The Washington times., 1901-08-18

Long Islanders to resent this exclusive
| ness in the matter of forests and game
but soon they found that no one on Idle
! Hour killed either deer or birds. even
| when the former became so numerous
that the landscape gardener went we'll
nigh distracted at their raids upon his
| trees. So they multiplied and swarmed
over the boundaries to the land of their
| Deighbors. where the hunting became
| yearly better and better. Not greatly diff
| ferent from this are the Ashton and Cut
| ting homes in the same vicinity.
Fine stables are an accompaniment of
| country places One never read of an
| Old World gentleman farmer who did not
boast of his fire saddle and harness
| horses. Nor is the case likely to be DIFF
ferent here. One of the most inspiring
sights on Long Island is to see line of
horseback riders sweeping down a coun-
try road or across some uncultivated
| field. But there Is little breeding OF fast
horses there. Long Islanders with few
exceptions go more on good riders and
hunters. 1t is in the neighborhood of
Philadelphia that fast trotting and run
ming stock is raised. A. J. Cassat, of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, and b. F.
Clyde. of the Clyde Steamer Line, both
have fine stables where they spend rec
reation moments in watching or superin-
tending the management of fine race
hcrses-
Often the raising of one or another sort
of stock is the central feature about
which the whole place centres. Now 1t
is trotting horses, again it is sheep or
cattle. George Vanderbilt took prizes at
Chicago live stock show with his Bit
more pigs. w. Bayard Cutting has re-
ceived prizes for his fine wool sheep. A
]. Cassat has certificates from half a
dozen shows testifying to the superiori-
ty of his cattle.
Now and then a man will have several
ideas which he desires to carry out in the
making OF estates. and sets about the
construction of different country places
a result. Typical of this class 10 VIII
liam C. Whitney. MIR. Whitney Is a lover
not only of country life, but of horses, OF
forests. and of sport. his likings have
been carried out in the making of half
a dozen estates that are all unique in
their way. In the Adirondacks he has a
forest preserve whichis to be treated much
after the manner OF Biltmore forests and
kept perpetual woodland. In Massachu-
sets is the October Mountain game pre-
serve, where he has made home for
game, large and small, such as filled the
primitive American woods. His place In
Kentucky is to satisfy the ambition of
lover of fast horses. Here broad acres of
blue grass, palace-like barns and high
saIaried experts all go to make an envir-
onnent which Mr.. Whitney believes will
one day produce a mountaineering horse.
But one neee not go 50 far as Kentucky
to see Mr.. Whitney's unique efforts at
horse-raising. His farm on Long Island
has one feature which speaks of the way
he and other millionaire farmers do bust
ness. This is the barn. Rain would in
sist on falling sometimes when the horses
should be in training on, the track. But
rain could not stop the plans of an enter
prising American of money, and Mr..
Whitney proceeded to construct barn SO
big that a complete running track was
made beneath its roof. Here in bad
weather his horses are trained as eff
feclively as though the sun were shining
and the outdoor tracks were good.
What will be the effect of this new
country life upon America and the Ameri-
cans would be hard to predict. Certain
it is, however. that it marks the perma-
nent coming to the New World of an in
stitution which has thrived in past GEN.
turtles in the Old. Soon its effect must be
marked. 1t will creep into literature. and
the country gentlemans estate, his par
ties, his gamekeeper, and his days OF
shooting will be found in American as
we'll as English novels.
In general this country life must have
a beneficial effect on American bone and
sinew, and must result in a general i'm
provement of muscle, manners, and
morals.-New York Commercial Adver
tiser