New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-27
Il BIOLOGICAL FARM.
Where Lord Rosebery's Brother-in-
Lac Raises U'Id 1Rimals.


| oil the Hon Walte~ Rothschild. brother-in-Iaw of
Lord Rosebery. He has a large estate in Hert-
Yorkshire. and it is given over to his hobby
zoology, for on this farm he has few domestic
animals. but numbers of creatures such as one
sees in a geological garden. He has zebrsS III
stead of horses. and drives them with the
greatest ease. He even takes a team of lis
striped beauties TO town with him in the season.
and astonishes the staring Londoners when he
drives through Hyde Park behind his zebra
four-n-hand
His place is called Tring Park. and there is
something suggestive of the prosperity of 4
French seigneur about it. Tring itself is a well
built, nice little country town lying on the sds.
Of the last slopes of the Chilterns. From It's
hills one sees the rich vale of Aylesburv
the valley of the river Thame, which runs into
the Thames near Dorchester
IrIng Park is in the midst of this lovely ccua-
try. and the houses in the main street fringe the
park and from their upper windows may 10
seen Il stately vista of lines and the brilliant
red and white Paadian house. The bricks ale
as red and the stones white as possible and
i'll the green setting of the grass lime trees and
beeches. the effect is charming
From the house the park covers a great arc in
the hills which look down upon it and IN tbs.
sides of which it runs. Along the top are rich
hanging woods, the lower slopes and valleys in
and herds of the farm.
The particular interest of this farm-park to
the naturalist is due to its having been the
scene of almost the first of modern experiments
in acclimatization. Here the Australian kangl-
roos and wallabies were first successfully accIi-
matized by the Hon. Walter Rothschild about
eighteen years ago, and there they are still,
feeding like sheep and almost as tame as CO.
nestle animals. the smaller waIIabies often al
lowing the members OF the family to fondle
them
There are large herds Of faIlow deer running
wild over the park. and horned sheep. with sur
prising fleeces-
The Zebras are in numbers, having been bred
from several generations of their kind trained
to harness. Mr.. Rothschild finds them tougher
than horses and some of the larger ones are
worked regularly on the farm ploughing. hay
ing. carting. etc. They show variety of strip
ings ard standings.
Like all persons interested in ZOOLOGY. Mr..
ROthschiId delights in freak nature and he
owns hairless horse 1t is a pinkisn tar.
something the coloring OF a Mexican hairless
dog. and its flesh is smooth as a chiId's cheek
Mr.. Rothschlds pheasants fine sight
There are hundreds of them and of the nest
brilliant coorings, for he has them from all
quarters of the globe.
He has rare peacOcks. also; osthiches en:us
ana Il p'lr OF tne almost extinct klrVi birds OF
New Zealand. the only wingless bird in cxist-
ence. Another name for this strange bird is
apteryX. 1t is about two and half feet hi;,h and
has long beak. with which it probes the earth
in search of worms and grubs. So
these birds now that Mr.. Rothschild paid $3.50
each for them. They exceedingly difficult
to transport and there few in existence
Another interesting thing at Trng Park is
the fruit trees trained fat against the garden
walls. This causes the fruit to ripen early and
to be larger than if the tree stood out from the
wall The wall Is warm and radiates the
oh. ciy
all in bloom in the spring with peach, pear and
apricot trees