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TA L $ lA ( ! < TAIL " ' . \ METHOD FOR MEASUR.ING MEASURING . t i , By sy ELMO EL610 SCOTT WATSONH WATSONFlL WATSON WATSONSHERES H FlL UC Itr S a big game rame genie ; hunt on atpresent at atpresent atpresent SHERES present that thats s unique nDlque In fn the an- an annals annals an-\ an annals - ' " \ nals of American AmerIcl1n : ; sport cport It I Isn'ta Isn't Isnt n't nt n'ta ' ' a case of a hunt1n hunting pirty p'lrty plrty party ' , 'lrmed lrmed armed 'lrmed"lth armedwith ' irmedM theA/ theA theAother with "lth lth " high power poser po " er rifles and anll nil all theother the theother / other up to date equipment eqtllpment "lth"hlch withwhich " with "lth lth .j j . with.j " which "hlch hlch , . .the the . the modern Nimrod } ; nirod Inlrod supphes supf sup f plies phes himself , setting out on nn an nne anc nnfy c , , _ expedition eapeditlon e pedltron to the remote regionswhere regionswhere regions where may mnv still 8t111 be e found the rela rela- rein- rein relath reintitel3 relate - - te * th tlveb titel3 el few SUlI"ors surtlvors SUl\ SUl sin \ \ Ivors I\"ors I "ors ors \ " of the mil- mil mils millions milse - e . mil-Ill mil Ill ! lions of bulT"1l bulT1l bufTiIo bufT11o " , ; moose , ell elk . . , , deer deer-- deer deera , - - a antelope , , mountiln mount'lin mountlin mountain ' sheep nnd and nndmountain andmountain andmountain mountain goit gO'lt gOlt goat ' , , beir be'lr belr bear ' and mountiln mount\In mount In mountain ' \ lion 1I0n "hlch hlch Which Whichonce "hlchonce " whichonce once roimed rO'lmed rOlmed roamed ' this thfs continent contment Neither NeWIPr are nre these thesehunters thesehunters thesehunters hunters going out with the R\ R \ R0 avowed atoned 0\\ 0 0ed \ ed purpose purpo"e purpoe " of offurther offurther offurther further decimiting decim'ltlng decimltlng ' the numbers of American AmericanbIg Americanbig Americanbig bIg game gameInsteid gameInste'1d gameInstead Insteid Inste'1d Inste1d Instead ' they the } are going gomg out wlth-beIle\ wlth beIle wlthbeIlee with-beliete with beliete with - believe \ e it or ornot ornot ornot not I-tape I tape ! - tape measures and pencil and nnd piper p'ller pller ' ) Ccer CcertaInly ( cer certalnly certalnly taInly talnly not very deadI deadIn"lponS deadly weipcns \n"lponS n"lponS nlponS weipuns \ " ) and the\ the thet thewill thewillbe \ \ will willbe willbe willbe be concerned not with \ Ith killing InllIng more lllore big hlg game hutwith hut but hutwith butwith with animals that hive kive already alreadv been killedWhich killed killedWhIch killedWhich WhIch is by wiy ttiy \ 'ly ly ' of siving swIng that tlie the purpo&e purpoe purpo.e purpose & : . of ofthis ofthis ofthis this big gime g'lme glme ' hunt is to find out " where "here here sthere arc are the theworld theworld theworld world s record big game be he lie ids 1(15 115 ( , who " was "as as ttas the hunter hunterwho hunterwho hunterwho who secured these trophies trophIee ; where were they se secured secured secured cured , , who owns 0ns otsns 0\\ 0 \ ns them then now , etcror etcFor etc etcFor For ror four yeirs ye\rs ye rs years ' \ the New York Yor1 . Zoological Zoologlcal society so- so socIety so society - ciety has carried crrled . ! on an active cimpitgn c'lmp\fgn c'lmp clmp fgn cimpiign ' ' \ to 10 to 10cate tocite locate cate cite all aU the largest heads of American game gameDurmg gameDuring gameDuring Durmg During that time it has established establlshed the tbe l\'ltlonal l 'ltlonal ltlonal Aitlonal l'ltlonalCollectlon AitlonalCollection \ NitionalCollection ' Collectlon Collection of Heids He\ds He ds ' \ and Horns Borns and has brought broughttogether broughttogether broughttogether together the finest finect : ; collection of these trophies trophiesIn In the world , , housing them In a One fine buildingdedicated buIl building buildingdedicated lng lngdedicated dedicated to the "Vinlshing Vinlshing "V'lnishing Vlnishing "Vanishing Vanishing " ' Big Game of the the'Vorld theWorld theWorld 'Vorld Vorld World 'VorldIt ' It " ItIn In December of ' list 1'1st 11st last year It published a booh book boohc'llled bookcalled bookcilled c'llled cllled called ' "Records Records "necords necords " of North l\orth l orth I\orth I \ \ American Big lg Gime"prepired Gimeprepired G'1ffie G1ffie Game ' , . , " prep'lred preplred prepared ' b3 b a committee CoulIDittee composed of PrcntissN IrentissN l'rent1 lrent1 Irentiss ' < ; s sN N . . Grai Gras Gra , editor , Kermit Roosevelt nooseve1t , Madl.on Madlon Madison Madl.onGrant MadisonGrant MadibonGrant : . Grant Grant , , , W Redmond Uedmond Iledmond Cross , , George Ilnrnson Harrison , and andE andE andE E Hubert Litchneld Litchfield In compiling this tlus thus workmore work workmore workmore more than 35 35000 000 questionnaires QuestJonmllres were sent out outand outand outand and the aid of more than J 3000 J000 000 SpOI spoilsmen sportsmen tsmen , mu museum museum museurn seum and nnd ownf owners > rs of troI trophies > hle w " wis 'IS IS ' enlisted enlistedA A standird stand'1rd stand1rd standard ' method of measurement menel1rement ; \ was ' \ as de developed developed developed veloped and all measurements measurement ' ) submitted for In Incluslon Inelusion Inelusion cluslon elusion In the record were "ere ere " required reqUlred to be pride prideby D1'1 D11 nudeby ' e eby by one of the co operating museums or a repre repre- represent represent represent - - sent ith itlt itl\e itl e \ e a of the Nitional N\ttonnl N ttonnl National ' \ Collection of II IIcads IIcadsand Headsand < .ads ads . .adsDnd Dnd and Horns From rrom the eveidl MClcll sctelal M\ M s > . \ Clcll thousinds thol1s'1nds thol1s1nds thousands ' me'1S me1S mess me'1Sured messtired ineisured ' ured tired , a total of 891 trophies trophfes were "ere ere here " selected selecte for forInclucion forInclusion forInclusion Inclucion Inclusion : ; in the record , , making mah.ing mahing . it a"lrlt1ble a \"lrlt1ble "lrlt1ble lrlt1ble veritable "lrlt1bleAlmanac veritableAlmanac \ " ventlbleAlmanac Almanac de Gotha of the monarchs of the plalns plains plalnsand plainsand plainsand and mountains mountu1ns mountainsThe mountu1nsThe mountainsThe The book \ was ' \ as d1\ d1 divided d1Ided drtided \ Ided Into 13 sections , de'll dell deal de'llIng dealIng deilIng ' Ing v . with itl1 all varieties of big bfg game on this tbis conti coati coatinent continent continent nent and eich e'1ch e1ch each ' se'tont'llS section se'ton seton ( ' [ vas \t'llS t'llS tllS was < \ ' edited bv b\ b bs ban ' \ an author- author authori13 author1t3 author-Iti author Iti - i13 1t3 on the species speCles , among amon : ; them such mtlonnllyknown n'1tonnIly n1tonnIly nationally n'1tonnIlykno nationallyknown ' [ kno known " n scientists and bportsrnen bportsmen sportsmen as Dr GlUI Gcuige GcuigeBird GeuigeBird ge geBird Bird Grinnell , , Ernest Lrnest ' Thompson .rhompson rhompson . Seton , . Dr C C.Hart CHart . Hart Merrlam Merrimn Merriam , , Samuel Snmuel \ MerrllI l\Ierr11l l Ierr11l Merrill Wilfred WUfred H II 11 Os Osgood Osgood Oggood good , H E D Antlion Anthon Anthony } , ' Madison 'Illdlson Illdlson Gnnt Gr1nt Grint . , E D W Nel 1\el- 1 el 1elson Ael- Ael Aelson \ Nelson - - son , Maj 'laJ laJ ' I E ) A Goldinan Gohlman Goldman , Dr Thorn Thom is lS Birbour BirbourEdmund 1rbour ' , Edmund Semour Sesmour Se ; mour , Thierr3 Thicrr Thierr ; Millet M'lllet Mlllet ' , , nnd and C 11 11Townsend 11Townsend HTownsend HTownsendThe Townsend TownsendThe The society 1 is ls & > nopI now no\\ no nott \ \ punning pi inning lUning to I I&suc Isuc Issue & sue