of the springs as a place to discues diplo: ¢ affairs, to invite him to join the secretary among the moun- om 2 obeyed orders, and Sir Heury took the hint with avidity, and in due time ail the parties were assombled at the big hotel, At the close of a week not one word had been ex- changed between the diplomatic lions about the modifications of a certain treaty; and while the American talked about books and enjoyed the company of rural visitors the Eng- lishman Yanitested some Jittle uneasiness as to the result of his mission from Washington to the mountains. On a certain Snaday af noon Sir Heary sent for me and, after vario; explanations, requested me to try and induce Mr. Webster to appoint a day for a full discus- sion of the treaty busi: then on the carpet, My duty in the premises was duly performed, wud it was when atwinkle had reached Mr. Webster's eyes that he made this reply: “We must try for trout tomorrow and then. per- baps, we may have time to attend to Nicara- ” The time did not come, and Sir Heury L. yy gua.” . subsequently looked upon this whole visit to Capon Springs as a diplomatic joke. a our return from the Virginia mountains Mr. Webster talked a great deal about the pleasures of fishing and of the wonders he had en during our trouting expedition, as he called it; and after politely saying to me that expert anglers were very apt to be good busi- bers nen be edded that he wanted moto resign my position as librarian of the War department and enter the Department of State as his pri- vate secretary, to be followed eventually by the position of librarian of copyrights. Knowing that even a dolphin might Lave a good time in be) wake of a whale [ listened and took the it. A TRIP TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. When the summer of 185i was half passed Mr, Webster began to sigh for the cooling airs of New Hampshire. He wanted to get there be- fore the trout had left their favorite pools, aud, of course, it was my official duty to get my tackle ready and accompany him to Elms tarm, The trouting and other expeditions that ventured upon were not few nor far between, but they were chiefly of the imaginary sort, and the offspring of early memories on the part of mine host, When a boy he was wont to catch troutonly with the worm. Heremembered the time when the Merrimack was crowded with salmon, but then 3 HAE ; | i ef thought much less of trout fishing than I did Of his enry life: which Iwas alreade hoping te early life, w! was Iv to utilize in a comin, ivate biography. Tt was while we were ing about country, on what he called a fishing frolie, that he took me to the honse where he was born, and of which T took a sketch for Mrs. Webster, and which in s letter to Mr. Everett he described as ‘‘accu- rately depicted.” er places that we visited were Punch ‘brook, where he used to catch the Bates e- when a boy, and also a beautiful id or lot whore be hada fish house and a boat, and whence he had taken many a pike and perch in the olden times. , B® DECLINING Days. It was my privilege to revisit Elms farm with Mr. Webster in the autumn of 1851, bnt time was now beginning to tell upon his manly pru- portions, and he talked more about the men and books of the olden times than he did about fishing. Before leaving Washington. on the occasion of a dinner that he was to give cer- tain piseatorial friends, I sent him two dozen trout, which I had taken in Difficult run, only fifteen miles from the metropolis, and it was only a few weeks afterward that I aent him twelve-pound salmon from the coast of Labra- dor, carefully packed in snow, which was also served atone of his dinners and was the text for much agrecable talk abou: fishing, when he alluded to the two incidents just mentioned as truly remarkable, never dreaming that a_trout could be caught within sight of the Capitol or thata fresh salmon could be transported in good order from Labrador to the Potomac, During a brief visit that Mr. Webster made to Nabant in 1851 he was not weli_ and seemed do- spondeant, and yet on one brief morning ky seen to walk slowly down to the water's where he boarded'a Asbing smack and sailed outtosea. He was gone all day and on his re- turn reported that he had enjoyed himself im- mensely and had fish enough to supply the wholo town. From the skippor I subsequently heard that he had not even attempted to wet a line, but spent most of the day asicep, basking in the sunshine and drinking in the air of the ocean, WHAT IE WROTE AROUT FISHING. But it was at Marshfield that Mr. Webster had the best opportunities for fishing in his old age. There, in his much-loved vessel calied the Lapwing, ke hed his old friend, Seth Peterson, for commodore, and a minute ac- count of their experiences would make acharm- ins volnme, In one of his letters to Rh. M. Blatchford inviting him to Marshfield he wrote: “Come and yon may go to Edgartown with Fletcher or to Seconet Point with