12 Life in the Open 



illustrates life in the open in Southern California and its 

 possibilities. 



Many towns and cities have spread out over the 

 land, and Southern California bids fair to become over- 

 civilised and settled up. But the jack rabbit is not to 

 be crowded out. A wily fellow lives near my home, 

 and I have seen him entertaining himself by leading the 

 dogs down a wide avenue, a fashionable thoroughfare of 

 the town ; and in the suburbs he may be always found. 

 This is true of all the foothill cities from Pomona and 

 Ontario to Riverside and Redlands and beyond, while 

 San Diego and Coronado afford excellent fields for this 

 adventurous pastime. 



There is also excellent sport to be had on the ranches 

 near Santa Ana and Orange, and in valleys near the 

 San Joaquin, one of the most successful hunts in the his- 

 tory of the Valley Hunt of Pasadena being near Orange, 

 where it was the guest of the Count and Countess von 

 Schmidt. 



In the vicinity of Los Angeles the best hunting 

 localities are the San Fernando Valley and the lower 

 reaches and washes of Baldwin's ranch, which may give 

 one an excuse to ride through this splendid domain, 

 with its groves of eucalyptus, orange, and lemon, and its 

 charming vistas of land and laguna. Some of the best 

 hunting I have had in Southern California has been in 

 the southern part of this ranch and near Sunny Slope 

 ranch, where a pack of fine greyhounds is maintained 

 to reduce the tree and vine girdlers ; and nearly all 



