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Glenquoich heads are now second to none, and the gem of the collection is said to be the 
20-pointer killed by Lord Burton in 1893. Many do not admire this trophy as an example of 
a wild Scotch head, but then that is merely a matter of taste. That any Highland deer should 
have been capable of throwing out such a curious form of horn-growth is indeed very remark¬ 
able, all the more so as when I examined the horns shortly after death they were not of good 
qualitv or solidity. Mr. Grimble, in his Deer Forests of Scotland, tells us the circumstances 
SOME FIRST-CLASS HEADS 
1. Royal, shot by Captain T. W. Gill at North Morar, September 1891. Length, 32J in.; girth above bay, 6 in.; span inside, 32 in. (R. Ward’s 
measurements). 
2. 1 i-pointer Glenfiddich, shot by the Earl of March, now in the smoking-room, Gordon Castle. 
3. Royal, shot by the late Lord Alex. Paget in Corrie Varnie, Auchnashellach, 1871. Weight, 19 stone ; length, 35 Jin. ; girth above bay, 6 in.; span, 29 in. 
4. io-pointer, shot by Sir Edmund Loder, Kintail, 1894. Length, 32 in. ; span between cups, 34 in. 
5. Killed at Wairarapa, New Zealand, 1891. Owner, Mr. J. Handyside. Length, 36J in. ; girth above bay, 6§ in. ; span inside, 32J in. ; points, 18. We 
see here a good example of the head improvement which has taken place in the offspring of wild Scotch stags introduced into a new country forty-six years ago, 
where all the conditions of life are favourable to them. This is probably the third generation. 
6. Royal, shot by Sir Edmund Loder, Kintail, 1894. Length, 33J in.; girth above bay, 4J in. ; span inside, 27 in. 
under which this head was obtained. He states that Lord Burton was proceeding with a 
party from Glenquoich to Loch Nevis when they suddenly came on a company of stags. 
Seeing there was no way of getting round them, Lord Burton, who had his rifle with him, 
tried a long shot, fully 300 yards, at a big stag, and dropped him dead. 
These eight heads we may safely place in a class apart, and they are some of the best 
examples of extraordinary Scotch heads killed within the last forty years. In this category 
should also be included the two big heads hanging in Beaufort Castle, killed respectively by 
