Smyrna times., 1903-05-27
FINE GAME RESERVE AND
COUNTRY CLUB IN SUSSEX
ABOUNDS IN GAME AND QUAIL OF NEARLY
EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR SPORTSMEN.
Owned and cOn.r oiled by Frank Thompson,
Son Of the Railroad President-Hand-
sOmeIY Appointed Club House.

In Sussex county near the county
seat, there is one of the most COM
plete country clubs in existence; so
far as its equipment goes, and it is
owned by one of the most assuming
gentlemen, Mr.. Frank Thompson, son
of the late Frank Thompson, who was
president of the Pennsylvania Com
pany and who left a large fortune to
his children. Mr., Thompson selected
the lands about Redden, small sta
tion on the d. M. & V. railroad, as the
site for his quail shooting preserve,
and quietly proceeded to purchase
about 1000 acres of land in continu-
GUS body for the purpose. He also
has many more acres under lease for
shooting purposes, and has built large
buildings that have all the modern
improvements for man and beast.
OF his holdings, about one-half is
cleared land especially adapted to
quail shooting and horseback riding,
while the balance is wooded and
bramble lands; just such land as small
game delights to have for cover dur
ing the breeding season, and which
affords good effects to a huntman's
eye.
Furnished and Finely Appointed Club House.
AS Mr.. Thompson visits his pre-
= serve frequently during the fall, win
ter and early spring months, he has
prepared for the comfort of himself
and guests by erecting club house of
colonial design, which has Its first
hoor, a gun room, dining room, a
kitchen and buffers pantry On the
second floor there are twelve sleeping
rooms, bath rooms with tiled floors
and porcelain tubs for each room. The
'ntife building is heated by steam
heat, and the interior finish is in hard
wood, which makes luxurious effect
The superintendent house is locat-
ed about one-eighth of mile from the
club house, and 1t 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 accommo-
date as many polo ponies aud driving
horses as fine as money will buy.
He"Anted floors with modern drain
H. ~-oI~' # COM
lV., DuV the dog kennels are fully
their equal. The kennels are about
100 feet long and are equipped with
sixteen stalls, in which sixteen dogs
find separate abodes. Each dog has
the same care given to it that only a
true lover of good dogs give. Their
health is looked after, and they re-
ceive baths regularly as a person, and
in the kennels are a kitchen and a
pantry where the food is cooked and
kept. Back of it is large exercising
yard where the dogs get exercises at
all seasons of the year. Mr.. Thomp-
sons kennels have pointers and setter
dogs that have cost him from 800 up
to $4,000.
A Haven of Rest to Society Folks.
The place is looked upon as haven
of rest to the society folks who are so
fortunate as to have his hospitality.
and they bring with them their wives.
daughters and friends to enjoy a ride
over the roads and fields of old Sus.
sex county. Among the many who
were his guests last season were Mr..
Rockefeller of New York; Mr.. A. J.
Cassatt, president of the Pennsyl
vania railroad, and his daughters; Mr..
John Schuyler, DIR. VIM. Thompson
and John Cadwallader, of Philadel.
phia.
More than 900 Kansas quail have
been liberated on this tract in the last
few years.
The Superintendent, Mr.. George
Morris, was with Mr.. Thompson's
father for several years, and accom-.
psnied him IN scores of cunning trips
all over the United States. He is an
excellent shot and an authority on
dogs. He has broken scores of fine
dogs to field shooting, and takes great
pride in his position, and has the en-
tire confidence of the son of his old
chief. To ensure safe and trained
horses, training master is employed
to break and teach the horses, and
men are especially engaged to take
care of the dogs.
AS Mr.. Thompson is several times a
millionaire he can afford to have what
he wants in this world, and he has a
Redden one thing he enjoys, plenty O.
quail shooting on his handsome gam,
reserve down in Sussex. Milford
Chronicle.
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