Sport: In California

Golden whales no longer fallop in the limber, soapy surge of California; grizzly bears, black bears, cinnamon bears do not now grubble in brutish thickets, nor do timber wolves harangue the moon, while antelopes, roll brown eyes upon one another, melancholy with fright. Exciting 4 beasts have gone from California. "Therefore," said one I. S. Home, . wild animal dealer, "it will be profitable to organize a big game preserve,, where gentlemen, upon the payment of a fee, may enjoy the pleasures of the chase with a minimum of its discomforts." Forthwith, he promoted...

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