La Junta tribune., 1908-11-07

tho most beautiful In England. !
passed Some little distance from his
mansion. which was almost hidden by
the high and thick hedges Of ever
green's and fine old forest trees
and smaller trees and shrubbery.
The mansion Is a low two story
brick, aside from the basement and
mansard foot. with stone trimmings.
OF a plain. though handsome. design.
The grounds are very beautiful.
There are number OF fine old
lodges, the homes of the servants,
grown over with ivy and the Vir-
ginia creeper. whose leaves are now
bronze. brown and red. and are be-
ginning to fall. The estate. was
told, entirely surrounds the little vii
lag-a village OF probably fifteen hun
dred people. Many OF the houses in
| this little village belong to Lord
Rothschilds.
called at the office in the vii
| lage. introduced myself and made
known the object OF my visit. l
came to Tring Park to see the fine
shire horses bred by Lord Roth.
schilds, and also TO see the fine
cattle and sheep, for which Tring
| Park is noted 1t was intimated by
| the head clerk that he feared l could
not see the horses. as they were
| scattered He sent a young man
with me to the managers office
which is at the headquarters Of the
| farm, half mile or so distant. Mr..
Carr is the manager of all OF Lord
| Rothschilds' estates. This estate is
not all In single body. but there
are large farms In different parts OF
the country. On the way to the
managers headquarters, l passed a
number Of beautiful horses belonging
to the estate. What attracted my
attention more than others was the
aims house. a long, two story house,
number of houses in one. in fact.
quite pretty but plain, of brick and
with wee bit of ground In front.
| This is where the old servants live,
those who have given the best days
of their life to the service of this
| great estate and are now too old and
/ too feeble 10 be of any further use.
They are thus kept in moderate com
fort, the remainder of their days,
sent my card into the manager
IL was shortly invited into the office.
Mr.. Carr received me somewhat
| formally. told him was
an American, had been Interested In
the breeding and growing of horses,
that had known the reputation OF
their stud and had ventured TO come
to see these celebrated horses. He
said, You should have written me
and 1 could hav, arranged to show
you the horses. 1t is Impossible to
do SO today. as all my fine horses
are turned out to pasture and are
scattered to the different farms, and
besides, l have an appointment with
a party whom expect In few
minutes" said, "Of course.
took my chances in coming. and will
have to abide by the circumstances. .
IL asked II 1t would be convenient
for me to see his cattle and sheep
He said could see the Jersey herd
which was at the headquarters farm
| Then he asked me II would drink
something, the usual social courtesy
Aside from the celebrated shire
horses bred here, there are herds OF
Jerseys, red polls, shorthorns and
a flock OF Hampshire down sheep.
went out with the foreman of the
Jerseys. He showed me about one
hundred high bred Jerseys. The
stables, where the Jerseys are hous
ed in winter and where few extra
fine ewes are stalled, and where
those milking are stalled for the
might, are built of brick. inclosing q
Large court, Ivy vines climbing over
the walls and almost like human resi-
dences-neat and clean. was
shown Lady isabelle prize COW
three years old, that had given siz
hundred gallons of milk the first
iyear. She Is very beautiful. tan
with black points. "Sultana," an
other handsome young COW was exhit
ited, she produced two pounds and
-four ouces OF butter In twenty-four
hours. "Kenta" had won six first
prizes and the Champion for Eng
land. What we cali Sweepstakes is
called Champion In Europe. A very
handsome brown Jersey bull, "Com.
bination Jack" is but yearling, yet
he has captured eight first prizes
and one second prize. He Is sold
and goes to Australia. Some Of this