A FREAK ELK HEAD. 



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A FREAK ELK HEAD. 



1 send you herewith a photo of a 3-beam 

 elk head. This head is certainly a curi- 

 osity, having 3 separate beams, which 

 start from distinct burrs. The right 

 beam is a good 6-pointer ; the main or 

 upper left beam comes from ^ the 

 head about an inch and a half lower 

 down than the right beam ; the third 



beam has a separate 

 bar below and near- 

 er to the center of 

 the forehead than 

 the main left beam. 

 A close examina- 

 tion shows that this 

 is not due to an in- 

 jury received while 

 young, as some 

 might suppose, but 

 is a natural growth 

 of the skull. The 

 man in this picture 

 is Geo. M. Glover, a 

 well known guide of 

 this section, who 

 has worked with us 

 a good deal. This 

 elk was killed about 

 a year ago along the 

 rim of Fall River 

 basin, in Unita 

 county, Wyoming, and is now in the pos- 

 session of Col. S. Y. Seaborn, Detroit, 

 Mich. I have lived among the elk many 

 years, and have hunted and guided in what 

 are considered the best elk districts in the 

 Rocky mountains, but I do not know of 

 any other head like this. 



Albert Hill. 



Alexander, Wyo. 



A FREAK HEAD. 



NIMROD'S THOUGHTS. 



Old Nimrod paused at Nature's shrine, 

 As music sweet from marsh and brake, 



By wild fowls' luring voices made, 

 Filled all the air o'er hill and lake, 

 In one grand melody. 



Nimrod listened, and memories sweet 

 Filled his heart, by the song revealed; 



Memories fair, of marshy streams, 

 Of forest dells, of camp and field, 

 In the long time ago. 



Nimrod spoke: "I would rather be here 

 At the springtime flight, or in summer's 

 glow, 

 Or by the burning logs of a winter's fire, 

 Where memory pictures come and go, 

 Than to wear a crown." 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY H. H. BOWEN 



CRITICAL WORK. 



Highly commended in Recreation's Fifth Annual 



Photo Competition. 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY A. D. WITT. 



WAITING FOR LUNCH. 



Highly commended in Recreation's Fifth Annual 

 Photo Competition. 



