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THE GAME BREEDER 



hemlock grove some 500 yards from the 

 club-house and remained there and 

 around the barn yard until the hard 

 weather had passed. They are likewise 

 frequently seen at other points on the 

 property. Partridge, pheasant and rab- 

 bit abound and the lake is a favorite 

 resort of wild duck and other water fowl. 



There are two trout streams on the 

 property — Beaver Brook and the Rock- 

 away River. Beaver Brook chatters 

 away in a shady valley beyond Bowling 

 Green Mountain. It is a rock-bedded 

 stream of white-capped riffles and deep, 

 dark pools — and the trout that are in it 

 are real native trout. 



The Rockaway is another inspiration 

 to the angler. Somewhat wider and 

 deeper than Beaver, it flows through the 

 valley for miles. Dotting its course are 

 pools of great depth where, like a 

 wounded snake, the river turns and 

 twists, cutting deep caverns under its 

 grassy banks. It is one of the finest 

 streams for fly casting the writer ever 

 has seen. 



Beaver Brook will be given over en- 

 tirely to brook trout, while in the Rock- 

 away the rainbow will live and move 

 and have its being until the fatal fly, 

 in expert hands, rounds out its career. 



Two trout ponds will complete the fa- 

 cilities afforded the angler. Each is only 

 a short walk from the club house, one 

 being on Bowling Green Mountain, the 

 other in the valley. In one there will 

 be nothing but brook trout, in the ether 

 only rainbows. Both ponds are fed by 



never-failing springs of ice cold water 

 and are ideally suited to the purposes 

 for which they will be used. But little 

 work remains to be done to put them 

 in shape. Indeed, by no means the least 

 important of the club's activities will be 

 the breeding of trout for stocking pur- 

 poses. Black bass will also be raised on 

 the place. In the way of game, chief 

 attention will be devoted to pheasant and 

 wild turkey breeding. 



The club-house stands on an eminence 

 overlooking the valley. It is a large, 

 roomy structure, whose air of homeli- 

 ness is enticing and satisfying. The 

 rooms are large for the most part. A 

 wide porch entirely surrounds the house 

 and the view from this in, any direction 

 is enthralling. 



Membership will be limited. With 

 such a proposition as this, it is, of course, 

 extremely desirable to get together a 

 class of men who, first of all, will be , 

 congenial. Nothing is being left undone 

 to accomplish this. 



Mr. Champion, the organizer, has had 

 much experience in such fields. ■ He 

 served several terms as chairman of 

 the preserve committee of the Newark 

 Club, and is qualified to know what is 

 what. He is one of the leading tourna- 

 ment casters of the east, and has par- 

 ticipated as a winner in many tourna- 

 ments. He was for years secretary of 

 the Federal Trust Company of Newark, 

 and is at present engaged in a kindred 

 line, with offices in the Essex Building, 

 Newark. 



THE CALIFORNIA VALLEY ELK. 



By Barton Warren Evermann, 

 Director of the Museum, California Academy of Sciences. 



[The article about the California valley elk referred to was published in The Game Breeder 

 This splendid food animal would surely have become extinct had it not been preserved by Henry 

 Miller on the. ranch of Miller & Lux. The story of the handling and distribution of the elk 

 after they became sufficiently abundant to do thousands of dollars worth of damage is especially 

 timely in view of the recent stories about the damage done by deer on Shelter Island, N. Y., 

 and the decision of the State department to exterminate them which, however, was abandoned 

 in favor of the better plan of sending the deer to the State park. — Editor.] 



In California Fish and Game for Ap- fornia valley elk (Cervus nannodes). In 



ril'10, 1915 (Vol. I, No. 3, pp. 85-96), that article evidence was presented con- 



a brief account was given of the former vincingly showing that this fine animal 



distribution and abundance of the Cali- formerly ranged over the entire San Joa- 



