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sorry to say, I could not because the hair was 
so impregnated and caked with mud that it was 
like dirty old cocoanut floor matting. However, 
Mr. Osborn shall have the head, mounted, for 
the New York museum after my lifetime. 
“The horns, which resemble the American bi¬ 
son’s, in shape, each exceed 21% inches in length, 
are 21% inches from point to point, and 24 3-16 
inches at widest span. 
“My orochs, the Count’s foresters say, was 
more than forty years old. Its girth was nine 
feet three inches, length of body nine feet, 
length from nose to end of tail 133 inches, and 
its weight just over 2,000 pounds. Judging from 
what they tell me, it was a record orochs (for 
size) in every way. 
“The moose and the wapiti that I shot the 
same day weighed 943 pounds and 837 pounds, 
respectively; and the wapiti’s antlers had four¬ 
teen points. 
“It was my good fortune the previous day 
to bag a Caucasian stag of fifteen points and 
weighing 796 pounds. Also I sighted a Chi¬ 
nese Hangul—a splendid stag not quite so large 
as wapiti—but I was asked not to shoot it 
because they are so rare. 
“I am going to Germany, where I lease a 
pretty big shoot near Sachsenwald, for some 
wild boar before I prepare a midwinter expe¬ 
dition to the north of Russia for bears, lynx 
and wolves.” 
The accompanying picture of Mr. Winans with 
a wild boar that fell before his deadly marks¬ 
manship was taken on the occasion of his last 
previous hunt near Sachsenwald, in Germany. 
His prowess on the United States’ pistol and 
rifle teams at the Olympic Games of 1912 and 
1908, also his remarkable marksmanship back in 
the nineties, when he was amateur pistol cham¬ 
pion of Europe for year after year, are known, 
I assume, to every veteran that has pulled a trig¬ 
ger, and my only excuse for referring to those 
feats is that Forest and Stream has a new crop 
of young readers coming on all the time. 
It may be added that besides his wonderful 
record as target shot and big-game hunter Mr. 
Walter Winans is a talented sculptor, is quite 
a fair artist with pencil or brush, is a nervy 
and clever amateur reinsman on the trotting 
track, the author of two standard books on nat¬ 
ural history and shooting, a very successful ex¬ 
hibitor at the great horse shows of London, 
Paris, New York and Vienna, won with birds 
bred and trained at Surrenden Park the great 
homing-pigeon race of a few years ago from 
Portugal—over Spain, France and the sea—to 
England, is a famous breeder of red deer, fal¬ 
low deer and elk (wapiti), and has written a 
book on these animals and their habits; he also 
breeds horses, sheep, poultry, racing pigeons, 
polo ponies and game-birds. 
Devoid of swagger or swank, full of good 
humor, quick of wit, alive with energy, rich in 
many-sided experience and possessing an unfail¬ 
ing fund of hunting, shooting and other narra¬ 
tives, a more agreeable companion or host than 
“W. W.” would be hard to find. But there is 
another side to his character that is known to 
few besides the beneficiaries of his many kind¬ 
nesses and the pensioners of his generous purse. 
For his beneficence and his achievements this 
scion of a Baltimore family has been decora'ed 
FOREST AND STREAM 
by the Emperor of Germany, created a Chevalier 
by the Czar of Russia, and received the insignia 
of Commander of the Order of Isabel from the 
King of Spain. But these honors have not 
changed him; nor has this remarkable American 
been spoilt by hobnobbing with notables and per- 
R EADERS of Forest and Stream who have 
watched with interest the attempt to intro¬ 
duce moose into Newfoundland will be 
glad to hear that the probabilities are that the 
experiment will prove very successful. 
It will be remembered that about thirty years 
ago the government imported a half dozen moose 
and liberated them in the Gander county. Some 
years ago the last remnants of these disappeared, 
and it was supposed that they were killed by 
poachers. But about eighteen months ago a 
splendid young bull moose was killed by a poacher 
in that neighborhood. 
He gave himself up to justice, but contended 
that he shot the moose in self-defense. He got 
very little credence for his yarn, but under the 
circumstances, there being no other evidence but 
his own, he was let off on a suspended sentence. 
Old hunters scoff at the idea of his having to 
kill it in self-defense, as they say that, if he 
wanted to, he could have got clear in his canoe, 
as it is alleged he was away from the bank and 
in deep water at the time. 
