The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1905-04-13
THOUSAND-MILE RIDE
LONG TRIP, WITH HEALTH AND
PLEASURE THE OBJECTS. >
Correspondent Writes Of Journey In
Texas and Mexico With a Party as
Guests Of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road.


ent Of Leslie's Weekly, writes enter
tainingy of thousand-mile horseback
hunt in Texas and Mexico with party
as guests of the Southern Pacific rail
road. The members of the party rep
resented twelve different states. At
Sabinas, Mexico, he says:
Over half of the thousand-mile jour
ney has been mpleted--and the fell
lows who are here for their health are
now hard as nails; those who came
along with an appetite for pleasure
are welEnigh satiated; and the sports
men have brought In, day after day,
incredibly huge bags Of ducks, geese,
rabbits, squirrels, and no end Of small
game, not to mention big hauIs Of
deer, bear, wild turkeys and fish. All
Of which is due to about the most
healthful region in the Union; to a
section of country where pIeasurabIe
diversion is eternaIly at hand, and to
territory that is literally a sports
mans paradise hitherto untyod and un.
shot and unfished"
Mr.. Willett bestows deserved
eulogy on tie splendid hospitality OF
the Southern Pacific and the hearty
welcome accorded the party i'm south
ern cities from New Orleans onward
Visitors to southwest Texas will not
need to be told of'the really marvellous
work done by the Southern Pacific in
building up that section Of the coun-
try. Mr.. Willett' says:
Then we again boarded our train
and railroaded on for the most of
day, through country in which the
Southern Pacific has caused a blade OF
grass-not to speak Of stalk Of corn.
cane or sugar, and blossom Of cotton
to flourish where none grew before.
Thirty miles farther inland-on the
San Diego river-we made our first
camp in Mexico. After that our
camps were from twenty to fifty miles
apart. And thus we have progressed
on our thousand-mile horseback hunt,
passing through strange villages and
seeing queer peon customs; visiting tho
headquarters Of mighty ranches OF
million acres, where the owners escort
ed us to the front door with six hum
bred 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 Meg
ico
''Our first three or four camps were
made on one Of the largest ranches III
the world-the Treyino ranch of 1,000,-
900 acres. OF this great ranch-as
big as a New England statc--as on all |
the other great ranches we have trgv-
ersed, the Southern Pacific manage
ment obtained all hunting and fishing |
privileges.
1T was on the great TNvino ranch |
LudJ lut u6dlLuotthcfo VI uilC P&itJ
first discovered that they were get
ting In Mexico exactly what they had
come fora new constitution. The
sportsmen of the party, too, were out
late and up early on 1.-The chase that
pleaseth.' The motto always was to
kill only such game however plentiful
1t might be, as was actually needed for
consumption at our table, for the
Southern Pacific stands for the kill
ing of game for food only
Many interesting stories Of the. dis.
trict traversed are related by Mr.. Will
lett. He. concludes:
THUS on this trip every prOslise
made by the Southern Pacific railroad
has been kept to the letter-just as
similar promises win be kept on the
second annual thousand-mile horse.
back hunting party already talked OF
for NEXT year"