1 86 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



We have in our country very many wealthy peo- 

 ple, any of whom could have bought this whole 

 herd without noticing the expense incurred as much 

 as many of my readers would five cents given to 

 charity, but unfortunately, our very wealthy peo- 

 ple seem to be short on high ideals. 



The following incident published by one of the 

 Western papers is a good example of what some 

 wealthy people call sport. 



A party of English sportsmen came to Montana 

 in quest of big game. They had a retinue of ser- 

 vants, an armory of high-power guns and they were 

 "out for blood," but after a number of days' hunt- 

 ing they only succeeded in killing a few coyotes, 

 jack rabbits, and prairie dogs. This did not satisfy 

 their thirst for gore so they went to the Flathead 

 Reservation and paid $500 per head for the privi- 

 lege of shooting down two or three range buffaloes. 

 The half-wild cattle on the same plains or horses 

 would have been just as difficult to shoot as the 

 bison. However, our English cousins are now 

 pointing to the upholstered heads of the range 

 buffalo as trophies of their powers as great hunters. 



What an exceedingly pleasant world this would 

 be to live in if the public could devote its time to 

 enlightenment and refinement and if the so-called 

 rulers of the nations were really endowed with the 

 higher order of intelligence and in any way could 

 prove themselves in their ambition to be 

 above the savage chieftains. Suppose, for instance, 

 that the billions of dollars spent within the last few 