me. For blue fish merely nothing can be quite so good as Edgartown, For blue fish, bass aud tantog altogether Seconet is better.” Ou another occasion he wrote: “I have aworld of talk when 1 see you on the phe- nomeua of the seasons by sea and land. I un- derstand the fish dio by thousands and hun- dreds of thousunds in the Chesapeake and the rivers of Maryland and are washed ashore, We have secn nothing like that here.” In another letter he made this allusion to « bit of sport: “Thursday I canght thirty very fine tautog under sunk rock, It was just day for thom—mild, still and a little cloudy, On sach a day and at the commencement of flood tide throw your hook in the den and the chiefs will contend for it, I took one 7-pound fellow, On Saturday I went out in the Lapwing with Fletcher and some of his Boston frien We had uo great luckand it came on to rain during aperfectcalm. We did not escape a wetting, but I took little harm from it, in the after- noon I caught some skippog, the I sup- pose, as ure called porgees in New e No matter where Mr. Webster might be, in the city, among the mountains or on the sea shore, he was always ready to talk or make plans about fishing. He loved to praise the sea air of Marshficld because it made him stronger, and used to say that as the gi grew strong by touching the earth, the effect was produced on him by touching the salt sea shore near his home. Ta April, 1852, the year of Mr, Webs death, his health began’ to fail, and on ing anew rod nud reel from his son Fic he expressed his doubts about his ever being able to capiure another big rock fish at the Little Falls, It was then, although in Wash- ton, during his efforts to keep warm, that ne sighed for a warm wood fire, “made out of John ee Ge chips and logs,” showing how his mind loved to wander off to the region where he was born. A PERTINENT GIFT, Daring his confinement within doors at this time he was told by his physician that he must remain in bed, but ho would no* or contd not do so, but spent his time in dictating letters or rimmaging among his books; and then it was that he went to « particular shelf, took down a smail volume, wrote something on the fly leaf, and in 9 most majestic manner presented it to me without utter! a single word, The title of that book was “Fish: How to Choose and How to Dress,” published by Longman & €o. in 1843, and the writing alluded to was as fol- ows: “Washington, April 18, 1852. To my much respected friend and’ junior brother angler, Charles Lanmaun, I present this volume. Possibly he may hereafter attach some valuo to itfor my sake. Daniel Webster.” The cold that Mr. Webster had takon at this time caused | him to hasten his departure, eo that he mi:ht partake of the joys of Marshfield, where for a time he did recuperate his health, Shortly after he had become settled by the sca a neighbor presented him with a four-pound trout that had been taken on his domain. He waa delighted with the gift and when its fame had extended to the town of Plymouth an old friend residing there invited him to come over and enjoy some very easy fishing for troat in a rivate and weil-stocked pond. This invitation e accepted, aud presuming that the book he had given me had instructed me in the art of choosing fish, if nothing more, I was invited to pilot the way to Plymouth. THE ACCIDENT NEAR PLYMOUTH, And it was while on that expedition after trout that the terrible accident took place which nearly reeulted in Mr. Webster's death, We were in an old-fashioned carriage, aud while I was driviug upa gentle hill near Plymouth the transom bolt of the carriage was broken and we were both thrown headiong upon the ground. Ina lotter to President Fillmore de- scribing the narrow escape he said thata siinilar accident had happened to him some twenty years before and that it was a great es- cape. “I was pointing out wrote, “where the Maydower came to anchor and showing him the island, still called Cap- tain’s Island, which was the possession of Miles Standish and where his descendants now reside.” He caught no fish on that occasion and never afterward, althongh about a month before his death he wrote to his friend, I, M. Blatchford, “1 have had a bad turn, but the fish are com- ing in in multitudes. Hopo to be able to work next month,” In one of his letters, after describing minutely the so-called “slicks” made by the savage bine fish while devouring their fellow creacures, he wrote: “If this be so it will be the more patriotic in you and me to take as many of these blue fish to land as possible.” ANENT A NEW FISHING OUTFIT, After receiving and descri¥ing a superb lot of fishing tackle which had been presented to him be once made this allusion to the great angler of England: “Poor Isaak Walton! Little did he think when moving along the banks of the rivers and brooks of Staffordshire with hiy cumbersome equipments that any worthy dis- ciple of his would over be so