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S{S This sign disappeared long ago. though
Mrs Kernoctan does not yet drive a
motor L car OF her own. The Kernochan
kennels are among the finest on II the
Sound. "a d II
The q estates Of several OF the Grace
families are at Great Neck, where the
ElateSsyVilliam r. ~ Grace was one d OF the
earliest on the island to establish one.
There are three Grace houses. a deer
park. a private turf race track and prl-
vate polo grounds. Each October pri-
vate race meeting is held on the track,
to which all the neighbors, poor as well
as RICH are made welcome. The ces,
all for running horses, are from q q lar-
ter Of a mile to three miles and halt,
the latter being steeplec bases.
William Gould Brokaw, not altogether
to fame, Of a Sort has an es-
tate at Great Neck, which has before
now filled newspaper columns occa SION
ally by reason OF Its owner s odd aTnuse-
ament plant, which includes "a 10y wire wire
less telegraph outfit, a captive balloon
and the like. He once had o. coat made
for himself OF leopard skins, that added
grea tly to his personal vogue for some
time. The Brokaw. place boasts a famous
Italian garden and its stables hold many
5high-grade polo ponies. There is a, Bro-l
kaw race meeting every fall, the running
being done on a half -nlle5 PRIV track.
igs The Pratt estate.5at Glen Cove, reacc en-
Ing .'clear around" to Oyster Bay. covers
about 1000 acres, and is worth 50, 100000.
or Whereabouts, 1t was founded by the
late Charles Pratt, Of the Standard OIL
crowd. II includes most OF, Dosoris Is
land In Oyster Bay on which the estate
created by the late Charles A. Dana Is
situated His SON. Paul Dana. occupies
.it$lnow.55 aiany rare trees stend on the
Dana place. and the elder Dana knew
the names and characteristics Of them
all W. p. Guthrie, the corporation LAY Ia
sye., li.ar An estate covering half a square
mile, inland on Long Island, which Is
like the Dana estate In this regard. Paul
d, Crayath, one of Guthrie's partners.
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and "a his regulation sword Which ne
carried as Major General. 4
Three generations Of the Capron family
are represented In the nations collection
of swords, Captain Erastus Allyn Capron
distinguished himself IN tie Seminole
war, and later servsd In the Mexican war,
and was engaged in the selse OF Vera cruz
and in the battel OF Cerro Gordo, re
also fought In the battles Of La Hoya,
Okla. Laka, and contreras. He was killed
at the battle Of Churubusoo. August 20
ls47, while storn1ng the strongly-lntrencll'
ed convent which served as a citadel
s44ls sword with white leather baldrlc
and plate, was deposited In the museum
by his daughter,
rs Captain Allyn Capron, his SON. who
served with distinction In the Mexican
and Sioux campaigns. went later with
General Shafrer to Cuba, and to the Cap
ron battery was assigned the duty OF FIR
ing the salute in honor Of the victory
at Santiago. He contracted fever In
Cuba, which led to his death later at
Fort Myer, in Virginia, Many Interest t.
ing relies OF this brave MN are In the
National museum including his reguln-
ton artillery sword, belt and breast
plate.s5 65
& /, Captain Allyn Is. Capron, son OF Cap-
tain Allyn and grandson OF Captain Eras-
tus Allyn, was one OF the earliest vic
tins of the Spanish War. He enlisted
/, In the cavalry when 10 years old, and
after three years was commissioned Sec
ond lieutenant In the Fifth infantry,
When the Spanish War broke out he
was appointed Captain In RoossYelt's
rough riders, and was killed on his twen-
lty.seyenth5 Birthday, while leading the
advance at La Guasima, Cuba. The relies
OF this officer In the museum consist OF
fourteen objects. VI 5
Much space would be occupied In a
detailed description Of the relics Of Gem
eral William Tecumseh Sherman. Of Gem
eral James Shields. whose gallant services
In the Mexican and civil wars are stu
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either OF the vast Rookcfe Ter estat ce.
but each represents Q large outlay Z. o.
money and each has Its own peclfllar

either of the vast Rockefeller estates,
but each represents o large outlay q. OF
money and each has its own peculiar
charnn. ~ sS IL 81 sJ5 IA 55SS &s
FL The Fish estate dates from Colonial
days, a and Is the only one Of the entire
group that has been in possession Of the
same family more the nj til rec or four geh-
CREATIONS. FirnclIffc.5 the Astor place, was
3esta blished I by the second In line Most
l&of4 the other great places In 81 that region
belonging to Il families OF national rep y.
