Sport: The Corpse Wore Red

As the big-game season spread through the West last week, it was hard to tell, as always, whether it was more dangerous to be a nine-point buck or a stockbroker on a hunting holiday. Items: ¶ In Colorado's first week, kills of deer were up 41%, elk 12% and hunters 150% (five killed already v. two in the entire two-week season last year). Wearing a bright red shirt and cap, Bernard Tiffany was standing in an open pasture when his companion heard an unseen hunter yell, "Anyone down there?" and shouted back, "No." The hunter fired, and Ti"~any fell with a...

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