gorgeously fitted out with all that artand taste can accomplish for the pursuit of his favorite sport, Among his followers are thousands of better anglers than myself, but I chalienge them, one and all, to show that a disciple can be found who goca better preparod for creditable performances, My responsibility, I fear, is the greater. A fly thrown may with, such implements, or a fish struck unadroitly, or played without skill, or suffered to make his es except into the basket, would justly affect. the operations with race. How could he hope to justify hit betore Giraux of New York or the Eck- leys of Boston? Heury Grinnell! I should bo as id to meet him after such a misadven- ture, If he should hear of it he would pause, though he was just throwing a fly for a salmon in one of the rivers of Ireland. Lagain shall see Islip or Smith’s Pond, or the Fire Place, even if I should wet a line quite alone at i Narrows, my band, I am sure, will tremble, jally when I shall for the time throw a mayfly to a trout this beautitul gear.” Before concluding this chapter a character we shall find ve atrue man. While winnivg the highest a8 a ao lawyer » be never Hi i £ E 5 ‘o Mr. Lanman,” he | LOVERS OF GAME. Distinguished People Who Can Be Met in the Market. THE DUCKS OF THE POTOMAC —___ Washington Famous Fer Toothsome Daintie—An Interesting Chat With a Man Who Supplies Many Tabies— Game in Season, — ‘ROM 9 until 12 o'clock every morning Center market is a busy place. The dealers then hold their daily reception, and they have as distinguished a com- pany of callers as the mistress of any salon in the city, Marketing has become one of the fads of Washington society. The game market seems to have the greatest attraction for the fashionable people who almost daily pass through the black heavy swinging doors, and it is in the Center where they all meet. Any morning one can find there Senators, cabinet officers. justices of the Supreme Court, and men whose names are in every one’s mouth, grouped about in animated conversation about the great theme of the Public questions are for the time for- takes a secoud place. and every- one is in touch with his neighbor in his desire to got the choicest bits at the greatest bargaim. Ail of these distinguished ay know Walter Moreland, the veteran. Mr. Moreland has sold game m the Center market for nearly twelve years now, and during that time he has met nearly every public man of consequence having a ‘kindness for his stomach that has lived in Washington, To please their tastes has been a study with him, and there is hardly a public man in canuot tell something interesting, He like to talk about game, and is well worth listening to when he does talk, for noman knows more abont the sabj than does the fine looking man with abig mustache aud actean apron who can be seen directing operations about Mc. KR, A. Golden's stands, Nos, 332 to 239. Mr. Golden's stands are noted among the knowing ones, for Mr. Golden is anexpert, He knows Where the most toothsome birds and fish can be found, and constantly has hunters engaged to supply him. Asa consequence the fame of his stands and of Mr. Moreland, too, who man- ses them, has spread wherever there 1s a com- 'y of men who love to talk about tne good things of the table, DUCKS ON THE PoTOMAC. “hey are changing their flight,” said he to reporter the other day, referring to sintheir annual passage ‘to the south, “Ouly a few years ago the great feeding places were in entirely different localities, They are changing now, but the pot hunters follow them 8 sent up the river are almost ere in th® old days.” the Potomac staud as a ducking ground?” asked the reporte: “L consider it the finest in the country,” said Mr. Moreland, “and there is not « bit of water that can compare with it, The celery beds of the Potomac are known all over the world. ‘These beds are the great meeting places of the canvas back, the red head and the maliard. It is their half-way house; here the: long journey, and here in the greatest numbe: the grounds are not ha! at one time, for us at sportsmen of the big exti out and have b the better hunting grounds." No Aquia creek, tor iustance. A pot huater enter there at all, and there has not been a duck shot tor the market in that choicest of grounds for a long time. The land on both sides of the strezm is owned wealthy sportsmen and they keep a sharp look out on their property. The waters of Vircinia were at one time a prolific source of supply, but the laws recently passed by the legislature have been so stringeut that they uro £0 no longer. James river was at one time an excei- lent ground, but now it is almost deserted by the huuters for the market. Graduaily they are drifting southward, and now many hunters who used to be near by make trips to Curritne Pimtico sounds, which have not yet been seized upon by sportsmen. The majority of our hunt- ers live in Alexandria and we have regular con- tr