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Show PRIZE FOh LONDON "ZOO." Specimen of Antelope of Which There Are Few In Captivity, Tho nccompauylng Rketch Is nn accurate ac-curate portrait from n living specimen In tho London Zoological Gnrdons ot ono of the most interesting of nntol opes the Snlga. It is rcmiirknble In several wnjs First, It Is the only Ku ropenn antelope, nlthough Its rango thero Is now limited to the steppes or high plains of southeastern Russia Within tho historic peilod It was to be found all oer Russia, r-xcept In the far north, and eastward Into Hun gary. Prehlstorlcnlly, ns Its remains found In caverns nnd shell heaps tes tlfy, it Inhabited till of Europe, and wns ono of the animals upon which the cave dwellers nnd their more civilized civ-ilized succesbors, the lake dwellers and Neolithic men, depended for food. Knstwnrd of Russln It ranges Into Persia, Per-sia, Turkestan and the Trans-Caspian region genernlb, going about In smnll bauds, which ncciimulato Into herds In tho fnll and winter. This nntelupo Is larger than tho gazelles, ga-zelles, which Its ringed and somewhat lyrnto horns resemble, or than our western prong hoin, which It resembles resem-bles In Its rather robust appearance, l.ikc the latter, It Is set apart from ordlnnry antelopes, so thnt somo naturalists nat-uralists place It In a sepnrato family by Itself, by tho Inllatlon of its muzzlo, which, as shown In tho picture, Is more camel like than antrdopiuo In aspect as-pect This singularity does not nrlso fiom enlargement of the bones of the face or nose, but b a muss ot spongy tissue, which gives a quaint and uncomely un-comely swollen appearance. What advantage, ad-vantage, If any, It is to tho animal. It Is dlfllcult to sec. Its colors aro dull reddish and white; It is swift and wary, and Its tlesh Is excellent eating. |