The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-12

dhe game preserve is new TO America,
but it is coming. Every recurring
hunting season gives evidence of that
fact, as it does OF the fact that this
country is evolving a hunting set
similar to that which occupies so
much attention among our English
cousins. and furnishes so much nra-
terial to the British artist. In fact it
may be said Of the American game
preserve that it has arrived, for be-
ginnings have been made IN several
quarters on pretentioas estates that
promise in time TO rival or excel the
great game reservations Of Europe.
Game preserving is a pastine that
seems likely TO supplant horse racing
and palace building in the affections
Of the American millionaire. and it is
probable that within the next Is years
the United States will have the most
magnificent and best stocked game
preserves in the world.
During the past summer Mr.. William
C. Whitney has started a big private
game preserve of the European model,
and he is rapidly stocking il with
American game, large and small. Mr..
Whitney is renowned for doing things
on a large scale, and when he decided
to establish a, game preserve, he began
by buying a Observation-Disclosures noun
tain, it is called-four miles from
fashions famous summer place at
Lenox- The mountain, with the sur
rounding holdings in MI. Whitney 8
hands, include 5000 acres. Part of this
is made up Of woodland, part of it
consisted of abandoned farms. and
part of it was occupied by titled fields
down TO the time it came into the pos
session of the Standard oil and street
railway nagnates.
SOME Or STEWARDS PLANS.
at present Mr. Whitney plans to
rive up about one-half Of his Berkshire
estate to the big game which ne is
bringing from different parts Of the
country. His first acquisition was a
herd OF - bunaloes brought from the
northern Rockies. The chief Of the
herd has been named Mckinley. He
weighs nearly 1900 pounds and has a
disposition that is not at all cheerful
The first thing that Mckinley did when
he was turned into his S00-acre run
along with his Il companions was to
rush against the nine and a half foot
steel wire fence that had been built
10 restrict them. AS the fence had
previously been tested by running a
SNAIL engine against il, Mckinley
made but slight impression on IL and
he settled down to Craze contentedly
on his big range.
acre enclosure is given over 10 a small
herd Of antelope. They are exceedingly
shy, ard glaye been seen. only once or
tlEice even by the game keepers since
they Wera turned into their new play
ground. but it is supposed L. at they
are wen ana Happy. Nc. whitney has
also a, herd of % elk on his estate. and
another season wifi add some deer and
possibly moose 10 his geological GgGre-
CATION. Within q few years he viii
big game 70 be found on amy priVale
garnekeepers are employed on his big
game farm to look after the animals
and keep the fences in repair Mr..
Whitney is Interested in preserving
game. but not in shooting 1t. and it is
ret likely that his game farm viii be
hunted unless il becomes necessary TO
shoot a too obstreperous bison or in
case he wishes 10 treat his friends 70
the delisnt Of antel0De steak.
TELEPf4 JolES ON CORBIN ESTATE.
Or the hunting estate of the late Aus
tin C0rbin The arrangements for pre-
serVation of animals were very COM
plete. In addition to the ordinary in
closures, the hunting lodges and game
keepers hutS were extensive affairs. A
complete system Of inter ommunica-
ton existed by means of telephones ex-
tending from hut TO hut. so that the
whole range was, Sc 70 speak, within
range of The head Keepers eye. Hunt
ing on such ground would become q
matter Of ease, as the game could be
traced nv the most modern of met h0dS