with them, taking ali the game they can supply at the highest macket prices.” How do the markets of Washington compare with those of other cities?” asked the reporter, ‘They do not suffer by comparison.” was the reje’ “but rather stand ont more boldly in their excellence. In this town we have more big dinners, more entertainments where game is demanded, than in any other city, and as @ natural sequence the demand is’ not only greator but the season lasts longer, But oar markets have to be protected in certain soa- aons, Now, here's a dispatch,” he continued, as he tore open # manilia envelope, “and Dil bet New York wants more eanvas back. Yes; I thought so. But she can’t get ‘em; it’s as much as we can do tosupp!y our own demand, Why, if we sent everything to New York that was wanted the market would be drained of its choicest. But we won't do it, The season there does not last long, and that's a good thing.” WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE AT THE MARKET, The conversation was interrupted just here by the arrival of a number of customera. As a usual thing the clerks attend to the customers, but a big dinner was to be arranged and Mr. Moreland must he consulted. Among the mauy ladies who like to come to market and make their own selections is Mra, Blaine, the wife of the Secretary of State. She delights in marketing, and seems never so pleased as when among the choice products of jand and water scattered so plentifully about. Mrs. Gen, Sheridan continues her o!d custom of doing her own marketing. In the days before his death the geveral used almost invariably ac- company her, and his well-known liking for the good things of Life assisted her greatly in mak- ing selections for the cozy dinners for which her pleasant homo was noted. “Little Phil?” had a great fondness for a canvas back, and he always wanted a hen duck. He would bi no other, deciaring that the hen duck was much more dolicate in flavor. Mrs, Bradley, the wife,of the justice, also likes to go to market and ¢an be‘ seen thero any day, Justice Gray likes fish for breakfast and must t. They are sent to his house early every morning—generaliy rock, but sometimes he ims a fine red snapper from Pensacola, Judge Hagner likes to make bis own selections, and yevery morning before he goes to the city hall he can be found at the market looking over tho game displayed there wita a oritical eye. Representative Randall before his illness was a freqnent visitor to the market, accompanyi: his wife in her excursions. He likes a goo dinner as well as any man in town, and though his residence on Capitol Hill is plain and un- F nheparaeerid his table is loaded with the best in 8 marie, Gardiner G. Hubbard and Gen. Andorson frequently meet in the game market, Both of them are epicures and both very particular in their selections, They like to taik over their respective selections of canvas back and mal- lards and some of their learned juisitions would excite an appetite in the most long-suf- fering dyspeptic. Sometimes Senator Stanford oe brought the mar- the market, but his Chinese steward, here from his California home, does keting. This Chinaman is one of the best cooks in the city and some of his original dishes puzzle the epicures that occasionally gather Sround the Senator's hospitable board. “Sena’ tor Stanford has a great ionduess for woodcock and his dinner is not complete without them. ‘They cost €9 @ dozen and a dozen weigh four pounds gross, - We tative McAdoo of New Jersey has a order at one of the prominent stands tnd ovary two or tres days ken pa of ou vas ORDERS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE of tho past twenty years have varied in their petites just as other mortals do. Mr, More- game to them all since the war, Sra man. “Gon, Grant liked the good things of table better than most men,” ho said, wie te areminiscent mood ‘His orders wero gi ae eet ow aes for his table. He iberality itself, every oe of went to the White successor, was just the reverse, and was, 80 far as game goes, the most economical Presi- dent since Ihave been selling fruk tothe wend’ large, orders ua ee 4 + ifs ver shington about whom he | dinners will long be remembered in Washing- ton for their lavishness and taste, But Clere- laad was the best of them all.” continued Mr. Moreland. enthusiastically, “and he . ciated our efforts more than any other ~ dent that Ican remember. He was particular about the of what was sent, but was to pay for it when it didcome. Even after he left the city and took up his residence in New York he did not t the taste of W: a game and M: Wilson used to come around regularly with orders to be sup- plied. Every time he gave a little dinner we sent the game from here and the ex-President often declared that there was nothing in New York to equal it, President Harrison is a mod- — —— ot _ He is a greater lover of than of game an a many are sent to the White