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 THEATRES, FESTIVALS, SPORTS 79 Horse-racing was known at Los Angeles as early as 1852, when the stake was a thousand head of cattle and a thousand dollars. " Electioneer," antecedent of over 150 record- breaking trotting-horses, has a monument on the Palo Alto farm where he was trained. The sire of " Major Delmar " was a Calif ornian, likewise "Sunol" and " Lou Dillon," the latter having been bred by Pierce Brothers at Santa Rosa, Sonoma County. Though the great studs of Senator Stanford are now shorn of their every hoof and velvet nostril, there are still a number of successful farms which breed blooded Arabian and Kentucky horses. Coaching with six-horse teams is one of the ex- citing diversions of Catalina Island. The Hunt Clubs of San Mateo and Los Angeles Counties have frequent meets. The Valley Hunt whose house is on Orange Grove Avenue, Pasadena, is the oldest in Southern California and has especial renown. Hunters who pursue their game on foot find good sport in the canyons and mountains and on the scrub-oak and chaparral moors of all California. Residents pay $1.00 for an annual hunting license, non-residents, $10.00, and aliens, $25.00; the year expires on June 30th. The total number of per- mits issued in a year is about 150,000. The State is divided into seven fish and game districts. Con-