Show A FENCE OF ELK HORNS MOST AUD AND ONLY ONE EVER BUILT three hundred antlers anglers used tinto three hundred more mora needed heeded to completo complete it located in yellowstone Yellow stona bazk I 1 copyright all rights allita reserved more than three hundred elks have hava unwillingly contributed their cent antlers anglers to beautify the inclosure around the studio ot of P F jay haynus at mammoth hot springs in Yellow sine park it la Is believed to be tho only fence made ot of elk horns horna in tho the world mr haynes with three of his men collect iisak paia palo eias olas PUT p pa palos they all have twelve points and many have the royal fourteen tour toen from twenty to five thousand elk winter in yellowstone park and tho the greater percentage of these thesa are males about the of april Is shedding time and it la Is easy enough to gather bather the shed horns if 1 one but ascertains the whereabouts hereabouts w 0 of the animals at that time their usual habitat is 13 amid the deep snoma 0 of the mountains but OLD an unusually heavy snowfall or a late spring often brings them to lower albl tuda it la is most to note tho the habits b a bit a of 0 f these line fine creatures at this shedding period when the first horn born drops the animal immediately starts in search of 0 the nearest tree or mck ick i ck to rid hLin self 0 of the burden 0 of the le ie one th thin weight of 0 each cacti branch Is from fifteen to thirty pounds although thus eager to get rid of 0 hla his an tiers the el loader loslie than becomes tor for ahlm time a a uso shunning the coa company of his big 1 kind ind as aa much as possible in a months time the now new horns be gln I 1 to appear find and after the expiration t 0 O of two rn months titer they have attained their full size and are catered co cot ered atol a growth of 0 fur great Is the caution ot of the animal at this time as tile the least bruise causes tho the horn to flow the result being tho the curiously deformed horns homa a so often seen neon As the new horns mature malure ture the elk rubs off the tur fur rom from their burbace hur bur taco face find and by september they are hard find and glossy clossy the price of 0 tile shed horns iq from to 10 a 11 pair 1 0 0 onoe one ls is allowed to remove these specia specimens ens from the park it as it is it a national it unless permission bo be granted d by the superintendent mr clayn Is obtained a permit for the collection used for ills fence with fill the provi 1 trat they are to be kept the park although jhc thc hc re e are now dow three hundred horns horna in tills unique fence as a a many more will have to he added to complete it around the enclosure about teri miles from the man mammoth moth 11 hot ot the antle is were catli iral hered red into tour four piles alons along the road anil and it took three four honse teams with hay racks on nu th ill wagons magons to in conley them to their destination while collecting collect lne the horns c each ach man besides the hors ht li rode had a pony and this latter consists simply limply of two 1019 poles doles each having one end attached to th tho 0 p pony ny while the other drugs or on tha ground with a rope and two of the antlers anglers it a receptacle was improvised 1 ich held from terenty twenty to twenty avo horns |