House. A" WHAT DIPLOMATS EaT. “But the most particular people that I have ever supplied with game,” continued Mr. More- land, jes those composing the diplomatic re 'y are hard to please, and every one of them hes little likes and dislikes that ara much more strongly emphasized than those of Americans. They are among our largest cus- | tomers, however. and some of the dinners they give cost a smali fortune. Just the one item of gume would astonish bg not informed in such things. Sir Julian Panncefote is one of my principal customers and his orders sre large. There may be some little truth in the | Renerally accepted report that English people like their game a little ‘high,’ but if this is so I never noticed in in th purchases here, Game ig undoubtedly better for having been kept for a few days, but when they buy it it is fresh, Sir Julian is passionately fond of venison and we sell him a great deal of it. The French | logation, as might be expected, are fond of a | fir class, the market, “The Russian people of fowl and they buy no poor meat, while the | Germans are not at all particular and live very plainly. Then there are the Chinese. They are among our biggest buyers and I tell you | their steward bas his hands fall all the time. | They wil! never buy a fow! witha dark feather. No, I can't tell you why; don’t know. They buy geese and swans. Young = just feathering are a delicacy they think a great jdeal of, aud they like all they can get, but there mustn't be a black feather. They like lobsters, too; very fond of them. Buy them alive; won't have a one under any cir- cumstances. Why? Don't know that, either, Curious peopte, those. I also sell them a great many shell fish of every kind, All of the east- ern delegations here like shell fish. The Jap- anese buy a great many of them. Smeits aro their favorite fish, They dote on them ea also on scallops. RX-SECRETARY BAYARD MARKETING. “You, of course, have heard how fond ex- Secretary Bayard was of coming to market? Weil, L used tolike to see him come around. He appreciated everything so much. He was & Z00d cook, too, Used to tell me how this and that thing ought to be done, It seemed to be a relief for him to come to market and it id me good to see him enjoy himself el of the game eo affectionately and then always select the best in the place. Ah, but he knew more about such things than most men, The biggest turkey I ever saw leave this market was bought by him and I found it at his request. Gov, Gray, you know, is an old friend of his and when he was elected governor of Delaware the Secretary came down here chuckling to himself and in the best kind of bumer, ““*I want the biggest turkey you can find,’ he said to me, ‘and if possible » wild one.” “Well, 1 just hustled around and found it and I tell yon it wasa splendid bird. Sent it off to Gov. Gray by express, But I candell you high living has its ills and you ought to see some of the letters I have received from men who seem only to live to eat. I often feel sorry for the writers. ‘They describe in the most elo- quent manner ideal dinners that they want to get up and ask me to try and procure for them the materials to do it with. Now, there is old Col. Hudson, That's all he seems to think about night or day-——xomething nice, something that will tickle his palate, something he hasn't tasted before. His letters are almost pathctic, and when I send him a basket that is very good he writes me a note of thanks thot makes me almost believe that I had saved his life. There are plenty others just the same way. ROOES AND CANVAS BACKS. “What isthe difference between a canvas back and any other duck? Now yon have asked mea puzzler. I don't believe there is a man alive who can distinguish a rook from a canvas back after they have been curved and put on the table, hey feed in the same waters and live on the same food. The rook follow the can- vas back everywhere they go and keeps them or. ‘Tbe rook cannot dive like the canvas ack; they cannot reach the wild celery in the bottom of the river, but they wait for the can- vas back, and when he comes up with a bill full ot celery they make for him as swift as.an ar- row. Now it must be remembered that the canvas back is a very dainty bird and he won't eat anything until it has boon thoroughly washed, so he doesn’t have chance to gobble up the celery before the rook is upon him. That's how it 1s that yon find so many poor canvas back ducks, No, I don't believe any one can tell the difference after they are cooked. James Wormley tho elder used to say that he could if he had one mouthfal from the rear breast of the bird, but I have good reason to doubt this.” . ee ONE SMALL GIRL AND HER DOLL. The Size of the Latter Renders Her Walk Down the Street Embarrassing. A rather small girl of perhaps eight summers got aboard an F-street car day before yester- day with a doll thrown over her shoulder as big qs a four-year-old child, under the