Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-08

! furlong in circumference, with a seven
| furlong chute and a mile chute. 1t Will
! be patterned after the Santa Anita
| track at Los Angeles and will be OF
ample width to safely accommodate
| fields of good size. Lyman Davis, who
! is unequaled as track man. will be
| with me and will devote special atten-
| tion to this feature of the construction
I'VE expect to give about fifteen
! stakes, beginning with the $4,000 Chi
! huahua handicap on the opening day
| They will range in value from SlZ0O 10
$1,000 our overnight purses will be
! LIBERAL very liberal, we think when 1t
| is considered that we are taking up
racing in a virgin territory. The stakes
will close October 5. We propose to
race ninety days, beginning Thanks
giving. There will be six days racing
a week, and six races day.
1.-THE Mexican people haven't the feel
ing against a man backing his opinion
in a horse race that has been made
apparent in more than one section of
this country in recent years, and our
concession from the government covers
this fully. There will be open booking
and 1t is probable that a couple of mu-
tual machines may be put into use.
shipments to the track will take
about three days from the east, ana
one can have a choice of many routes,
as eight trunk line railroads center at
Ell Paso. The Juarez Jockey club Is
composed of prominent men east, west
and from Mexico, and there is aoso-
luetly no chance that one man can gam
control of the plant and run 1t to suit
his own ideas without regard to the
best interests of the horsemen or OF
the sport"
There will be a grand slaughter of
game or a wholesale clean out of the
Tia Juana markets after two days
hunt which is planned by number OF
local hunters. According as you are
aware or ignorant of the regulations
of the below mentioned for truth, YER
acity and probity, as we'll as their rec
| ords as marksmen, may you judge
which statement will prove correct. A
party composed of Fred Simpson, W.
! H. Berry, George Sutton, Frank Dll-
| Ion and George Wheeler viii leave TO-
night after the ball game, for dis
! trict thirty miles below Tia Juana'
where they will hold forth in two
DAYS bombardment of everything that
looks like game. Deer, doves, wild tur-
! key, Mexican man-eaters ana all thS
! rest of the tribe will be assaulted
with the gun, and plentiful provision,
it is needless to say has been MADE
! that not man shall die of thirst on the
way down, on the hunting grounds, or
on the way back. The party promises
to return with a good bag, but 1t might
he limited as deep dark secret that
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in all probability it, anyway
Anent this hunting stuff, stray leaf
of a letter writ to j. Cal Ewing by
Henry Berry, and evidently lost at
Chutes park, was picked up by faith
less scribe, who hereby reprints it. 1t
! tells secrets, but then that is the lot
| of the newspaper man to tell things
and tell 'em "fust." 1t runs as fol-
/ lows, evidently reminiscent of past eX-
periences- Dear Cal: Whow. Just re-
| turned from one of the greatest rattle
snake hunts I ever had. We took our
guns along with US thinking we pos
| sibly would have an opportunity 70
get a few shots. Well, we did, but
must first tell you about the snakes.
I'VE (forty-six of us) started, then
separated about fifty feet apart; at the
edge Of Death Valley, and scared up
every snake possible, on the way we
drove them about ten miles, ana by
actual count, corraled and killed 22,-
516,310 of the reptiles. They measured
all the way from three feet to twenty
feet six inches in length; 1t was an
awful slaughter. When we had them
corraled we waded in, caught them by
the tails, snapped them as you would
a WhiD. thus severing their heads from
their bodies. 1t is great and exciting
sport, and the next time / go | VIII
| take YOU along. / was bitten about a
hundred times, but shot a few "Old
| Crows" white and yellow liable, ap-
piled them to the right spot, thus FOOL
ing Mr., Rattler to a fare-the- We'll
"Shortly after this, / was bitten by
a scorpion, but | guess the "Old CROW
that [ applied was too much TOT hlll-
he dropped dead.
about ten minutes later band OF
wild mules (about 100000 came tearing
down the Valley-the leader was about
a. hundred yards in advance. q haQ
I other members of the party ahead)
thought it was all up with me; 1t was
no use to run, there was no tree 10
climb and no rock to hide behind. My
mind worked very fast-it had tor
I would not now be writing to you.
grabbed about ten of the large snakes
| spliCed them together in a second, made
! a lasso, caught the leader, mounted
him, rounded the band up and drove
them into Los Angeles without losing
a single one Made a great clean up
and have laid in a supply for Garry
Hermann. l forgot to tell you that
shot a hundred lions and few tigers
while the mules were gathered around
a water hole,
"I would have stayed longer, but
! my ball club was losing so many
games that / thought it best to get
on the job.
"They ought to win from now on, as
you know am the very best manager