| Show wild elk it herd is thriving 7 eriv ing andover N H has ha colony of fifty which has grown from twelve albe liberated rated ten years year ago concord N 11 inthe in ln the sparsely settled town of andover reaching from ragged mountain on the north to Kearen rge mount mountain alij on the I 1 Is I 1 a the only herd of wild elk east of the rocky mountains A party of boston lawyers recently visited andover on an a trip climbed kearsarge and ragged mountains and returned full of enta enthusiasm us easm toy for the region as a winter resort leaving boston at nine in the morning ahry left the train at noon at potter place the principal station in the town of andover after affet dinner snowshoes were put on and the party started up the south slope of ragged nagged mountain over the property of the rugged ragged mountain fish ruid and game came club it nas as on oil this property that a herd here of 12 tik wits was liberated about ten en years ago it has now increased to the il umber number of 30 the cottage of the club members it are re conspicuous on the southern slope oi of the mountain occupying picturesque sites but bill most a of thern are grouped near cold pond a famous fishing pond on the ab property soon after the he pond was closed to public some one took reve revenge rot foi his exclusion by placing in the pond several pickerel these increased nt a marvelous rate feeding on trout rout until the ho latter were practically extinct the club thon then rid the waters of the take lake of all fish and stocked it anew until the fishing Is in once more excellent the boston party were much disappointed in riot not getting a sight 0 the elk but belr tracks were every everywhere to bo be seen ranging from the tracks of small calves to the hoof prints or of two year old helfern instead of being pointed like doer tracks these tracks were blunt in front and nearly oblong it was learned later that the herd bad taken up tip its quarters on an a neighbor ing in arm where they were feeding contentedly on young orchards the owner of the farm has instructed his men to protect the property and reports are dally expected that some 0 of f the elk have been slaughtered As AB elk are protected in new hampshire throughout the year interesting legal questions will be raised if t any of these elk are killed it la Is enid eald by lan ian 1 1 ow owneta tiers that they have a right to pit feet their property from depredations of wild animals but how tat far this right light extends has never been determined in now hampshire |