weight of which she positively staggered. It had on areal little boy's hat end it was not until the passengers had had time to observe the fixity of its round-eyed stare and the unnatural bue of its porcclain complexion that they realized it was not an actual infant. it even hadon a thick coat, for protection against the weather, made in the latest fashion for children, and its hair hung im golden ringtets over its shoniders. ‘The little girl seated herself near the for- ward end of the vehicle and placed the doll beside her in the attitude of looking out of the window, as children do, kneeling upon the seat, Presently the conductor came along for fares and she handed him a single ticket. FIVE CENTS A SEAT. “You must pay for your little brother, too, if he is tooccupy aseat. Thatis the rule of this line.” “But this is notmy brother,” replied the small giri, sitting with one hand holding on to the ‘doll, which was still apparently engaged in gazing out of the window. “Well, be may be your cousin for all I know; but yer _— pay ferhim uniess you take him on your la) “All right,” said the small girl philosophically. Tu take him.” we ‘ And with that she lifted the doll into her lap, so that it faced the conductor, who, after gaz- bed it for eight seconds by the watch, rushed o1 other passenger \. corded four extra uncalied-for fone The little nis igadey einer yr vee fy over her uider and staggered toward Pennsylvania avenue. ANOTEER EMBARRASSING ERROR. Just about as she was te cross E street she encountered a benevolen! old gentleman, who ‘gesed upon epee in- pons pcs gape He stopped her at the “My poor little dear, I must ask you to give mm Sour adden Where do you live, Ifyou P “On P street, sir. But wh; “Because,” said the oid ~id “The Spanish minister and his snite order a great deal of game. What the reason is I do | not know, but they never want anything bet white meat and will have nothing else bat that, go in for the fattest kind | Tt is now universally ‘by even tho most fanatical tectotalers that glam cf thorowrh!y = tured and pure wine t# the most wholsesame, hesitia and atrensth-erving beverage for mankind. every state—no matter how cold ite climate—pro= duces grapes from which wine is pressed, bat THR, PASADENA WINES are made from those luscious SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA erapes which attain the highest «rade of maturity and ripepess and fore, the best Wines in the market. 5 L EB. A SELIGSON, or 12200 and 1202 Penna. ave aw. WASHINGTON, D. C., ‘ain the sole agent for the Pasadena Wines and B-apdies And well at marvelovsly low prices Uhave received orders from rich and poor alike and all cheerfully a Kuowledie that the Passteus Wines and Brancies ary by far the best and purest in the District, setwith- standing the fact that my prices are the very lowes: My 20 per cent removal discount will be indefinitely continued, PLLASS COMPARE MY PRICES WITH THOSE OF OTHERS. PASADENA WINES. oud dinner, and their steward is a model of | Muncatel This is fully understood by every huckster in | BF VIRGINIA AND OTHER AMERICAN WINES. Virginia Claret. . 100 8o Dorton's Vu ‘Sediine, fone ar 800 320 SweetCatawbe (Guest quality) » so Tcarry the largest etock of Imported Wines, Coe- Nock, Gins, Jamaica and St, Croix Koms and all the French Cordials, including the celebrate after-dinner cordial, CKEMA DE MENTHE (Cream of Mins), green oF orange. The oldest Kye, Bourbon and Imported Whiskies can always be found st my store, lenumerstes few: Trimble Pure Rye. Monticello Pure Ki Ericcuion Bure $f auinisville Pure Rye, Old Keutucky Sour Mast. beotch Whisky, old... deotch Whisky, very Sootch Whisky, very, very old. Irish Whisky, old. dries Whieky, ol Iris: Whisky. oi German Koen WELL eew cee T make 9 specialty of High-flavored Cocking end deliy Wines and Braudies. B. A. SELIGSON, THE WINE AND LIQUOR MERCHANT, 1200 and 1202 Penna. ave. n.w, ‘Telophoné Call 122-3, _A1S-wke UNDE MASONIC Cor, th a ts. CALL, EXAMINE QU) GoubS AND BE CON- TIONS, iPLIONS Our prives tions have been reduced Proportion to ofl We mseouly o Pou drag and chemicais from the most facturers, We cheerfully of this t tana @ caretud juspectiog: Gepartinent by plysiclaia Benson's Cupeine Vi ‘itunur’ Itheusuatic Pasters Cuticura Svap. Cuticurs Giutuent Cuticura Kesolvent . Cashnere Be fervescius no Caifein cllow’s Sirup Hyvovbosphites Williams’ Com, Sirup Hypo ott stirs: petra £83 8 erreTa md o oo if equaled as fet: it ren so tae phi wi vente chapping. Every lady ‘etiould vet ible external remedy. - sista, Headache sud Tootsarne ttnever aie to sive inn @ rolief 40 the mout obstinate cases. Give it iesincicains QUININE. uogen 2 rain Cape dozen 00% opm Pi. ae eroRE, da4-co TEMPLE DRUG corner Yin aud Fate, ¥. 8, WILLIAMS & CO. Proprictoxs, the place—THE mistake Pisce McMoxxs ELIXIR OF OPIUM Isa preparation of the drag by which its injurion effects are removed, while the valuable medictnal |