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No. 0.—After all that has been said about the horns of the correspondence from the Denver Museum and through the in-
world's greatest animals, there are positively none that equal tervention of Senator T. M. Patterson of Colorado, this speci-
in impressiveness the gigantic mass that crowns the head of a men was finally released.
big Alaskan moose. They inspire in the mind of every intelli- 1.—A Texas wild mustang, once very plentiful in this coun-
gent human being a feeling of general awe. try, but as it was not profitable to capture and break them for
This particularly fine head with its enormous freak horns use, causing many gentle and branded horses to roam with
was obtained by me on September 1st, 1905, while visiting them, consequently making them just as wild, the stockmen
Denver, Col., from Rudolph Borchardt & Son, the noted taxi- concluded to make riddance by shooting them.
dermists, at a cost of $500. This head of horns has thirty 2.—A remarkable growth of Texas steer horns.
points; width of each blade twelve inches; weight of horns sev-
3.—A peculiar growth of steer horns, one horn growing in
enty-three pounds. The weight of the animal from which these
its natural state, while the other is reversed, measuring thirteen
horns were taken is estimated at two thousand pounds.
inches around the base.
Naturally a mounted head of a big male Alaskan moose is a
4.—A peculiar growth of deer horns.
costly luxury to purchase, a ponderous, heavy thing to handle
5.—Deer horns partly in velvet.
and to hang, but a soul-filler when finally installed. As the
passage of the Alaskan game law has prohibited the killing of 6.—A wild bear after killing two dogs. It was killed by,
big game for commercial purposes, and effectually stopped the Mr. Albert Friedrich in the mountains of Kerrville, Texas.
wholesale slaughter of moose for heads to sell, the collector 7.—The Malayan Rusa deer is a native of India. It is dark
who can point with pride to a pair of horns this size can well brown above, nearly black on the throat and breast, and light
afford to rest from his labors as far as moose are concerned. fawn intermixed with dirty white on the inside of the limbs.
This moose was killed about two years ago by Mr. T. H. His eyes are surrounded by fawn-colored discs and patches of
Bonheim under government permit, but as the permit was not the same color occupy the knees and a space above each of the
properly observed, on his return he was arrested, tried by jury, hoofs in front. His black nose is enveloped in an extensive
but found not guilty. In spite of his release the minions of the muzzle.
law saw fit to hold the specimen, but through a great deal of 8.—The cattle of India, commonly known by the name of