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THE OLD'WORLD ELK 



had 12+ 1 1 points. The circumference of the 

 main beam above the burr was 7.9 inches. 



Rowland Ward in his Records of Big Game^ 

 describes sixteen European elk heads. The widest 

 spread is credited to one from Norway in the 

 possession of H. J. Elwes, measuring 52 inches. 



Best Elk Antlers at the Vienna Exhibition, 1910 



A better head, also from Norv/ay, belongs to Capt. 

 Gerard Ferrand, but measures only 51^ inches. 

 It has 10+10 points, with palm 15^^ inches in 

 breadth, and the circumference of the beam is 

 8^ inches. "Anything spreading over 40 inches 

 may in Norway be termed a good head, as is 

 anything over 50 inches in Canada," wrote H. 

 Hesketh-Prichard, "but the number of 50-inch 

 heads shot in Canada is far more in proportion to 



s Seventh edition, London, 1914. 



