The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1905-04-21
THOUSAND-MILER RIDE
LONG TRIP, WITH HEALTH AND
PLEASURE THE OBJECTS.
Correspondent Writes Of Journey In
Texas and Mexico Win a Party az
Guests Of the Southern Pacific Rail.
road.

ellison wlictt. special corroepond.
ent OF Lesllca Weekly writes enter.
tainingly Of a thousaud.mllo horseback
hunt in Texas and Mexico with a party
as guests Of the Southern Pacific rail.
road. Tho members Of the party rep.
resented twelve different states. At
sablnas Mexico. he says:
over half of the thousand mile four.
ney has been complcted-and the fel.
lows who are here for their health arc
now hard as nails. those who came
along with an appetite for pleasure
are well'nigh satIatod. and the sports.
men have brought TO-. day after day.
Incredibly hugo bags OF ducks. geese.
rabbits. squirrels. and no end Of small
game. not 10 mention big hauls OF
deer. bear, wild turkeys and hsh. All
Of which 70 due TO about the most
hcalthful region In the Union; 10 a
section Of country whore plcasurablo
diversion Is otcrnally az hand. and 10
a territory that is literally a sports.
man paradise hitherto untrod and un.
shot and unnshod"
Mr.. Willott bcstows deserved
culogy on the splendid hospitality Of
the Southern Pacific and the hearty
welcome accorded the party In south.
orn cities from New orleans onward
Visitors to southwest Texas will not
need TO be told Of the really marvellous
work done by tho Southern Pacific In
building mp that section OF the coun.
try Mr. wilett says:
Then we again boarded our train
and railruadod on Tor the most OF n
day. through a country In which the
Southern Pacific has caused a blade OF
grass-not 10 speak OF stalk uf corn.
cane or sugar. and blossom Of cotton
10 flourish whore none grew before
Thirty miles farther lnland-on the
san Diego riycr-wo made our FIRST
camp 10 Mexico After that our
camps were from twenty to nfty miles
apart Aud thus We have progressed
on our thousand.milc horseback hunt
passing through strange villages and
seeing queer pcon customs. visiting the
headquarters Of mighty ranches Of a
million acres. whore the owners escort
cd MS to the front door with six hun.
drod white horses. or six hundred
black horses. or six hundred bays, as
the case might be. and having all
sorts OF diversions OF big hunts. and
witnessing many kinds OF unique
sights In primitive and quaint old Mex
leo.
Our hrst three or four camps were
'nitht ON one OF the largest ranches in
the world-tho Trevino ranch OF i.000,-
900 acres. OF this great ranch-as
big as a New England state-as on all
the other great ranches we have trav-
ersed. the Southern Pacific manage
ment obtained all hunting and fishing
privileges.
1T was on the great Treylno ranch
that the hcalthseekers Of the party
FIRST discovered that they were get
ting In Mexico exactly what they had
come fora new constitution. The
sportsmon OF the party, too, were out
late and up early on tho chase that
pleaseth.' The motto always was to
XIII only such game, however plentiful
Il might be. as was actually needed for
consumption nc our table, for tho
Southern Pacific stands Tor the XIII.
ing OF game for food only"
Many lntercstlnp stories OF the dis.
trlct travcrsod are related by Mr.. VII.
lott. He concludes:
"Thus on this trip every promise
made by the Southern Pacific railroad
has been kept TO the lettor-iust MS
similar promises will be kept ON the
second annual thousand.milc horse.
back hunting party already talked OF
for next year"