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Show HUNT COYOTES I ON MOTORCYCLE I Neither Dog Nor Gun Will Be Used in Coast Roundup BAKT3RSTTELD, Cab. Oct. It. About 100 members of the motorcycle viuba from Los lAngclcav Pasadena lli and Orange wll stage a coyote hunt of the flats near here Sunday morn- HEjJ lng. Tho feature of tho hunt will be HK the fact that none of the hunters win use a dog or a gun to run down the beasts. Hs The method pursued is to chase tho coyote on the motorcycle until h HS becomes fatigued and then tie htm HH up to bo killed later This roqulres HaH great dexterity on the part of the Hl rider. H The animals have been known to run Hn 30 miles or more before giving up As an Incentive for the hunters, bounty of $2.50 will be paid for each scalp turned into the county hortl- BBS cultural commissioner. HP The motorcycle hunters travel in pairs and when the coyote has been Mpa run to his limit and falls exhausted K both riders get off their motnreyeles Hl and while the coyote's attention is attracted by one of ths riders, the Hr other grabs the animal, blocking hi BF wind and then both hunters tlo the K 1 oyote with ropes Danger lo attached BSt to the final momenta of tho hunt as Hvfei often the eoyotv is able to put up a i ftClH e struggle ,mc! becomes vicious. oo |