HEADS AND HORNS 



193 



memoranda in my notebook make it possible for 

 me now to "score" the head, as follows: 



Spread . . . . • 54 



Points 17 



Palmation 7 + 8 15 



Beam 5^ X 2 



97H 



The antlers were comparatively light and thin, 

 and the spread extraordinary under the circum- 

 stances. If brought into comparison with normal 

 heads, with credit given for symmetry, this head 

 would suffer still more in the scoring. 



John B. Osborn of Boston killed a moose in 

 Maine in 1892 the present spread of whose antlers 

 is only 39 inches. But in all respects except 

 spread it would rate as superior to either of the 

 heads above described. It may be scored as 

 follows: 



spread . 39 



Points (13 + 11) . . . . . . . . .24 



Palmation 133^ + 13 26j4 



Beam 7^^ x 2 . 14^^ 



104 



The broad blades and strong beams of these 



antlers, as well as the number of points, certainly 



entitle them to more consideration than is measured 



by the spread. 

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