Head- Measurements of Trophies 



horns which were 17^ inches in girth and 41 inches 

 in length. 



WHITE GOAT. 



Girth. Length. 



9. Walter James, Swift Current River, Mont., '92.. s}^ ^^Vz 



10. T. Roosevelt, Big Hole Basin, Mont., Aug.,' 89. S'h 9iV 



11. Theodore Roosevelt, Heron, Mont., Sept., '86 . . 5 93^ 



No. II was a female; as the horns of the female white goat 

 always are, these horns were a little longer and slenderer than those 

 of No. 10, which was a big-bodied buck. 



In Buxton's catalogue the biggest horns given were 5 

 inches in girth and 2>% inches in length. The two big- 

 gest specimens given in Ward's were 5 inches in girth by 

 io_^ inches, and 5/^ by 9^ inches. 



MUSK ox. 



There was no musk ox head exhibited by an amateur 

 sportsman. One, which was exhibited by W. W. Hart & 

 Co., had horns each of which was 29^ inches by 20^ 

 inches ; the height of the boss was 13 inches. One 

 of the members of the Boone and Crockett Club, Mr. 

 Caspar W. Whitney, has this year, 1895, killed a number 

 of musk ox ; but he did not return from his winter trip 

 to the Barren Grounds until June. 



PRONGBUCK. 



Girth. Length. 



12. Theodore Roosevelt, Medora, N. D., Sept., '84. b% 16 



13. A. Rogers 6 I2>^ 



14. A. Rogers 6^ 10 J^ 



No. 13 measured from tip to tip tyi inches. The greatest width 

 inside the horns was ?>% inches; the corresponding figures for No. 

 14 were 7j^ and 10^ inches. 



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