Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-12
and attractive estates in all the United
Kingdom.

The earl has sold his farming lands to
his tenants under the act of 1903. and the
transactions are practically complete.
During the present week. however, the
land court has been in session here IN
Killarney, Mr.. Justice Fitzgerald pre-
siding, and twenty disputes came up for
settlement concerning the purchase price
of as many different tracts OF land, IN,
acres, but the money value was COM
paratively small. In one case the court
reduced the price claimed by his lord
ship from f40 to 939. in another from
EOS to 924. in another from 952 to 949.
and in the remaining cases, without ex-
ception, the decision was in favor Of The
tenants. as it usually Is. The landlords
insist that the courts will reduce the
prices they fix, regardless Of the value Of
the land, and hence it has become a habit,
which they stoutly deny, to make an al
owance on that account so as to cover
the reduction.
Owing to the exhaustion Of the funds
provided by parliament for the payment
of lands purchased under the acts of 1893,
as I have heretofore explained, 1t has
been impossible for the estates commits
sioners to pay many of the landlords for
the farms they have sold, and the latter
will have to go without their money until
parliament authorizes the treasury to
make new loan, either Of regular con-
soils or make another issue of special
bonds for the purpose. The Earl Of Ken
mare, although he is chairman of the
committee OF landlords and has been
looking out for their interests, is one of
many who have thus been placed in an
embarrassing predicament. He is re-
ceivtng no rents and no interest, although
they are accommodating and will be made
good as soon.as the estates commissioners
have been provided with the Necessary
funds
A Fierce Cut in Income.
AS the Earl of Kenmare has been al
most entirely dependent upon his land
rents, his income has been cut down to a
very small amount. from 975.OOO to
$4,000, or at least that is what they tell
me here, and for that reason he has Of
fered Kenmare House and park and his
shooting on a five-year lease He tried
to rent the place to Mr.. Marvin Hughitt
of Chicago. president Of the Northwestern
Railway Company, when he was over
here last year. The earls agents are
now in correspondence with other rich
Americans. 1t is an ideal place for an
idle man of means and sentiment, and it
would seem to be very easy to find a
tenant. The mere privilege Of telling your
friends that you have leased the Lakes
of Killarney is worth a good deal
His lordship began by demanding eos
600 year He has reduced his price
since. and will now accept $4,000. and
some say he will take $4,000 from any
one WHO Will make a 11Ne years lease 1t
will require at least $4,000 a year to
keep up the place, and, with rental of
s25, 600 whoever takes 1t must expect to
stand for at least hundred thousand
dollars year There is a small income
from the leasing of the pasturage and the
fisheries. and about 81. 500 a year Is taken
in sixpences at the gates. for no. one is
allowed to enter the grounds without pay
ing his way
Fishing and Rowing.
The fishing is very good in the spring
An Englishman at our hotel has brought
In several beautiful ten and twelve pound
salmon caught with fly although this
is warm weather and the poorest time OF
year for the fishing. His lordship charges
fee Of IS for the privilege Of fishing in
his lake. That pays for license Of one
year. but is not transferable. A tran
sient guest at hotel. however, can go
out with licensed fishermen as often as he
likes. In the spring. when the salmon
are running. nets are used. and his lord
ship gets the proceeds of the catch. The
fish are shipped to Dublin and London
and the returns are three or four thou
sand dollars year.
His lordship allows none but rowboats
on the lakes He will not permit a
steamer or q motor launch. or even
naphtha launch, and every one who has
boat has to take out license. for
boatmen make it up during the tourist
season.
The Glory Of Flowers and Trees.
The Earl of Kenmare will share his
| blessings, 80 far as his park is concerned
| with you or any one else for pence, and
they are well worth it. I do not know
any place where lover of nature or one
who is fond Of stroll through the woods
can get as much for his money. The
| demesne or park contains about 1900
| acres of forest and garden, with many
| miles Of walks and drives. The lodge
keepers at every one Of the six gates are
always alert to collect the pence and
| give you ticket, numbered, stamped and
pass the gates with it as often as you
like until they are closed at night, and
| wise man will spend as much time as he
| can spare within the demesne every day.
| The trees are simply glorious. Hundreds
| OF acres Of rhododendrOns are now in
flower and make great banks Of purple
| blossoms The hawthorns, arbutus,
laburnums and other Towering trees and
| the woodbine are in their greatest glory.
| When they fade We can admire the oaks
and beeches that have been growing here
for hundreds of years. Many of the trees
| were planted after designs. There are
| long avenues that are completely rooted
| by boughs, and at one place magnificent
| CatneQral or DeeCHeS HAS DeeN devised Oh
foliage-three wide aisles made by four
| rows of venerable beech trees more than
three hundred years old. which were
| trimmed almost to the top when young
and the branches are trained to overlap
so that they are almost a rainproof roof
The trunks are smooth and almost
straight, like the columns of a basilica,
and the ground is covered with half
decayed shells of beechnuts that have
fallen during the centuries.
The Brides Garden.
But the most glorious part Of the
demesne is the garden, which surpasses
any that have seen for years. It occu-
pies a terrace surrounding Kenmare House
upon the highest eminence in the de-
mesne and overlooks the lakes. 1t is laid
out in the Italian style and the gardener
told us that it was designed by the Dow
a9er Lady Kenmare when she was a
bride If that is true her ladyship must
have been a very clever landscape gar
dener The most striking feature is a
tennis court inclosed within hedge of
cypress ten feet high and six feet thick,
with the top trimmed to represent the
wall of castle, with arches for en-
frances and bays and recesses where
benches have been placed to accommodate
spectators. This unique wall of cypress is
SO dense that tennis ball will rebound
from it, Adjoining the tennis court is a
crouuet ground and just behind them an
exquisite little cottage where her lady
ship serves tea every summer afternoon
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