40 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE, 
BEATRIX ANTELOPE BLESSBOK 
try. It is breeding regularly here, and the offspring mature 
successfuliy. The largest Leucoryx horns on record meas- 
ure 395% inches. 
The Beisa Antelope, (Oryx beisa), is a good representative 
of the group of straight-horned antelopes found in the genus 
Oryx. Of all the long-horned species, the two Beisas and 
the Gemsbok of Africa, and the Beatrix of Arabia, are the 
only species possessed of horns that are practically straight 
from base to tip. The Gemsbok is the largest and most 
showy species, being painted like a harlequin, in a startling 
pattern of roan, black and white. The Beisa is a good 
second, however. The horns of all these antelopes grow 
to great length, and are excellent weapons for use in 
encounters with the smaller game-killing carnivores. The 
largest horns of record measure 40 inches. 
The Beisa inhabits eastern Central Africa, from Suakin 
on the Red Sea southward to the Equator. 
The Beatrix Antelope, (Oryx beatriy), of the Arabian 
Desert, is one of the rarest antelopes to be found im eap- 
tivity, and at this date this interesting species is represented 
by a fine pair of specimens. The longest horns of record 
measure 26 inches. Very few sportsmen have seen this 
animal in its native haunts. Our pair has been breeding 
for three years, and has reared two young. 
The Sable Antelope, (Hippotragus niger), is by many 
persons regarded as the handsomest of all the numerous 
species of African antelopes. In appearance it is very proud 
and high-headed; it has imposing horns that sweep backward 
in a semicircular carve; its large eyes and alert air betoken 
keen intelligence, and its glossy black coat, marked with pure 
