Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1920 — BULLDOGGING LIONS [ARTICLE]

BULLDOGGING LIONS

Proves to Bo Favorite Bport In Banta Barbara Forest Bulldogging lions is proving to be the favorite sport in the Santa Barbara forest, California. With five great bloodhounds, valued at $4,000, Stanley R. Graham of Chicago, wild animal hunter and writer; George T. Baker and W. P. Chester, veteran lion hunter of Arizona, have arrived at Santa Barbara and are making ready for a lion hunt back In the Santa Ynez. A feature at the trip will be Chester’s attempt to catch and tie a live lion. If he succeeds he will receive a SI,OOO bonus offered by Graham. One of the five dogs brought to hunt lions in "Rat," on whom $2,000 insurance is carried against theft "Rat” has nine criminals in Arizona to bls credit and many lions. The lions seldom attack the bloodhounds and usually make for a tree. The dogs can outrun the lions and when the lions are»wlnded they seek a tree.