RAIL CHIEFS AT PLAY PTA MASTERS OF CHEAT CREAT SYSTEMS 0 tl HAVE THEIR HOBBIES diversions include walking tours fish ng and farming harriman fond of horses and inter ested in boys club ew york how flow does the prest dent of a great railroad playa are his pleasures as intense in their way as his responsibilities during business hoursh the questions were ted when james mccrea president of the pennsylvania ral road sailed for europe on the Kal serin auguste vie vic toria torla recently mr mccrea Is on his way to england for a walking vial king tour with his two sons his ills ideas of decre atlon and a simple life contradict the popular notion of the masters of great railroads taking their vacations in luxurious travel in cars yachting buying pictures or finding le ze in the gayet gaieties les of newport oar bar harbor or the capitals of europe most men point to james J hill as the rei rel railroad raili oad president of the countr country he Is still the leader of the ast nast great northern enterprise even tho agh he has resigned the pres deric to one of his sons his vaca eions in the east consist of trips to labrador Lab on his ocean going steam yacht to fish for salmon friends of E H harriman say that really to know him lf if he can be fully known one must see him at play to wall street mr harriman the president of the union pacify en gincer of vast enterprises and toaster master of finance seems to be a slight taciturn man with spectacles s ecta cles acles a bushy mus tache and a nervous manner who has an infinite capacity tor for work and the ingenuity of a great general in plan ning surprises his friends see quite a different man in private life his love of the open and fine horses Is expressed in arden his great estate in the ramapo mountains where mr harriman spends a greater part of the year fhe property corn com arises about 30 acres the resi rest dence deuce with its jutting wings and glass verandas forms a pic pie ture lure of home homelike like elegance the best expressions of the owner s tastes however are found in the stock farm and rural improvements the horses in the stables are of the finest for a gentleman s driving teams an other interest amounts to a fad with him a boys club on the east side he ile has been interested in the project about 30 years the creation of the largest club of its kind in the world and plans for the happiness of thou sands of poor youngsters executed in a most unobtrusive way are a con stant source of recreation george J gould is an extreme type of railroad president and sD sportsman combined alwa alwais s found ot of sports mr gould has engaged in a bontia bous round of sports since he grew grow up polo pla playing ing became his fad tn in 1898 and in this this branch ot of sport he has been chiefly interested of 0 late years in striking contrast with these financiers Is the austere self contained personality of george F baer pres ident of the reading and new jersey central systems friends of this deliberate incisive leader of capital in the pennsylvania coal strikes say they see in him the stamp of his protest ing german ancestors not only in his business life but in his recreations as w well ell mr gaer baer began life in read ing pa in the heart of the penns pennsyl I 1 ap JAMES M MCREA CREA president of pennsylvania railroad who takes recreation in walking vania D itch region A student by nature he Is a lawyer by profession a railroad president by evolution and an agriculturist by taste his coun conn try home hawthorne near reading has a fine library and mr baer de votes much of bis his time to historical historic ai research in his garden he Is an au dhority on flowers especially rosea and chrysanthemums he ile Is alac something of an authority on land garden gardening trIg and has planned a 3 park system tor for reading two males buea from the city Is a large farm where mr lir baer spends most of his summers with his alderney cattle his bunga low on the edge of the schuylkill river and a steam launch to carry him to town E V kipley ripley president of the atchi son topeka santa fe system spends ten months of the year in chi cago his suburban home being at riverside two months find him at his country home in santa barbara cal cut mr fad la is golf he talks even preaches it and covers the links at riverside or santa bar bara with the enthusiasm of a school bov boy