The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-25

was chosen. and II house. u picturesque tumble
of peaks and gables and bays anI angles. w Was
fors tho house. beyond that was u low
I made into /" /" ions. deep. and slender little lake
by means OF n dam. But little work had To- DO
done on !, these hes tt grSMnd nn u t rSmJSGr sn Of tn, .e game
preserve and building tho house. that tho
Little need be- said OF tho house. 1t is built
trimmed with white. wniln tho shingles are
ing tho house within and furnishing it. It
cost n great sum of money. hut Is not
unique. Tho park. however. is somcthins w
i"r Il has te 6 "nSloscii hya steel fence That
is ut once, clE-tisht. riG.tiGit, and dos.tiGnt.
map shows, and is approximately ten and one
half miles long by Jour Wild; II lies almost
a aSn Touni %nn ' " srSat an n% " '"i'. "i sra nit,
Esi" :": 4,so "'I !sst !, ,anovs tic So. NV iiRo
OF this mountain. and tho fence runs
un hin and down, ana " ,To . mrndi"wTi it MAJ
proposed TO make the frnr. proof AGAINST foxes
as vol as dogs. Wire nettin. six feet VIDE
AMI having az inch mesh was nrocnr cd, TOR ,Ie
znntnI TWISTED! wires a foot apart. Posts wer?
sot at intervals of ten feet along the line; ana
cured with staples. Move the netting nyo
harted wires were stretched. thus raising tn9
fence to an attitude OF SlEit ltrt. ~ ~,
feet long were placed vertically midway be-
tween the posts. and the net and hhrhe1 wires
only stiffcncd the icnrc. but served to krcnt
in form whore the staples drew out "t the
wooden posts. as sometimes hapncncd.
When eighteen mites Of this fence had been
erected tho plan was modified for two reasons.
i was found that where II" fence en- ,, was on ,ha
proper stretching Of tho netting brought SO
grca! a null ON the fence posts that thy were
thus an orcnin. for til. imgress of dogs and
the escape Of gam" was made. simple chri.,h
wires ri G"yIi be n .tr TT; I Hi,v il, IN i f%c nn plfsss T M,.n,
barbcd Wire aid. while tho harhcd wire. i
the netting was. The item Of cost was worth
sonsiIcrimE IN a fsn "f TN, th'r ,yart @n mi ansI Ionsi
built cost about 10000.
guests five. gates were made in the fence. They
are, doGhlc frame structures. ABOUT ten ieet
are ab"nt HS4 inches large. and the tall posts
ar" connected and firmly set. The frames are
covered with wire. The gates are. indeed, a,
4 man can clint, I'm eight, foot harbed wire
fence il lie will. but it is a difficult task. Mr..
his game from thieves. hut rather on tho
sturdy honesty of character that seems t"
thrive better among the rsople who live IN
I Z Nv IVE I''Ils ahNl NiS'NI i'i'' - -
course. thieves in New hampshire. but the
proportion is small. Moreover. it Is a~thri.tr
irorl. there. and tho sociali-tic prejudice
against wealth which finds blatant voic" else
wnere is here practically unknown. MIR. Cor
bin has not suffered nom poaci"rs.
10 this enclosure We're brought the deer. the
antelope. the elk. the moose. apl the buffalo
remaining on the farm ut Babylon. and the
work Of gathering more Of Ties" animals and
OF other kinds of game was begun. As II mat
ter Of fact tho Babylon animals were brought
here even before the great fence was com
llctcd. and they We're furatime kept in II COM
parativrly small space.
1t would be- interesting to tell. were space to
be spared, all about the capturing and trans
portaiion Of the animals from their native
hnunts /" the Blue Mountain forest. Four
reindeer wrretakeni in Labrador. eighteen wild
bears were captured III the forests II Ger
many. some DOZENS of moose were obtained in
Montana. whis6 elk and deer came from
various parts Of the West. and u few door from
Maine and Canaia In small game some hun
drcds of quail were brought from Virginia
mountains and turned loose. Then 300 bronze
turkeys were taken to tn" woods and as many
Belgian hares. The white hare lLepus Amcri-