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THE GAME BREEDER 



Good Trout Water. 



not long ago he stepped into the sunlight 

 of Longwood valley, county of Morris, 

 State of New Jersey. 



Northeast and southwest the valley 

 rolls away in gentle undulations of fra- 

 grant meadowland, from whose eastern 

 and western borders rise steeo, wooded 

 mountains standing like scowling, broad- 

 shouldered giants guarding their jeweled 

 treasures, and there are jewels in this 

 valley — jewels set in the golden richness 

 of the sweet New Jersey air — the emer- 

 ald of the meadows, the platinum band 

 of the smiling, sunny river ; the blue dia- 

 mond of the crystal lake. They are 

 priceless gems on the virgin brow of the 

 siren Outdoors,- whose song is the song 

 of the birds, of the wind whispering in 

 the grass and the tree-tops, of the in- 

 sects' chirp and the brook's rippling 

 laughter. 



This Upper Longwood Valley — or at 

 least a very great part of it — is the 

 leased property, lock, stock and barrel, 

 of the Longwood Valley Club, which is 

 "'ow being organized — it is well started 



on its way, in fact, it is situated in the 

 extreme northwestern corner of Morris 

 County and consists of some 5,000 acres, 

 which for years was the private fish and 

 game preserve of the late United States 

 Senator John Kean, of New Jersey, who 

 kept it posted against trespassing and 

 carefully patrolled. 



The valley long has been known to 

 Jersey sportsmen for its excellent hunt- 

 ing and fishing and the cream of it all 

 is the Kean estate. Among those who 

 had their eyes on the property was 

 Charles T. Champion, a noted Jersey 

 sportsman, who was the father of the 

 Newark Bait and Fly Casting Club, a 

 leading organization of the East. Soon 

 after Senator Kean's death Mr. Cham- 

 pion entered into negotiations with the 

 estate and eventually secured a lease for 

 ten years with an eye to the organization 

 of an exclusive club to control the 

 property. 



On the 5,000 acres one may find the 

 outdoor world, in all its aspects — moun- 

 tain and lowland, forest and meadow, 



