58 Sport and Life. 



In Rowland Ward's third edition there are several other heads 

 over 55 inches in length. I have not mentioned them, first of all, 

 because I could not find out whether they were killed by 

 sportsmen, and secondly, because some of the dimensions given 



SIR EDMUND LODER'S REMARKABLY WIDE WAPITI HEAD. 



by him are quite impossible. Thus, the twenty-third head is said 

 to measure 42 inches round the burr ! 



Having now dealt with some of the principal w r apiti heads 

 known to me as the legitimate trophies secured by English or 

 foreign sportsmen, I will mention a few interesting specimens, 

 either bought or picked up, of which I have record. One of 

 the most remarkable I know r is Sir Edmund Loder's immensely 