tation, except the Gould estate are IN
5habited by the first members OF the tam am
les now occupying them S
8J. P. Morgan $ estate. Cragst or, Is q
the west bank Of the river t Highland
Falls. near West Point, and It is H from
there that * he makes his fam 0 US daily
yachting trips to business 4 in dtlle warm
weather when in America One q enc g
most interesting feature s OF the NlorgaTn
place Is his kennel OF collie - lie a has 1s
been described as the most extensive
gentleman breeder Of colies In tn United
State II but he gives away m oat OF the
yo Jung h dogs. Whoever receives a collie
pip from NIorga an may be sure OF his mgr
esteem. N sSls 5;5 ,$
45g3 Commodore, FL bridge T.s Gerry ntl-{
|ECruelty.to- Children man and ~ e7y5 paf
Yacht Club chldf upies IL !, ngs.o .,
Manor also on the west stlotte, nan q
down from Colonial times thro ugh VI tho
aComnodo s wit de-. IT IS 10 "a N extensive
place, but the manor house lis not OF the
mill ion-do larf va riety Ii.
The Famous eenWich Il g1on..8
TO the southeast Of the great Rookie e.
Teller estates, around Greenwich 8 IN Con
l8necticut, and Jew Rochelle, in New Or! g rs
on the north shore OF the Sound 8 there
is another group OF 5es tales, the mos : pes
tacular OF which, perhaps, Is that OF ~
G, I3 enedict. .'tne president s friend WAe1
Cleveland was In tho White House. IheS
present Benedict house at Indian SFiarpor@
ia directly ontEthe Sound, neal Green
awlch. IT cost 81, 100000. and Is one OF the
srowiest Il places ~ both inside and 81 out
long the entire III Shore, But " hen Il NJ r.
Benedict wa s winning q national reputa-2
ton by his cruises with the Presid e.l
on the steam yacht Oneida, the = ehealct
residence was a frame house. standing
well back from the shore, Il OH the edge
of the Village Of Greenwl ch. 5
II was there that Benedict and -
Havemeyer. who owns an. g. estate lle.e,
#ha a their memorab BILE falling out because
the schoolhouse built for the toWnaSbty
iIIayemeyer shut If part of iBenedlcts
view. Benedict demanded that the schoo!-
house be cut down by one story, " men
tiIIayemeyer finally agreed to-
5 The estate Of G. Oliver Iselin the
8yachtsman. Is the largest near. n ewl KOS
Echellef and that of H. NJ. Flagler, STAND
ard OIL man, gives distinction to & Crl-s
entail Potat The Iselns es tate reaches 4
#out into the Sound, so that It Is sur
rounded by water on three sides. ne ne
fishermen OF the neighborhood annoy ,the
gIselins dreadfully in CARRYING on thelr
fishing, but nothing can pc done 70 stop
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fresh In the minds OF Hlany;h OF Conlnlo-
dore Jesse Duncan Elliott, who captured
two British vessels at Fort Erie while
serving under Perry, or OF Commodore
James Blddle, who. when First LIE Lieu
tenant OF the Wasp, fell In with and cap.
tured six British merchantmen convoyed
by the Froic, and was also conspicuous
in the Trlpoll War (lso1 1900 the war Of
1872, and the war with Mexico,
John Paul Jones's Cutlass.
8 Special mention should be made. Of the
naval cutass which John Paul Jones
commanding the Bonhomme RICHARD
captured from the English ship Scraps
The collection also contains the SWORD
which was presented to that indomltable
fighter by the King Of France. as well
as a sword, musket, and piece Of the
K flag from the Scraps, together 4 with the
entire nag Of his own ship,
Then there arc the swords OF Brigadler
General Gabriel Rem Paul, who x served
with much gallantry In the Seminole, the
Mexican, and the civil wars; an antlque
Spanish sword which was presented to
Captain 7. J, Ord IN Mexico, and seSeral
scimitars which were presented to Com
modore Matthew Galbralth Perry, brother
Of the hero OF Fort Erie. by All Pasha,
Bey OF Egypt, while with the Concord At
Alexandria In 1899.
