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Show ELKS ESCAPE FROM ; GOLDEN GATE PARK San Francisco, June 1. Several anl-mal anl-mal keepers, a squad of mounted po- lice and a number of other equestri- ana. Including a young woman, participated par-ticipated in an elk hunt at Golden, Gate park yesterday. The e ntlre .herd of about sixty elk, belonging to tho city, escaped from It corral, and the animals van In all directions. Beemlng-ly Beemlng-ly onjoylng their unusual liberty to the fullest extent. , Some of tbe gentle ones were round- , ed up without much trouble, but two I of the fleetest led their pursuers n merry chase up Nineteenth avenue t L wd escaped temporarily into the Sut- ro forest Another epent the night in tbe brakes near tho stadium. Superintendent John McLaren of Golden Gate park joined tbe hunt in bis automobile, but was quickly out- i distanced ,by the swift animals ha selected se-lected as Wa same. - |