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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 differs 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, 
