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RECREATION. 



A Great Head 



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Here is a reproduction of a photograph 

 of one of the largest and best Rocky moun- 

 tain sheep heads in existence. The horns 

 measure i6 l / 2 inches in circumference at 

 the base, and 16 inches out from the skull 

 they still measure 16 inches, having tapered 

 only y : > inch in that distance. The length 

 of each horn is 39 inches and the spread 

 at the tips is 17 inches. The horns make 

 nearly a complete turn, and if they had not 

 been broken in lighting, would undoubt- 

 edly have passed the starting point. Most 

 naturalists and collectors place an ad- 

 ditional value on horns that are broken 

 more or less, as such damage- indicates the 

 natural courage and pugnacity of the ani- 

 mal. This ram had evidently spent much 

 of his life looking for trouble, at least 6 

 inches having been -broken from the point 

 of each horn. 



The horns and skull weighed, before 

 mounting, 39 pounds. The head was 

 mounted by John Murgatroyd, 16 North 

 William street, New York city, who, as the 

 picture shows, has done an admirable piece 

 of work. Mr. W. T. Hornaday, Director 

 of the New York Zoological Society, pro- 

 nounces this one of the best pieces of taxi- 

 dermy he has ever seen done on a sheep 

 head. Many taxidermists fail to get the 

 natural shape and expression about the 

 nose, but Mr. Murgatroyd has reproduced 

 this feature accurately, as well as all the 

 others. 



This sheep was killed by an Indian in 

 the Rocky mountains, North of Laggon, 

 B. C. 



The head is for sale, address G. O. 

 Shields, 23 West 24th street, N. Y. 

 Price ; $300. 