The handsome sword which Congress-
voted to Admiral Dewey for his victory
over the Spanish fleet In Manila bay May
i, 1898. was exhibited in the National
museum, together with the sword which
was presented to him by the city OF Bos-
ton, but they have been Withdrawn. tenn
porarily at any IA to, much to the dlsap-
polntment OF many visitors, "
The former Of these two swords - cons
posed entirely OF twenty-five karat gold.
with the execution OF the steel blade and
the body metal OF the scabbard, On the
pomnlel is carved tho name Of the battle-
ship Dolympla'' and the zodacal sign fer
December. the month In which Admiral
Dewey was born. Clrclng these Is q
wreath OF oak leaves, the standard deco-s
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Famous Swords Of Great Soldiers

ration for rank. Below this IS q solu
collar, on the front OF which are the arms NJ
OF the United States with the Aplue tle1u
OF the shield In enamel, and below ,M .N,...
native STATE, With the mott ~ edom
and Unity,'s and the colors &ot the shield
in ena mel. 81 Stars decorate the plain POT
ton OF the collar and a graceful finish -
given TO this part OF the hilt ny a mar
row band OF oak leaves,
The grip is covered with fine SHARK
skin, bound with gold wire and inlalu
with gold stars. 4ljy ~
II The guard consists of a conventional
eagle, terminating In n claw clasnlns the
top, Indicating control and confldence'l,7
the outspread wings forming the guafa
proper,
The scabbard is OF thin steel, damas-
scended in gold with sprays OF Ros mars
nus, a delicate sea plant. signlfylng fldei-
ity, consistency, and, remembrance :,
H The sword blade Is damascenefl Witt
the inscription;
tmiral George Dewey. ". s, NJ. In menu
ory of the victory at Manila Bay May !,
1895" q * u 4 IL III
The mounting of the belt and the trap
pings are the regulation buckles, pierced
side rings and swiyels, all OF twenty-five
karat gold and ornamented with oak
leaves and acorns. IL
The vicitors to the museum will also be
interested In the relics OF Lieutenant Da-
yid Jameson and General Jacob Brown.
who distinguished himself IN tho battles
OF Chippewa, Erie and Niagara In lsl4;
of Brigadier General =. W. Ripley,
nephew of President Wheelock, OF Dart
mouth College. for his brave services at
IN ora ra /. A item will also I'm Ira Wn
to tho more recently added swords OF
General Fitzpatrick. Rrigadler General
John Wynn Davidson. General George W.
Morgan, and Ransom Clark, who alone
escaped death In the massacre OF Major
Dade's command OF III men near NYah!oo
swamp during the second war with Semi
mole indians SlsS5- AS42).
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mlonaes Of New York have surrounded the big city with
great Of enormously costly homes covering collectively
enough territory to fill three ordinary counties

cost. at 81 a linear foot. was abou
5s43, 600. t}s5 4 V Il!
There Is scarcely a break in the bar.
rlers erected about the elder William KS
estate, ~ to their purpose Ia tWo-fold55tt
keep the deer from getting OUT II the
game preserve, which Is SO important q
part OF the estate, az we'll as to keer
undesirable human visitors from getting
in.s Esii IA sf 35i h,
But there Is break in thesfence around
gthe Willie X, Jr., esta te, which IS not
likely,to be closed for some time. Inrougn
this break runs the famous Lake Success
road. which Willie K.,8 Jr.. wants abnn>
doned. but which the people Of the town
iof Nlineola and all Nassau county want
X kept open. X n sF s3535}
The most distinctive feature OF the es-
tate is the beautiful Lake Success. It is
OF fresh water and balanced on the tor
OF hill. 50 to speak, being fed by Under.
ground springs The inflow IS Just enough
to keep the water at nfconstant level VEL
#and there Is no visible outlet. Old Long
Islanders assert-and nobody can dispute
isthem-that the water which keeps the
lake fun comes from some Connecticut
source by wa ysof q natural tunnelaWnlch
aims beneath & the 3 salt ~ waters s# OF NJ tho
sound. only to rise at the. proper place
and feed Sthe peautif vi slakele t.iEs cry
likely It's source Is the same as that OF
8Morgan's well. 55 a y t
Whether that lie true or not, from the the
0dayl5he got possession OF part OF z ms
AIineola estate Willie III Jr.. wanted to
cwn all the land touching Lake Success,
and though the Job was ditticult one
he finally succeeded in buying up the
property. His troubles in attempting to
ciaaa e the road. even Il though It runs
across no land but his own, have be-
come notorious, injunctions. which he
cannot 4 get dissolved. having been s.
sued against It., hence the break in the
steel wire fence.