another anotheredition anotheredition anotheredition edition of the Records necords to bring it up to date and andduring andduring andduring during the coming year its ofhclil ofTlchl o0mciil measurers will willSpend \ willbpend m mf f > pend Spend consldcnble considerable consh.ler'1 consh.ler1 conshler1 . ' le time In \ various arious tarious parts purts of the thecouutr thecountry thecountry country couutr , cspeclilly ccpechlly especially ; in fn tho the Rocky nocl.y nocly . Mountain Mountainstates Mountainstates Mountainstates states , , visiting vislUng every e\ e evcr eer \ er town ton to\ to , \ n to measuie measure mensUl e trophies'We trophies 'We We ' ' We know hno\\ hno knots hnotl1t \ tint tl1\t tl1 t that ' \ many hne fine ( me trophies trophlls must mm.t mmt . e-.ist e.ist e .ist ist exist e.istIn existin existIn : - . In homes homeq , hotels and c cifeb cites ife In the tlIe small to\\ to tons towns townsof townsof \ ' ns nsof of the Rocky TIocI.y TIocIy . Mountain ; states etates and we \ wish i h to tolocate tolocate tolocate locate and measuie me'lSUlC melSUlC measure . ' as a as many lllany ot of them as possible pos possible posBible sible Bible , . , ' : ' sins 11\ 11 \ 11e as e ; Prentiss N Gras Gra } , editor of the ntC RC ntCords RCords Records ords ordsI ordsIt I ' It is quite possible posblble tint tll'lt tlllt that ' among them we webhall weshall weshall bhall shall find some "orid orid w " orld orid s records &uch uch buch Such & heads headshave headshave headshave have a consl consldcrible considerible er1ble monetiry ruonet'lry ruonetlry monetary ' value talue \ alue and whilewe while whilewe \ , hUe hUewe we have hn\"o hn "o o \ " no interest in purchasing any hC'1ds hC1ds heads heidsdoubtless ' , doubtle doubtless s mini mina lJ1'1n lJ11n ' persons who possess tlophfes trophies tlophfeslarge trophieslarge tiophleslarge large enougli enough to be listed In tlie the Records necord . would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe be glad gll1d to roili/e roili e rC1lJ7e re-ilire re ilire ' - ' / on them or at least to know knowthat knowthat knowthat that tliev thev they are \ iluable 1luable iiluabl ' . & . " Those in charge of the Kccordb Record Records : . ba have hate \ e been beenoblibeJ beenob116e1 beenobllfceJ oblibeJ ob116e1 In the past-\nd past nd past-ind ind past - ' \ ind this holds tood bood hood , for tlIe the tlIefuture thefuture thefuture future , also-to also to also - - to accept only olllv meisurenicnta me\suremen18 me suremen18 measurements ' \ au auI authent1cated authenticated authentlcated I thent1cated thenticated b b3 ; rceogniycd rctogni7ed rccogniyed mtural n'ltural nltural natural ' history bf tory mu museums mu- mu musoum museums - soum seums ' ! or their own o\\n o n \ representatives repn.sent.ltl\ repnsent.ltl repn.sent.ltl repnsentltl repn.sent.ltles representatites . . \ es Ihis Zhis his I Is not notn nota nota n a reflection on the hon.estof honesty hon.est\ hon.est honest . \ of the measurementsof measurementsot measurements ot of the tbe 0\\ 0 owner 0ner \ \ ner of the trophy , but they early ells dis discovered discovered overed covered that some sonic over ove.r . zealous olealou'3 olealou3 ' t'1idelmiste t1idelmiste ta'zidemmists tazidemmists ' tlxidei " { ' mists ; con-Bidered con Bidered con- con cons conItdercd consiildered - Itdercd iildered It good practice and nnd pleasing to their clients to alter trophies In order to increasemeasurements increase increaseme'1SUl Increasemeisuieinents measurements me'1SUl me1SUl ' emellts They found tint th'lt thlt that ' moose horns hornshad hornshad hornshad had been steamed or the skulls sl,1111s sl1111s , split and the thespre'1d thespread thespreid spre'1d spre1d spread ' theieby theleby thereby Increased , additional addltional points poJnts