Milford chronicle., 1903-05-15
A REAL
HUNTING PRESERVE.
A Splendid Club House at Redden Used
the Year Around. Many Quail
Turned out and Cared For.

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equipment goes, and it is owned bv one
If the most unassuming gentlemen.
Mr.. Frank Thompson, son Of the late
Frank Thompson. who was president
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
Tany, and who left a largs fortune to
his children Mr. Thompson selected
the lands about Redden, small station
on the d. NJ & V. railroad, as the site
for his quail shooting preserve. and
quietly proceeded to purchase about
1000 acres Of land in a contiguous body
for the purpose. He also has many
more acres under lease for shooting pur-
poses, and has built large buildings
that have all the most modern inn
provements for man and beast
OF his holdings, about one-half is
cleared land esdecislly adapted TO quail
shooting and horseback riding, while
balance is wooded and bramble lands;
just such land as small game delights
to have for cover during the breeding
season, and which affords good effects
to a huntsman's eye.
As Mr.. Thompson visits his preserve |
frequently during the fail, winter and
early spring months he has prepared I
for the comfort of himself and guests
by erecting a club house of colonial /
design, which has on its FIRST floor, a .
gun room, dining loom. kitchen and .
a buffers pantry. On the second floor
there are twelve sleeping rooms, bath .
rooms with tiled floors and porcelain
tubs for each room. The entire build
ing is heated by steam heat. and the
interior finish is in hard wood, " hich
makes a luxurious effect
The superintendent house is located
about one-eighth of a mile from the
club house, and it is in the same style
of architecture. 1t has four rooms on
the first floor and six on the second,
and it is heated by hot air.
The stables are without question, the
finest and best appointed in lower
Delaware. Fifteen stalls accommodate
as many Polo ponies and driving horses
as fine as money will buy. Cemented
floors, with modern drainage make the
stables models Of comfort: but the dog
kennels are fully their equal. The ken
neIs are are about 100 feet long and are
equipped with sixteen stalls, in which
sixteen dogs find separate abCdes. Each
log has the same care given to it that
inly true lover of good dogs give.
Their health is looked after, and they
receive baths regularly as a person and
n the kennels are a kitchen and
lautry where the food is cooked and
Kept. Back of it is a large exercising
yard where the dogs get exercises at all
easons of the year Mr.. ThOmpsOn's
leunels have pointers and setter dogs I
hat have cost him from 800 up to !
IS 900.
He found it impossible TO get the ,
ervice required from the folks about ,
2edden, and therefore he brings his ,
,utler, cooks, and walters with him on
lis visits to his preserve; often in a
private car, but more often in the regu- +,
ar trains over the D. NJ. & V. railroad.
)Be of his employees is Daniel Fiddle
nan, who has the responsible place of
utler
The place is looked upon as q haven
t rest to the society folks who are so :
as to have his hospitality and +.
hey bring with them their wives,
aughters aud friends. to enjoy ride :,
yer the level roads and fields of old !,
ussex county. Among the many who ;.
rere his guests last season were Mr.. :
of New York; Mr.. A. J. !.
assatt, president of the Pennsylvania =
abroad, and his daughters; Mr.. John :,
cuyler, DR. VIM. Thompson and john =
of Philadelphia. = =
More than 900 Kansas quail have been .
berated on this tract in the last few : :
ears.
The Superintendent, Mr. George q
Iorris, was with Mr.. Thompson's u
lther for several years, and accom- Il
anied him on scores of cunning trips u
i over the United States. He is an
1cellent shot and an authority on dogs.
-e has broken scores of fine dogs to
eld shooting, and takes great pride in =,
Is position, and has the entire con- Il
dence Of the son Of his old chief. To 81
lsure safe and trained horses, a train u, ~
g master is employed to break and u
ach the horses. and men are especially ~
gagged to care for the dogs. q
AS Mr.. Thompson is several times a ..
illionare he can afford to have what 81 .
, wants in this world, and he has at = :,
edden one thing he enjoys, plenty of =
iail shooting on his handsome game !"
serve down in Sussex. -