However. though still open technically,
The road Is closed togall intents and ,pur-
poses The break in the fence is SO sclev-
erly casual that no one not intimately
familiar with the location would dream
that here was the famous road. Be
sides. while there are no signs forbid
K ding the traveller to pass through the
break, the mo trespassing placards
are SO ingeniously placed that the stran--
ger would surely hesitate to pass. Once
inside, he would find 1t hard to travel
the public road at ALL for tbs in wretched
repair. or even to determine its course,
since & the owners private roads cross
and recross 1t at dozen places. Conse-
quently the traffic Is S almost NIL and
" and by young Vanderbilt hopes this
will be allowed BY the courts to be good
reason for ordering the highway for
mally closed.
About half OF lille X, Jr.'s, place Is
within hc{limits OF New York city. and
his acres will probably be in demand for
the accommodation Of the growing city
much earlier than most other Long Is
land estates. AS he has the combined Fair
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8. The national collections in Washington
contain a most interesting and brilliant
array OF American swords. which were ''l
either carried by military and naval ON ON
GERS. presented2by Congress to victorious
K leaders, or purchased from the families mes
ior heroes and given to the nation as q 2.
lasting tribute TO their fame.
Z Four OF General Grants; swords are Il IN
the possession Of the National museum
The first, known as the Sword OF cRa ''-
tanooga," was presented to him ny the
citizens of,SJo Dayicss county Illinois, Is
1t has gold pommel. With grip guafa
and guard plate ornamented with tor
to!se shell, and inscribed The Hero OF
the mississippi" The scabbard. as Of
gold, is engraved with the names and
dates of the battles OF the Mexican War.
IL which General Grant was engaged,
and also of the bat..e at Belmont, BACK
River Bridge. Yicksburg and Chattanoo-
ga. 86 ,llit,i ~ ,s '5 81
The New York sword was presented
to General Grant by some Of his friends
through the metropolitan fair IN aid OF
tile United States Sanitary Commission,
New York, April %, 1854. It's blade is
etched with military trophies and other
designs The pommel is OF gilded sill
yer, inlaid with rubies, diamonds, and
sapphires, The grip is of oxldized silver,
decorated with bns-reliefs, The scab-
bard Is OF sterling silver, polished and
glded, and is engraved with the generals
name, date Of presentation, etc, *
. The Sword Of Donelson,
4 The Sword Of Donelson" WAS General
Grants favorite tribute to his yalor,5
When the right wing of his army was
attacked by the Confederate troops a
Fort Donelson one Of his officers, oDsery-l
Ing that the soldiers hayersacks were
filled with ratlons. reported the fact to
tho general, adding. They have como
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which is not Sc,

mas an estate near BY, which is not 80
large. III s3as N a q. 4.
IA James Hnzen Hyde, the insurance exile,
jowncd a handsome esta e on the south
shore, which cost "a 4 milion, but owns
sit#no moro. Howard Could g. 500 acre es-
tate, at Port washington, where Castle
Gould Is no w nearing completion, Is well
known. August Belmont's q place III is "A a t
II empst ead. The house, Of frame, WI
simply a remodeled farmhouse. James
& r. II Keene. Wall Street plunge has n q
Long Island country seat, but It is more
remarkable for It's e owner tina an for AZ *
tent 4 OF territory, Il and the house is 4 IN
Impressive. " rs. SstS33
& Famous Up-the-Hud son Estates
yilile tho Long Island group Of country
estates is oftenest In the news by reason
OF the fox hunts and othe Is spe 2 tAciltar =
Serltcrt ailments given there, tho estates
themselves ara not la rye n area sym !!
pared th those to be found In Westches-
Z ter county and tQsewheres"up the Hud-l
SON. }5is @ ,isit u
II is there that the Rockefellers, oil
kings, have extended their personal holhll-
Bings SO that each has title deeds to sew
eral thousands OF acras Z, John 2. Is hold
ings being the larger. HI 8 stone castle
In the Pocantlco Hills 81 lands o. NE iot
two back from Irving ton, on a table land
where It comma nds n lnriva led 5vlewst,f
the Hudson River, Its valley north and
South II and "a wide stretch If New tJsr-
sey across the noble stream. The place
cost mil lions, but no S. one 1n ows how
many. Y on can get a notion from the cost
Of the greenho !, which was sc50,Do0. n
About hundred houses have been de-
s,troyed to ennb the creation E the ~ Ohm
d. Rockefeller estate, and a lesser y uin :
taer for the creation Of his brother VIII,
liam 8. 4 The house on the Ia tier estn &c,
you may remember, was originally ssll ''ef
home OF General and Comm lore " liam
8. Aspinwall. who MAJ de his fortune in
tht, Panama Railroad, and for whom the
city Of Aspinwall now Colon, was nance
The house contained a hundred rooms
When William Rockefe ller bought ~.