Anyhow, it is a great pity that the efforts of 
the government to increase the valuable assets 
of the island can be brought to naught by every 
irresponsible poacher who possesses a gun. 
The head, which shows a great spread of horns 
and is supposed to belong to a bull about four 
years old, has been mounted and now graces the 
office of the Game Board, in the Department of 
Marine and Fisheries. 
A second attempt was made about eight years 
ago to get another stock. These were liberated 
near the Humber county on the west coast of 
the island. They are increasing, all right, ac¬ 
cording to Supervisor Vennell, who reported last 
month that one company of five wintered near 
the Humber Willow Steady, and a company of 
three between Willow Steady and the north line 
of the Caribou Reserve; there being besides one 
cow moose about four miles inside of the Bun¬ 
galow, Grand Lake. These reports have been 
confirmed from independent cources. 
David Vaughan, of Philadelphia, who was 
hunting near the head of Deer Lake last sea¬ 
son, reported that he had come across ground 
where a familv of three moose had lived for 
over .a year. His experience as a moose hunter 
in New Brunswick qualifies him to speak with 
authority. J. M. Atlee, naval architect at Cramp’s 
Shipyard, Riverton, N. J., also saw the signs, 
and expressed the opinion that one of the ani¬ 
mals was only three years old, and must there¬ 
fore have been born on the island. 
These reports are so encouraging it is likely 
that the Game Commission will import some more 
moose soon, and liberate them on the Avalon 
Peninsula, in the extreme east of the island, 
where they will have a better chance of being 
protected than the others. 
sons of high rank throughout Europe. Walter 
Winans, as I always have found him, is as demo¬ 
cratic and unaffected as if he had lived west of 
the Missouri all his life; and I almost believe 
he could shoot the whiskers off a prairie-dog at 
a thousand yards. 
In according for the presence of the one shot 
on the Gander, there is a great difference of 
opinion as to where he came from. Some of 
the hunters say that he was a descendant of the 
herd placed in Gander county thirty years ago, 
as they contend that this moose could not have 
traveled across the island from the Humber 
county without having been observed by some 
one before the time it was shot. 
If this theory be correct, then we are much 
better off than we thought, as there may be 
other descendants of the original herds at large. 
A systematic search will be made this season by 
the guides and wardens, and if any signs be 
seen, they will be reported to the board. 
If we can succeed in breeding moose in con¬ 
siderable numbers, in addition to our caribou 
herds, this island will certainly be the greatest 
hunting grounds in all America. 
Western and northwestern Canada is being 
rapidly populated, and consequently the game suf¬ 
fers as it did in the United States, by being 
either exterminated near large settlements, or 
being driven out. In Newfoundland, on account 
of the nature of the country, there will be no 
considerable towns or villages in the interior 
for many years to come, consequently the game 
will have a large territory over which to wan¬ 
der. and where they can increase and multiply 
unmolested. - 
PHEASANT BILL SIGNED. 
According to the provisions of a new Massa¬ 
chusetts law fish and game commissioners have 
authority to grant open season on pheasants' in 
such sections of the state as they may wish and 
for such periods as they may fix. In fact the 
commissioners will have control of the entire sit¬ 
uation. The law also gives a farmer a chance 
to kill the birds if they are doing damage to his 
crops but if he does this he must report the kill¬ 
ing to the commissioners the same as in the 
case of killing deer. 
CLEANING IOWA RIVERS. 
Rivers of eastern Iowa will experience a thor¬ 
ough cleaning during the coming summer, accord¬ 
ing to Norman Munsey, of Iowa City, deputy 
state game warden. 
Warden Munsey, with a number of men work¬ 
ing under him, will start on the Iowa river at 
Marshalltown and work down stream to the Mis¬ 
sissippi. In this work the side lagoons and back¬ 
waters will be dragged, and the fish from these 
will be thrown into the main stream. The men 
will drag of course the main stream carefully for 
set lines, fish traps and other unlawful fish 
catching devices. 
It is also the plan of the warden to stock up 
those streams which are not well provided with 
fish, and to keep close watch in the matter of 
enforcement of the state’s laws. 
The Moose Experiment in Newfoundland 
By W. J. Carroll. 