had hadbeen hadbeen been een glued to elk el1 . antlersThe antlersThe antlers antlersTlie Tlie The cllina\ cllina cHrnn\ cHrnn cllinax cllinawas cHrnnas \ ' . \ was as readied reached when the thei they ; } discovered discoveredone discoveredone one ti\Idermlst ti Idermlst t\\ldermlst t ldermlst taxidermist ' \ \ ' who specialized In inI inmaking 'making"record makingrecord I ' making " rpcord record heads One product of his shop , , a Hocl.y Hocly Rocky Hocl.yilountafll RockyMountain RockyMountain . ilountafll Mountain ? bIgh/ bIgh bighmn bIghn bighorn / ) } n , hnd had been built up of horns hornsfrorn hornsfrom hornsfrom frorn from three sepirnte sep'lrnte seplrnte separate ' sheep Sections were htted httedde httedcleterls tittcdcleverly de\ de deerh cleterls \ erh together to-ether to ether ; - and nnd the final flnal product , a worldsrecord "orld orld worlds worldsrecord " 8 8record record , " was "as as sold for n a , f fincy finc 1DC price prfce prfceThus priceThus priceThus Thus , to h'l\ h'l hl Inve h'le Gate ' \ e anv any reil re'll rell real ' value , , every head hend lIst- lIst lIsted listed list listed - ed In the Rccoids Records HecOl s must be measured by y men men"ho menwho menwho "ho ho who " know I.now Inow . how ho\\ ho hoand \ and who "ho ho " can guird gU'lrd gUlrd guard ' agilnst ag'1inst ag1inst against ' suchpnctices slich such slichpr'1ctrces suchpractices pr'1ctrces pr1ctrces practices ' Abo\ Abo Abot Above Aboe \ e a is shown the method of me\s me s mess mesuring messuring meisuring ' \ uring elk ell . heids hC'lds hClds herds ' and deer heads , all measure measuremeuts measuremeats measureincuts meuts meats to be ve made \ with Ith a steel tape Tlie The follow follow- followIng following . - ing rules are given glT'en glTen ' to explain e\lllain e lllain ' \ and supplement supplementthe the dlignms dl'1S'l'lmS dl1SllmS dfigiams ' ' ' shown sllOwn nbo\ nbo above nboe abote \ e aboteDeer DeerALength DeerALength Deer DeerA A-Length A Length A - Length on out outside < ; Jde < . curve .ur\"e .ure .ur ur "e e \ " \ Measured l\IC'1sured l IC'1sured IC1sured ' nlong along nlongthe alongthe alongthe the main mam beim be'1m be1m beam ' from the bise b\se b se ' \ of the burr to the theend theend tlieend end of the most distint dlst'lnt dlstlnt dstint , ' pointnClrcumference pointflCircumference point pointB n-Clrcumference n Clrcumference fl-Circumference fl Circumference - B - Circumference of rn imin m'llD mllD ' un beam ' Taken Ta1.en Ta1en . mid mid"ay midway midway "ay ay way " bet between " een the basal snig sn'1g sn1g snag ' and the first forkoClrcumference fork0Circumference fork o-Clrcumference o Clrcumference 0-Circumference 0 Circumference - 0 - Circumference of bunDGre'ltest burrDGreatest bun burr bunD D-Gre'ltest D Gre'ltest Greltest D-Greatest Greatest - D - Greitest ' spread spreld : . . Meisured Me'lsured Melsured Measured ' between per ler- ler Per- lerpendIcunrs Perpendiculars perpendiculars ) - pendiculars pendIcunrs ] at extreme e\treme e treme ' \ \ width Idth of horns at rIght rIghtan rightanries rightancles an anries Ies to the centci centel center line Hne of the skullPoInts skullPoints skull skullPoints Points No point shall be counted unless It Itprotrmes itprotrudes Itprotrudes protrmes protrudes ] it 'It ' least one inchRemarks inch inchRemarks InchHemarI"s Remarks HemarI"s HemarIs " State whether tlie the trophy troph ; } Ins h'1s h1s has ' an any anycharacteristics auichanctcnstics char\cterIstLcs char cterIstLcs characteristics ' \ " which "hIch hIch depirt dep'lrt deplrt depart ' from tlie the norIn'l1 norInl1 normal norIn'l1for normalfor nonmlfor ' for this sppcies cpPcles species cpPclesElk speciesElk ; Elk ElkA ElkALength ElkALength A-Length A Length A - Length on outside curve cur\"e cur "e e curve- curveleisured |