The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-29
WHITNEY'S LEMON HOME.
Ten-thousand Acre Estate Contains
Buffalo and Elk.

/ William c, Whitney is so much inter
ested in his place on October mountain
/ that he has been up frequently during
{ the autumn, and, while his home is
/ closed, he has 50 many people living
| on his large estate that he can have il
! open ON very short notice. From the
! railroad station it is a drive of five
/ miles up a mountain road. through a
/ pTimeVal forest. and when Mr.. Whitney
! reaches his house on the hilltop, over
1 1000 feet above sea level he can look
I over vast territory which now belongs
/ to him. He has. including purchases
made during the present year. nearly
/ 10000 acres. It is a rough, wild coun
/ try. with many high hilltOps that com
mand extensive views reaching to the
/ Catskills. He has laid out bride paths
and private rOadways of several miles
/ already. and will make more next year.
The big game. including the buffalo,
/ elk and game birds have done fairly
/ well this ear The buffalo, however,
/ are not increasing as rapidly as was
J expected when they were brought on
/ from the Rocky mountains. Mr.. Whit
ney now has nine COWS and four bulls,
and two calves were born this year
The largest bull. said to be the largest
. buffalo in America, which cost Mr..
Whitney something like 10000 is an
ugly old fellow, al no strangers can
approach him with safety. Frank
Chapel the gamekeeper, is so familiar
with the buffalo that he can do almost
anything with them. Sheds have been
built for them. where they stay a large
part of the time in the winter
There have been tWenty-three elk
born on the estate during the present
year making the number of these ami
mails ttty-nine. The herd is increasing
so rapidly that the Enclosures devoted
to them viii have to be enlarged. They
seem to thrive as well in this climate
as in the Rocky mountains. from which
they were brought The black-tailed
deer, which were brought on from the
Rocky mountains at the same time as
the buffalo and elk. have died or dis
appeared in some way, as some of
them have never been accounted for.
Air. Whitney and his son. Harry Payne
Whitney, conceived the idea of also
stocking TINS great estate with game
birds They brought on a large num-
Der of pheasantS and quail. which have
multiplied remarkably fast, but since
cold weather came on they have gone
down further into the valleys The ma
tive cartridges have wonderfully in
creased upon the place since Mr.. Whit
ney purchased it, as no outsiders are
allowed I" hunt within the limits of
the estate. and Mr.. Whimey's men are
SO Watchful that il would be rather
difficult for hunters To evade them.
The result is that when Mr. Whitney
or his son comes up with a party of
friends for q shooting expedition they
have fine sport. and in the future il
viii be still better, as this is one of the
best regions for the native partridge
and WOOdCOck in Berkshire
IA
foUabIe houses about his place for his
employees. They live here the year
round and look after Jne game and care /
for the place generally. On the whole. /
Mr.. Whiney'S establishment is an
unique one. as there is nothing like it /
IN this part of the country The land 1
was purchased at a small price. and /
Mr.. Whitney continues to add To it. He 1
pays about half the taxes of the town
Of Washington. where the bulk u his /
estate is located.