The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-17
EUCAL ESTATES TO
Be MADE SMALLER
Duke of Sutherland Offers 300,
600 Acres to Government at
SO Per Acre

LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE tract OF
100000 acres OF deer forests which
he duke OF Sutherland has offered TO
me government az $40 an acre, In
consequence OF LlOyd.George's cam
paign for small holdings and against
me landed gentry, is situated accord.
ing 10 the Daily Teegraph's Edin
purgh correspondent, in one great
block In the west and north OF Suth-
~-erland. including the old Reay forest,
which was purchased in 1929, and Is
1T present tenanted by the duke OF
Westminster.
The Reay forest is one OF the best
stag forests In the north OF Scotland
and comprises about $4,000 acres 1t
gives about 90 stays To the hunters
zach season, in addition 10 grouse aud
other game. The forest which was
cleared OF sheep about 1910, is stu
ated amid splendid scenery. AdJoin
ing Il Is the extensive Wild shooting
OF Kinlochfervie. II is 30 miles to
the nearest railway station. II is
said that sheep are Improbable on
the estate since the public got to
liking lambs. as there is no good
grazing on the mountains and on the
moors for young sheep The seaboard
tenants OF Reay Forest are mostly
fishermen
100 Stays This Season.
The duke OF Portland and two other
noblemen. hunting in company have
shot about l20 stays this season on
the dukes extensive domains az
I.angwell. in the Scottish Highlands.
Ills share consisted OF i0-odd stays,
number of which exceeded 20 stone
n weight. and had fine royal heads.
one had anuers that showed II
points and were long. thick Of beam
aud typically wild in appearance.
In the old Reay Forest nearly due
west OF I.angwell. leased by the duke
of Sutherland 10 the duke OF West
minister and suhlet this year 20 l.. j.
Mythes. more than 100 stays nave
cen shot or the S0-odd stays killed
"a Sir Arthur Bignolds forest ~ Loch
kosque in Ross shire. there were
some royals and number OF Jap
anese deer, which were in :oduccd
into the British Isles by" Lord Pow
erscourC, and now roam from Ross
SHIRE 20 Muckross and the Vale or
Ayoca in Ireland
King George and the Prince OF
Wales shot I'm the famous deer for
eSls-at- Ralmnral, and on one day the
king brought down three with cen
secutive bullets in as many minutes.
The Maharajah Holkar OF lndore shot
g stays on his leased estate In Ross
hire. and about / 600 other stays
we're killed in the Highlands, the
Combes and Williams parties getting
80. Generally speaking, the season
was below the average. several thou
and deer having died OF exposure
and starvation last winter mostly on
The west coast
Unwilling TO Pay High Taxes.
One OF the oldest baronial cstates
IN England, at East Barsham, belong
ing TO Lord Hastings, is 10 be cut up.
under the Small Holdings act It's
noble owner is unwilling longer TO
pay the high taxes on his 1924 acres
OF farm and forest, hill and dale. The
beautiful old manor house was begun
IN the reign OF Henry VII, the first
tudor king OF England, I'm the latter
part of the fifteenth century. Even
he chimneys are still ornamented
with feur de lis. and the gate house
bears the arms OF Henry VIII, sur
mounted by the royal crown. II Is an
ancient tradition that Henry VIII
lodged at Barsham manor house when
he was on his way TO pay homage at
he Roman Catholic shrine OF Our
LADY OF Walsingham and that to show
beftting humility, as perhaps merely
observing custom he elected 10 walk
barefoot the little more than two
miles from East Barsham TO The Cele-
brated shrine.