Whether he has Increased their number
has not been made public: ll'a has spen
a good deal OF money on ! at al events
When John D. bought s hts AZ Pocanttco;
Hills place and built thereon he planned
/. to spend most OF his winters there, but
since then he has created his lakewood
New Jersey estate, where he likes 20
spend the cold weather because ct the
milder climate there Whlle the LAX
wood place has cost him lot Of money
1t doesn't rival the Pocantico Hills estate
In costDin ess. $,$ is!l. #{ll X M
None Of the other famous east bank
Hudson River estates-the late Jay
3Gould's, now occupied by Helen Could
Wh!telaw Rald's Ophir Farm /, esta pllsned
by Holiday, the famous q Far Western
gexpressman; IS Levi p Morton s 4 Ellerslief
near Rhinebeck: John ] q cob Astor's at
Rhinecliffe; D. %. MIlls's, at Staatshurgs;
Frederick W.Syanderbilt's, at Hyde Park;
Stuyvesant Flsh's, at Garrison 9, and the
rest-can compare In extent or cost with
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- TWO HUNDRED MILLIONS IN COUNTRY ESTATES.. y
By DEXTER MARSHALL.

Y 1s-eTg , N
and Vanderbilt millions behind him, ard
MS both he and Mrs. Vanderbilt are very
$fond OF the estate 1t Is likely to With
stand the pressure for o long time to
come. 4 X. S4e EjfSs y VI 2a liSGs
rs Nort.. lof this estate the zone OF the
country places liz very nearly unbroken
clear TO the sound. 10 the south there Is
h rather wide stretch OF territory not
occupied by any Of the new landed gen.
try. TO tho south Of this lnoccupied
strip there are still other estates. which
reach nearly orBquite to the shore. One
OF these. on low ground. but not touch-
ling the shore, is occupied By the o.. II.
p Bel,nonts and through 4. runs the
famous Meadow Brook, a sluggish stream.
Mich however, has been 80 treated as
\ to add to the attractlvencsa of the place.
THE history Sof Idle Hour, the elder
William ks estute,is fairly familiar to
newspaper renders. 1T was there that
Consuelo the present Duchess OF MARI
borough was reared by her mo ther,@ the
present Mrs. Belmont. The frame house
originally built upon the place burned
down a few years ago.6wnlle William III.
E1r, and Ills bride were enjoying theti
honeymoon there. The present house Is
costly and nreproof built approximately
the form OF q carpenters square With
wings Of equal size and with outlying
buildings SO d lsposedFns to give a very,
desirable peaceful clo!ster-like effect
While the house at5Idle Hour does not
equal Harbor Hi. the estate as a. whole
excels Mackay' $ and has cost Mr.. Van
dert!lt IS, COO 0oo.i Ia, f 4. Il 5,S
me estate Of the two brothers, Harry
Payne Whitney. who married Gertrude
a anderb.s7 and Payne Whitney, who
stnerred< [elcn Hay, are interesting. Har--
ry Payne IS IN the town OF Westbury.
near MacEay's Harbor Hill a feature
X Of the house Z Is the completeness and
the young Whitneys play, and feature
Of the life, there Is the chlldren's unre-j
stricted freedom of S.'nll out DOORS
Payne whitney, place, 2at Manhassett.
resembles Willie X, .Jr.s lin that 1t sur
rounds beautiful lake scooped out by
natures hand and not by the aid Of
lplows and scrapers and Italian la borers
q, 7. lille c. whitney, father on the BROTH
ers, was an early investor OF Long Island,
and the estate he created IS famous espe-
cislly for Its stables which cover five
acres OF ground. i,s M # N Vi VI 5}
"A Not to compare In luxury with Harbor
Hill, nor with the other places above
as to size, but still fine and
the estate OF Mrs. James
p. Kernochan,8 on the Merrick Road.
which runs d north8and south through
The house is a large, square
frame structure. painted yellow, and
standing back from the road, with no
trees or other dlstracting objects near by
Mrs. Kernochan$is one OF the most fa-s
nous women cross-country riders, and ~
great patron OF the horse, as nearly all
rich Long Islanders are. She does not
go to suchSanti-nuto lengths. as her hus--
band used to. however. During his life
time there was a placard at the entrance
to the estate, which read: s;yl s. u. "