The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-05-18

a LONG blackboard ride, PERTAINS ovo,
coSduroy roads that needed repairing.
Tho blackboard by no means ALWAYS
landed a person at his destination. II
went into the mountain1 as far ma n
could. but tho early sportsmen were
not satisfied with boing as near ciyili
zation az q two days blackboard io,,r
ney; they wanted to be really Swal.
lowed up by tho forest So they put
their packs on their baclss--packs THAI
In those days were not made light by
such converfences as aluminium cook
ing outnts-and began their tram
farther up into the woods. Tho FAR
sportsmans blood wtthin them. the
harder the work tho keener tho en-.
joyment.
Camps in the modern sense did no,
dot the shore lines of most of this
lakes as they do now. Tho trampe,
was lucky IL he found an open lon
shelter abandoned by some trapper- n
he wanted to DO sure of spending hi.
time In sorne snug lumber camp. he
found out before he went where such
camp was. and set his course ac-
cordingiy.
Life In thoso camps cannot be du.
plicated now in one particular. Many
a boy who went UP with his Older
brothers. or men. lay awake night
after night. scared by the bowling
OF the Wild animals, that seemed to
DO actually just beyond the dim cir
Gle OF light thrown by the camp fire
For the woods were full OF animals
In those days. animals that wero wild
and that were not pleasant to meet
And then from across the lake would
como the shrek OF loon or an owl
nat pleasant sound either.
Such the North Woods used to be.
In many respects they arc unchanged
The people who spend their summers
In the woods have changed. though.
They have found different conditions
and new accommodations that appeal
to modern ideas. But the summer girl.
tho camp with half a dozen bathrooms
and the high-speed motor boat can
not transform entirely tract OF thou
sands of square miles. Just off the
beaten paths tho country remains as
wild and as thrilling as It ever was
And no matter what happens II can't
change. The fact that the State now
owns great tracks OF Adirondack
land. and has demanded protection for
the game, speaks we'll for tho perma-
nency Of the old charm OF the woods
Ask any man who has spent the sum
NOR year after year in the Adiron-
dacks-you run across many such men
In the woods-what he thinks of the
woods now compared with what they
used to be- He'll say that OF course
there have been changes, not all OF
which have pleased him, but on the
whole the woods are the woods still
II he takes you for a friend, and does
not suspect that you will betray the
primeval grandeur OF his particular
find In the woods by building a great
summer hotel there, he may tell you
his little secret-tell you how you
calls his own.
There you will ind some seemingly
unexplored region, where nature has
never been disturbed, where there il
brook that has many trout as II
did hundred years ago, and whore
you can spend days without seeing
a human being. There are such places
in the Adirondacks. and If you don't
run into tho man this summer who
will let YOU into his secret just make
up n light pack. and in company with
friend or so find such a place your
self-you can do It without much
trouble
In Essex and Hamilton Counties.
which are only skirted by railroads
there Is IA wealth of wild and rugged
country that Will satisfy even the en-
thusiast from the Canadian woods
start out from Lake Placid and strike
into the country around Mount Marcy
and Mount Mcintyre. then TO the south
of them and to the east OF them to-
ward Elizabe thtown. and you can't help
but feel that the woods are rs great
ms they ever were. And then In the
section back from the shore OF Indian
Lake and to the east there Is also
wilderness. From the top of White
face Mountain, that overlooks Lake
broken forest that stretches TO the
shores of Lake Cham plain.
SO IL is that the man who used to
go into the North Woods. and then was
driven away UP into the Canadian
woods by the advance OF the summer
hotel and the modern camp, can find. II
he only knew II. stamping ground
whore no used to go. AS for the men
or the women or the family who are
not up to that kind of wild life, the
Aoirondacks belong to them too. AL
most every one knows this. It is the
unusual man who some time In his
life does not haniter for an outing
in the woods.
AS things are now in the Adiron-
dacks, a man can satisfy his own am
bition for n taste of tho wilds, and
at the same time comply with the
demands made by the different mem
bers of his family. II no owns q
camp, right behind 1T may be the
limitless forest, and in front there may
be a lake. Then down at the end of
the lake there may be hotel. There
are dances. and the mans daughter
and her mother may run down in the
launch for Saturday night function
OF some kind. AT the same hotel there
are likely to be golf links, or at least
tennis courts. And half a mile or
so up the lake there will perhaps be
some other camp. and then another--a
situation which makes the social side
of the mountain life we'll worth while.
Golf in the Adiroudacks.
There are many excellent links In
tho Adirondack Mountains, where this
king OF outdoor sports may be en-
joyed at it's best amid beautiful sur
The pure. health giving
ozone adds 2est to the sport, and gives
ono a new lease OF life. Tho more
prominent links are located at the
points: Lake Placid, Saranae
Lake, Upper Saranac Lake, Saranao
Inn and Loon Lake.
AutomobiiinE.
Automobiling In the Adirondacks is
becoming more popular every year. AS
a result. some of tho more important
highways are being macadamized and
others greatly improved. Lake Placid,
Saranac Lake. Paul Smiths Saranac
Inn, Topper Lake and Loon Lake arc
all connected by = number of excel
lcnt mountain roads and attractive