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always at Bath Beach, and during the late summer a litter of six was most 

 successfully reared. The thing to* be provided for was summer shade, and 

 this was effected by roofing-in a good-sized portion of the yard, which had, 

 at the kennel end, a cement floor. One view of the kennels shows the sleep- 

 ing rooms at the rear of the roofed-in section, and close to the door at the 

 left or coach-house end is a large tank with running water, and from this 

 tap the hard floor can be thoroughly washed and cooled off" with ease, the 

 floor sloping to a centre drain. Another view of the entire length of the 

 kennel inclosure shows a very essential thing for the comfort of the dogs, 

 and that is the large, slightly-sloping elevated platform. Below this the 

 dogs can dig into the cool earth and enjoy life with the thermometer 

 up in the nineties, while if the sun is comforting they can bask and 

 blink on the warm top. 



The idea Dr. De Mund had in mind when he built his kennel was to 

 make it available also for winter, and to this end he had it so arranged that 

 sections can be fitted all along the coach-house end and along the drive, 

 while that facing the exercise inclosure and having the best sun exposure 

 is inclosed with a good deal of glass to admit the sunshine. 



The view of the kennel yards at the Saddle River establishment is 

 conventional in the arrangements, and only diff'ers from the majority 

 in the size of the yards, a much needed thing with dogs as large as 

 wolf-hounds. 



As may be imagined, the kennels of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan near 

 Highland Falls, N. Y., are built with the substantiality and good taste 

 characteristic of that gentleman. We find here a combination of kennel 

 and living house, for the manager resides upstairs. The approach from 

 the public road is to what is really the rear of the kennels. A flight of 

 steps leads up to the living rooms, and a door at the bottom is one of the 

 entrances to the kennels. The ground floor of the central section is used 

 for an office and reception or exhibition room, with storage, bath-rooms and 

 kitchen in the rear portion. The two wings are similar in their ground-floor 

 arrangements. Entering at the door at the foot of the steps the visitor 

 finds himself in a passage terminating in doors at either end, and with three 

 doors facing him. The door to the right leads to the reception-room, that 

 to the left is an exit to the driveway shown at the rear end in the first 

 photograph, while those facing lead into three large kennels each fitted with 

 a wide sleeping-bench the length of the room. Collies are kept in company. 



