GAME CLUBS, PARKS, AND PRESERVES 21 



October Mountain in the Berkshires, Biltmore in the 

 South, the Austin Corbin estate in New Hampshire, 

 Rockefeller's Adirondack Park, the Rancocas game- 

 preserve in New Jersey, and other private estates, in- 

 cluding some of vast proportions on the Pacific Coast, 

 have been created in the past few years. 



By far the greater number of private game-pre- 

 serves are in the hands of associations or clubs. These 

 are of limited membership. One or two on Long 

 Island and at Currituck have but a half-dozen mem- 

 bers. Others, like the Nittany Club in Pennsylvania, 

 have as many as two hundred. The average mem- 

 bership is from thirty to fifty. 



Some of the clubs are composed exclusively of duck- 

 shooters, and are formed to control the shooting over 

 marshes where the wild fowl and wading birds are to 

 be found when migrating. In other clubs the mem- 

 bers are interested in shooting on the upland. A few 

 of the clubs have both kinds of shooting. 



They are all organized upon somewhat similar lines, 

 and in most cases are incorporated under the State 

 law where the preserve is situated. The articles of 

 incorporation contain — 



ist. The name of the club or association. 



2d. The object for which it is formed, usually — " To 

 own and lease lands, and shooting and fishing priv- 

 ileges ; to aid in the enforcement of game and fish 

 laws," etc. 



3d. The number of members and shares. 



4th. The place where the principal office shall be 

 located and the meetings held. 



The constitution and by-laws provide for the dec- 



