The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-11-28
WEALTHY SPORTSMEN.
Rich NOrtherners Who Go Down SOut
to Shoot and Fish.

MICH NOrtnefnerS W mo 10 down. SOutn
to Shoot and Fish.
When the northern deer shooting sea-
son closes, Oct II, in New York and
a little later perhaps elsewhere, some
lucky sportsmen betake themselves to the
Carolnas. and continue the sport for some
months longer, says the Charleston News
and Courier. The mild climate and I'M
tanned condition of many regions in the
CarolinaS has made those states faVorlte
haunts with Northern sportsmen, and al
most every important island along the
coast has it's hunting lodge, great or small,
while many are owned by clubs of sports
men.
One of the youngest of the Southern
hunting and fishing organizations is the
Palmetto Club, about to enter upon us
second sporting season, and just now es-
pecially proud Of it's new possession the
historic Folly Island, on the coast little
below Charleston. The club was charter
ed in New York year and half ago,
and Robert C. Alexander of New York, is
its secretary and treasurer, while Ole L..
Snyder, of Buffalo, is it's president. The
club was designed to have 80 charter MEM
berS and shareholders and a few well to
do sports have recently been asked to
come in at $1,000 each. Eventually, it is
limited, the club will create another sort
of membership and then enlarge it's limits.
The first purchase of the club was the
famous old Huguenot plantation of Cote
at the junction of Cooper and Ashley
rivers, about II miles above Charleston
which is at the mouth of the latter river.
Cote Bas is a plantation of about 5000
acres, marsh included, and it has 1850
acres of unbroken forest the haunt of
deer and game birds. Cote Bas was Of
fered for sale in 1858 for $4,000. 1t has
been the scene of Southern hospitality for
two centuries and its plantation house is
approached by mile-long avenue of live
oaks more than a century old. The plan
tation was for some years cut into three
ana one OF these parts peOpled in
1888 by $50 slaves, as enumerated in a bill
OF sale bearing that date Since Cote Bas
came into the possession of the Palmetto
club that organization has spent much
money in making roads and bikes. The
club is empowered by it's charter to do
a great many things besides fish and hunt
to raise live stock, to protect game, fish
and oysters, to cultivate rice, cotton and
vegetables 1t is doing some of these
things, and the steward complains that
deer in broad daylight invade the pea
patch.
Folly Island, the clubs recent acuuisi-
ton. was the scene of a notable struggle
during the civil war; and is remarkable
as never having fallen into the hands of
the Confederates. 1t has the remains of
military roads built during the war, and
these are to be the lines of communica-
ton throughout the island. Every share
holder in the Palmetto Club gets ten acres
of Folly Island, with water front not
to exceed 500 feet. There is excellent duck
shooting on the island, and oysters and
terrapin are abundant. The club cherish
es the scheme of growing terrapin for
market. a profitable industry on the East
ern shore of Maryland.
1t is noteworthy that many, perhaps
most of the sporting clubs of this kind
on the Atlantic coast have their business
h0ddOuartorS
members are scattered all over the Union.
This is in recognition of the fact that New
York is a sort of social exchange and
clearinghouse for the whole country. 1t
is due in part, too, doubtless, to the fact
that whatever speculative element there
may be in such club is likely to thrive
best at the center of speculation. There
is something besides sport in many such
clubs for those that promote the organi-
cation. and New York is the best place
to persuade men that there is chance
for speculative advantage for others than
the promoters.