The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-11-18
ENGLISH DEER PARKS.

some OF the Splendid Estates Owned
by the Mobility.
London Mail: There is no country in
the world which has so many deer parks
as England. In the reign of Charles i.
Windsor Park covered 100, 600 acres. 1t
now consists of 1850 acres and 1,45O acres
ADJOINING. known as Windsor forest
Richmond Park extends over 1000 acres.
and, thanks to it's proximity, may be al
most regarded as lung of London. One
OF the largest and oldest deer parks in
England belongs to the marquis of Aber.
gaVenny, and encircles his seat, Fridge
Castle, near Tunbridge Wells. The park
consists of $500 acres and contains nine, v
miles of drives. It is well stocked with
deer Lord Bagot's Park in Stafrordshire
is 8" Very ancient Enclosure of over LOCO
acres, and, besides the deer, contains
goats, presented to an ancestor of his
lordsh1p by Richard II.
Blenheim Park, which Is twelve miles
round, has an acreage of 2.70O. His grace
or Marlborough, it is said. Is about in
creasfng his herd of deer, which at pres
ent comprise ITO fallow and sfxty-four
red deer A curious feature i'm Bleniiern
Park Is an arrangement Of the oak and
cedar trees, Which are grouped in sepa-
rate bodies, so as tc indicate the position
OF the. Dutch and English troops at the
battle of BIenheim. The largest park in
England is Grimsthorpe, the property OF
Lord Aveland. in Lincolnshire. 1t is nc
less than sixteen and three-quarter miles
In circumference. The red deer have been
+ bred here for centuries. although the herd
Is not SO numerous as that which roam
over the wilds Of Tatton Park, the seat
of Lord Egerton, which comprises $500
acres of Cheshire land. The deer here are
of extraordinary beauty, and number 500
fallow and forty red. The finest deer in
Kent are to be. found in .Eastwen Park,
zoos acres, the seat of the Earl Of Win
ch1lsea. This charming place was for
some years rented by the duke Of Sake
Coburg when he resided in England.
one Of the grandest parks i'm England
is Chatsworth, ythe duke of Devonsh;re' S
seat in Derbyshire: !. Every variety: of
scenery Is to be found in this domain.
It Is a pretty sight In the evening to see
the deer quenching their thirst in the
DerWent, which runs 81. through the
grounds. Lord Kimberley has restored
. the deer to his Norfolk Park, which were
his predecessors. He"is said to have de-
cfared that "a park is not a park with
out deer II
J. The prince Of Wales park. at Sand
bingham, is not large one, but it con-
tatns~ a splendid assortment of deer, in
PRODUCED from Windsor, the antlers of
some of the stays being thirty-fve and
a half inches long and eight inches round
at the root. Lord Hills park, Hawk
stone. Shropshire, is so commandingly
situated that the eye can wander over
fifteen counties. The deer are not $nu-
merous. but they are ofEexcellent quail
ity,. being highly esteemed In the Lon
don market, on account of a very pecul-
lar flavor: It is said that the present
Lord Derby intends to present the Lon
don hospitals yearly with some game and
venison. This his lordship can we'll af-
ford to do, as the 300 fallow and 80 red
deer, which have some 1000 acres to roam
over at Knowsley, Lancashire, could be
largely Increased. It is impossible to do
Justice: to the beauties Of the duke Of
Portland's park at Welbeck Abbey. It
comprises 2,2S3 acres, and contains hun
dreds of beautiful oaks, including the
venerable 'Greendale;'' which is 700 years
old and fifty feet in circumference.
The most picturesque Of all English
parks are Lyme Park, the splendid seat
Of the Leghs in Cheshire $500 acres,
where the deer have roamed for nigh on
coo years; and Ugbrooke, Lord Clifford s
seat on the confines Of Dartmoor: A spe-
cial feature Of this park is what is: known
as the riding park, a. stretch of smooth
turf extending over. seven. miles,. It is
fair to say, however, that the opinion
relative to Lyme and Ugbrooke is not
shared by relation of the late Mr.. Mes
field, one Of the greatest landscape gar
Edencrs ever known Mr. Nesfield was al
ways Of opinion that Longleat, the mar
quis of Baths seat near Warminster, had
greater natural advantages than any 9TH
er park In England. In his opinion, also,
Lord Stamford's park of ERADICATE, with
Its -gnarled and shirered oaks, projecting
rocks and ferns, presents a. scene of wild
and picturesque, beauty not to, be found
IN any other English park.
The duke of Norfold's park at Arundel
is seven miles round and well stocked
with. deer. This description applies also
to Alton Towers, Stafford, the. earl Of
ShreWsbury's seat. Lord Sallsbury's park
at Hatfield is not large, being only thirty
-FOUR acres, but It contains 300 fallow deer,
me duke of Bedford's deer park at Wo-
ourn Is remarkable for a WALL eight feet
h1gh which runs all round 1t. There are
both red and fallow deer here: The num-
Der OF deer parks in Scotland and Ireland
Is small The duke OF Hamilton owns
Wild cattle, so does the earl of, Tanker
vile There are altogether 1894 parks well
stocked with deer In the different coun-
ties of England, and red deer are. found in
about thirty-one.
1t Is a we'll known fact that but for
the pride entertained by most English
noblemen for their deer parks many es-
tates would Of late have found their way
into the market.
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