British Deer and their Horns 
history, so far as I can trace it, is that it was killed by a poacher in Glenmoriston about 
forty years ago. It will be seen by the measurements under the photograph on p. 132 that 
it is a remarkable head from every point of view, the brow points and form being 
exceptionally beautiful. 
6. At the sale of Roualeyn 
Gordon-Cumming’s effects Lord 
Powerscourt added this extraordi¬ 
narily wide head to his collection. 
Roualeyn Gordon-Cumming ad¬ 
mitted that he poached it on Lord 
Lovat’s ground in Glen Strath- 
This remarkable head, now in the possession of Lord Powerscourt, was 
formerly in the collection of the late Hay Mackenzie at Rhidorroch, 
Ross-shire. He received it from the poacher who killed it in his 
forest. Points, 19 ; width, 40 in. ; length (R), 32 in.; brow tines, 
18 in. j circumference, base, 7 in. 
farrar. Just as he killed the deer he saw 
Lord Lovat’s keepers approaching, so he 
cut off the head and got clear away with 
it. I do not think that this head should 
receive quite so much attention as its span 
would at first lead one to suppose, for on 
examining it closely one will see that the 
right horn has had during growth a severe blow, which should, properly speaking, bring 
it within the list of abnormalities. Even without this defect it would be an extraordinary 
head (see p. 132). 
7. Another remarkable Scotch head in Lord Powerscourt’s collection is one carrying 
19 points, with a span of 40 inches, and which was killed by a poacher in Rhidorroch some 
forty years ago. It came into the hands of the owner of the forest, the late Hay Mackenzie, 
from whom it passed to the fourth Marquis of Londonderry, and from him to his stepson, 
the present owner. 
8. Considering the short time that Lord Burton has been tenant of Glenquoich, he has, 
with the help of first-rate natural grazing, worked wonders with his deer. Though I have 
not seen the heads, as they hang in the house, I have, through the courtesy of Messrs. Macleay 
and Snowie, seen nearly all the good heads killed there during the last few years. 
