Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-10-04
PARADISE FOR HUNTERS.
Where New Yorlz's Millfonaires Go to
Spend the Shooting Season.

Where New YOrk's Mi1IiOnaires Go to
Spend the Shooting Season.
n. Y Cores. Chicago News.
There are hundreds of fine shooting pre-
serves in the country today, and the number
is constantly being added to. Millions Of
acres are under the control of able game
guardians In the Adirondack region alone.
the hunting grounds of the New York mil
lionaire, there are 100000 acres controlled
and owned by shootings clubs.
Tho finest thing of the kind in the land is
located at Jekyl Island, on the Georgia coast,
near Brur swick. 1t has been estimated that
the combined wealth Of the members of this
club reaches the stupendous sum OF 81. OOO,-
ooo,OD. The island Is crescent shaped, about
twelve miles in length and two in width and
FOLDS the best game to DE found anywhere
ON the coast.
The easterly end of Long Island abounds
with shooting preserves. and the first shoot
ing club to be organized in the country was
established there. 1t was called the South
SIDE Sportsmen's Club, and 900 acres near
the now fashionable town of Islip were pur-
chased.
or the individual hunting grounds those of
w. Seward Webb in the Adirondack region
comprising 10000 acres. are about the finest
In the country. DR.. Webb calls his estate
Ne-Ha-Sa-Ne Park. and during the season
his fine house there is always filed to over
flowing.
George Gould has also fine hunting place
in the Catskills, called rurlough Lodge. The
house is a log affair, and while the exterior
Is rough the interior is a marvel of luxury
and ease. Mr.. Gould is clever sportsman
having hunted all the big game of the west,
but he claims there is more excitement in
bringing to earth brace of lively partridgeS
than mailing grizzly at long range.
While Austin Corbin is Il member of many
hunting clubs. he spends most of the shoot
ing season at his own estate, called Blue
Mountain Forest Park near Newport n
H. Inc estate comprises 26,0OD acres. and
the owner has spent tens of thousands of
dollars In stocking it with large variety of
animals. 1t is one of Mr.. Corbin's hobbies
to perpctuate the buffalo, and he now has
more than fifty of the species roaming
through his grounds They are in fine
healthy shape and are increasing rapidly
In five years Mr.. Corbin says that he will
nave couple of hundred of them.
lie also has 800 deer on the place and 800
wild boars. There are 30 moose and $50 elk
besides vast numbers of German hares, Chi
hese pheasants and the game native to the
region. The animals have such vast area
OF country to roam over that they are wild
ana tlInld and afford splendid sport in the
chase. None of the buffalo are hunted, as
they are such easy marks with the long
range rifles of today that 1t would be pure
slaughter to Kill them: besides. Mr.. Corbin's
sole purpose is to increase their number
George Vanderbilt is rapidly getting his
immense estate near Asheville, n. c. into
me hunting order. although personally he is
not much OF sportsman. The country there
abounds with game, but he has Supplement-
ed nature by adding large numbers of va
rieties of foreign BIRDS
tuxedo Park is well stocked with English
pheasants and wild turkeys and the sport
there promises to be very fine this year
owing to Its nearneSs to New York 1t Is
pretty well shot over by the end Of the sea-