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 a scheme, called it "The Pacific Coast Sportsmen's Club," last week sought permission of the state to issue $4,000,000 securities.

The club purposes to locate a convenient building, together with swimming pools, golf courses, tennis courts, polo fields and similar facilities on a plot of ground 74 miles square, near Tehachapi, Calif. At a cost of $318,488, this plot could be enclosed in an 88-inch fence. The club, said Promoter Home, would then acquire the following animals" 1,000 American bison at from $100 to $500 each; 1,000 elk, both American and European, at $250 each; 250 deer of different varieties at from " $50 to $250 each; 10,000 pheasants at $7.50 each; 6,000 Hungarian partridges at $6 a pair; an indeterminate number of wild turkey at $100 a pair; peafowl at from $25 to $100 each; wild boars at $250 a pair; foxes at $85 each, and such animals as European red deer, eland (African antelope), American antelope (pronghorns), quail, etc.

There would also be some zebras and other rare, self-conscious creatures, but these, like the peafowl, could not be , shot down till propagation has lowered their value. No Pacific Coast sportsman will be allowed to "shoot more than one buffalo at all times.",

Such was the prospectus read, to the corporation commissioner of California. Certain contestants came forward to maintain that "the destruction of partly tamed animals by men with high-powered rifles can hardly be termed sportsmanship." The commissioner retired to cogitate.