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Show KING OF MOUNTAIN SHEER FOUND DEAD; IS BIGGEST KNOWN WAHH1NGTON, D. C. Oct. 11 Th. grandfather sheep of the Hocky tnoun- I tains, known for his unusual size .nd unsuccessfully sought by big game t hunter, for many yeara. recently wual overtaken by old age and laid down I and died near a crevass of IJiarkfoot , glacier and tllacler national park. The j carcass was found by an Indian guide j and bronchi into Glacier Dark atatlon. I Montana. The head, now mutinied. Is j a rare specimen, having proliably the arg-at horns on record. Their widest spread is twenty-two inches. All meas- urements exceed I hoe of a head now , on exhibition In Carnegie museum. ! The national parka bureau of th i lnttxi Htatea government wants this "biff horn" specimen placed on exhtbl-f exhtbl-f tion In the Hmlthsonlan Institution, i This monster sheep was last seen ! nllve five yeara ago on th western 1 slope nf the Rockies rust outside the boundary nf th nark. Many big game , hunters' tals of this htige ram were oft err laughed at s fabrication by ! oiher hunters who had not enjoyed tha : good fortun of seeing th animal. Th recovery of the "big head," however. , now bringa vindication to many hunt-: hunt-: rs who had described the animal as having been much larger than Khet-, Khet-, land pony. I Th Black feet Indians alwaya had a i rellgloua regard fr th existence of his mammoth animal and they never would try to kill It. They attached j ifgends to th glsnt ram and com end -. ed In open mouthed awa that it was : b original atrayer from th Great Spirit' fold th world's longest "lost phep." Its death, from natural causes. 1 is sn ohien the Indiana now are pondering pon-dering over with a great deal of se-rtoiisnesa. se-rtoiisnesa. Unfortunately, th rarcaa was not In atat of preservation, otherwla th specimen would easily . -e been a 10,0(- freak for a clrcua |