THE RED DEER 
was a purely wild stag, without adding the fact that the deer had been in 
confinement in a park for the past three seasons, because it led to a good 
deal of misapprehension as to its correct status. 
The deer at Sandside are fed on locust beans and Indian corn, and that 
portion of the valley where the deer come for food has been dressed with 
basic slag, which gives a good supply of grass until late in the season. 
My friend, Mr Frank Wallace, who published an interesting article on 
the big stag in “ Country Life ” (December 14, 1912), gives the measure- 
ments of the dropped horns, as well as those of the last horns grown by 
the animal, as follows: 
MEASUREMENTS OF SHED HORNS, SANDSIDE, 1912 
Girth between 
Length. 
Brows. 
Bays. 
Trays. 
Tops. brow and bay. 
1907 . 
. Right 
. 26 . 
. 7i 
. . — 
. . 7 . . 
51, 61, 2 . . 31 
Left 
. 26 . 
. 6i , 
. . 1 
. . 81 . . 
61, 71, 1 . . 31 
1908 . 
. Right 
. 30 . 
. 8i 
. . 51 
. . 81 . . 
81, 51, 41 . . 3J 
Left 
. 29 . 
. 8k . 
. 6 
. . 101 . . 
51,51,61 . . 4 
1909 . 
. Right 
. 34J . 
. 9i . 
. . 61 
. . 81 . . 
11, 81, 61 . . 41 
Left 
. 34^ . 
. 9 . 
. 41 
. . 11 . . 
121, 9, 5 . . 41 
1910 . 
. Right 
. 35i . 
. 101 . 
. 91 
. . 11 . . 
101, 7, 5, 5, 41 . . 41 
Left 
. 37J . 
. 10 . 
. 10 
. . 121 . . 
13, 10, 61 . . 41 
1911 . 
. Right 
. 38 . 
. Ill . 
. . lOf 
. . 101 . . 
131, 11, 71 . . 41 
Left 
. 36i . 
. 11 . 
. 101 
. . 121 . . 
12, 10, 8, 3 . . 41 
Trays and 
/ have made the following rough calculation as to the 
Tops. 
Points. 
amount of new horn which was grown every year. 
1907 . 
. Right 
. 3J . 
. 5 
Aggregate of horn=92 in. 
Left 
. 3i . 
. 6 
1908 . 
. Right 
. 3| . 
. 6 
Aggregate of horn=125l in 
., an addition of 1 in. in beam 
1909 . 
Left 
. 3J . 
. 6 
and 321 
in. in length on preceding year’s growth. 
. Right 
. 4 
. 6 
Aggregate of horn=147 in., 
an addition of 1 in. in beam 
Left 
. 4J . 
. 7 
and 221 
in. in length on preceding year’s growth. 
1910 . 
. Right 
. 4i . 
. 8 
Aggregate of horn=174 in.. 
an addition of nothing in beam 
1911 . 
Left 
. 4h . 
. 6 
and 27 in. in length on preceding year’s growth. 
. Right 
. . 
. 6 
Aggregate of horn=181 in. 
an addition of 1 in. in beam 
Left 
. 41 . 
. 7 
and 7 in. in length on preceding year’s growth. 
Brow 
Bay 
Tray 
Beam between 
Length. 
points. 
points. 
points. 
Tops. bay and tray. 
1912 . 
. Right 
. 39 . 
. 11 
. 101 
. . 121 . . 
14, 7, 9, 31, 21 . . 5 
Left 
. 40 . 
. 11 
. 11 
. . 13 . . 
13,8,9,4 . . 5 
Beam between 
tray and 
Span over Tip to 
Span. Span. 
Widest 
tops. Points, tops. 
tip. 
Inside. Outside. 
spread. Weight. 
1912 . 
. Right 
5 . 8 
. 15 
. 23 . 
341 . 381 
. 431 • 23 St. 8 lb. with 
Left 
5 . 7 
. 141 
. — . 
— . — 
. — . heart and liver. 
Aggregate of horn=191 in., an addition of in. in beam and 10 in. in length on preceding year’s growth. 
The semi -feral stags of Sandside attain a great weight; a royal killed 
in 1910 weighed 25 st. 10 lb. 
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