GAME CLUBS, PARKS AND PRESERVES 35 



them since there was not food for all.* Some of the 

 private shooting-estates in the West are truly magnifi- 

 cent in their dimensions, being much larger than the 

 Adirondack estates. Many of the Western club pre- 

 serves contain a great variety of game. 



In the writer's opinion, it will not be many years be- 

 fore all big-game shooting in America is done on game 

 preserves, not necessarily small, fenced enclosures, but 

 in large preserves also, where the animals range at will 

 over mountain-ranges and through great forests, where 

 the shooting is owned, controlled, and guarded by clubs 

 or individuals. 



* Mr. Corbin informs me that the deer increase too rapidly at Blue 

 Mountain. 



