Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-08-11
EEiLE MEADE FARM.
Ine Georgia Home OF ROuEie Scotland. the
Shetland Ponies and the fark of IN~e-.


EELLE MEADE FARM.
The Georgia Home of Houxte Scotland. t,.e
shetland Ponies and the f'ark OF lNee<.
! IT, ". Grady il Atlanta Constitution,
Ii WAS here rha. the Bonnie Scotland
horses 50 famous on the turf for the pas.
| ten years were bred. The Old stallion
| died A. his stables here last year. while
his sons and daushtere were waking the
| world to applause with their performances
on the turf. Here were bred from the
lcins of this horse BCamble. the :ruest
racer ever known in America: Luke
Blackburn. who has run more races -
| his age than aCy horse that ever ran ::
Belle nj the Meade. Ben Hill. Brooklyn.
BGamhsletta, BomhaS,. BuShwacker. Ban
Ter. aud the whole swarm Of dying" B'S"
tina. have made the blight color the long
form. and the pretty heads y: the. S,os-
lands 50 famous On al rsscs, courses
Thoroughbred horses do not make UP the
teal Of the products Of Belle Meade. Cots
wo!d and inerilo sheep are raised il large
quantities. Imported shepherd dogs aud
Scotch sreyhourdS are bred and sold. aud
there are the finest OF cattle of several
breeds. Last year General jackson i'm
ported = drove OF Shetland ponies OF tile
W.. fANANSt SSISAStluS vi Twelve
| mares and two stations. These .it.Ie fel.
lows are different from the ordinary Sae;-
lands seen in ci-cuSeS. being hardly laySev
than Newfoundland dogs. They are hardy.
gentle and strong. and sell readily AZ from
$50 10 500. The :irs, colts will be offered
next year. Master Willie Jackson. a
youngSter 81 5. and thoroughbred
himself. dashed abou, the farm in true
Cavalier style on the bare back Of one
Of these ponies with No more danger than
If he had been riding 4 big dog. There is
raised on the Belle Meade more corn. hav.
wheat. etc. than can be used. and large
quantities are sold annually. The profits
| Of the farm proper pay the expenses ot
running everything. and tie income iroia
sales is about clear profit. \ com.
mission Of Srenchmen sent out by the
French government reported officially tha,
nowhere IL Ensland or America did they
find . farm on which the thorourt.b bred
horse was bred with SO much iudsn;sn,
and success As at Belle Meade.
pnc ot the most attractive sights On the
| farm is the deer park. This is an euclo-
sure Of nearly 1000 acres. covered with
the incompatible blue grass. and shaded
by groves Of primitive oaks In the park
are not less than 500 deer Our party Of
visitors Were stationed on All en!ncnce in
| the park. in carriages. and men s.nt out
to drive the deer past us. The sun was
beating through the archins trees and
powderinS the grass with sold-throush
the long viStas OF alternate dusk and
hIiliiancy there could be seen here aud
there Jersey COW or deer. Tho scene
was bewitchins in its bcauty. and Major
Bacon and Judge Thompkins pronounced
it equal t. the forests OF Fontainbleau or
Windsor.
"S-s-h. Here they come. -
Way OF through the trees could be seen
\ score .: dark brown forms moving rapidly
toward where We Were sitting.
Keep quiet now ~ said General Jack
son. It'll they get near us. and then we'll
whnop them up!'
Tn they came, the antlered bucks in
front and the graceful does close behind.
hundreds in number. flying rs lightly and
swiftly rs the wind. Beyond the deer the
srooms came plungns OH their horses.
Surely 4 prcttier sight WAS never seen. and
it quickencd the pulses Of every man who
SAW it. As tho brown squadrons, skim
| ming over tho sward. reached point
about ono hundred yards from us, the
foremost buck-a superb creature he was
-hNNSNs StouNhSN III VIZ SlssSS all Ill
Staut, his autlerS barely showing, then
rose, Il mere flash of brown color. and was
off to the lcftward on the wings of tho
wind. Half the drove followed him, but
the other wing wheeled slightly to the
right. Just rs they were fairly separated
4 little fawn. hardly bigger than rabbit.
discovered that he was in the wrong
crowd, and made \ break for the other.
crossing right in front Of our party. He
evidently felt that he had business on
hand. and leapcd in and out Of tho grass rs
rapidly rs tho eye could follow.
This was more than the Hon. William
A. Harris could stand.
W-h-o-o-o-p.h.c-e ~ remarked he, in
Worth county tone of voice that made tho
oaks shivcr and lifted the fly ing f;swn out of
its boots. With Colonel Bills remark
the deer vanished. Wo thought they had
been running before, but they were merely
cropping until the South Georgia yell open
cd the way for them. and then they melted
out of sight.
"Quick with your guns, said General
jackson, "and try your hands on this
buck y
Away down the slope ho came, sitting
along under the influence Of the Worth
county roar that had SD pervatcl tho air
he could not tell in what direction it came
from. Hero he is within sixty yards
Bang! bang!' from the guns of Hon.
Milt Reese and Senator Reid. Tho buck
halts an instant, aud is off again unhurt.
"Bars! bang ~ Mr.. Cunningham Of
Savannah aud Speaker Bacon. A few
leaves sprinkled down from a ncighbOring
tree.
Bang! bang"' from Colonel L. p.
Howell and Reese Crawford. A COW on an
adjoining hill sprang into the air and flew
off madly.
" Bang! bang" from Hon. Arthur
Gray (and his cOusin) and Mr.. Davenport
Jackson, and still the deer sped on with
out a hObble.
BY this time he had passed our stand
and was rapidly vanishing. Mcssrs. Tom
kins and Patterson had fired Intellectual
shots, when the writer OF this carelessly
stepped to the front. He raised his gun
quickly, closed his cross eye, and dropped
the good one along the barrel. There was
4 flash, the deer stopped suddenly as if he
had been transfixed, leaped into tho air,
and fell dead. [Cheers and cries of "Go
on - "Go On ~
But it is fit that this screed should close
with the tragedy recorded above. As /
write these words my eyes fall on Deer
slayer, my faithful gun, across the muzzle
of which is suspended noble pair Of ant
lers, and the sight stirs the turbulent hun
ter's blood in my veins and stills the softer
impulses of the scribe