The advocate., 1897-09-08

with him Russell Sage, who seemed to
be interested, but who afterward con-
fessed that he would rather see bulls
and bears.
The dozen antelope have all elOped.As
soon as they were put into their thou
sand acres, surrounded with It's wire
fence, they rushed away into the thicket,
and even the gamekeepers have been
unable to find them. Sometimes Of
clear morning glimpses of them have
been caught in the distance on some
rocky hilltop above the forest, but as
soon as any one tried to trace them they
again disappeared, and are keeping
themselves so very quiet that 1t is inn
possible to tell whether all Of them have
survived or not, but 1t is probable that
they have. They undoubtedly enjoy the
wildness Of this region, which resembles
their Rocky mountain home, and where
they are no more liable to be m0lested
than in their own mountain Businesses.
When Mr.. Whitney wanted to see his
antelopes he was told that they had all
cleared out. He went out and tried to
find them himself, but without success.
He had the same experience with
dozen black-talled deer that were
brought on at the same time. They
were turned into an inclosure OF one
thousand or more acres and left to roam
mt their own sweet will. They are the
first black-tailed deer ever brought to
New England.
The Adams brothers have instructed
the gamekeepers to feed them when they
come around. 1t is probable that they
will not be seen until they get hungry
late in the fall, when the grass is gone.
The country where they are placed con-
tains roaring mountain brooks and small
ponds which in measure resemble their
native country.
The thirty-fve elks which were
brought on last year all survived the
winter and are doing well this summer.
They were young animals when they
came on, but their horns have grown
out 80 that they would not be recOg-
nized. They are very tame, and, al
though inclOsed in over one thousand
acres, the same as the Enclosures for the
others, when the gamekeeper gives
piercing whistle they all gather around
him like so many sheep. They are ex-
ceedingly handsome and attractive ami
mails. They often gather in groups in
the inclosure and lie down quietly in
the most dOcile manner. No one likes to
get near the bucks, however, for they
have disagreeable manner of jumping
on visitors with their fore feet. 1t
doesn't take them long to become ac-
quainted with the people who feed them
and they readily respond to the calls for
meals. They are fed grain, oats and
other cereals just the same as IL they
were domestic animals.
1t is not an easy matter to take care of
this large natural history preserve on
October mountain, and g. half dozen
gamekeepers are employed to keep track
Of the animals. These gamekeepers live
in one OF the farm houses ON the land,
and they are out day and night looking
after their charges.
Mr. Whitney has only given up about
three thousand acres to the game he has
already brought on, and what he he is
going to do with the other five thousand
acres remains to be seen. He has
large number OF game birds, has stocked
his brook with trout, and 1t Is evident
that in few years this will be the
greatest private game preserve in this
country.--New York Herald.
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A Million Dollars Daily DESTROYED.