New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-24
TROPHIES OF THE CHASE
SHOWN AT THE GERMAN EXHIBITION.

"The London Field" Of July 4 has the following In
terestlng account of hunting trophies in the German
Exhibition, now open at Earl's Court, London:
In the first room the place of honor is assigned to
bust OF INC DUKE VI SAYS oTn.nu en- ao
spicUOus among them being some mae ahtterS vi Der
man red deer, with few heads and slns Oh Elk rev
German spoftsmcn OF the present day nave hau inc
privilege Of shooting elk III Lelr own country ~ -
now rare ANNA Mere and Is 9niy " NC e' NJ II
the crown lands Of lbenhorst Ia East Prussia "nele
is strictly preserved. In this Wild, wooded ana wei
tract OF country bordering me river Mcneil W4thoeV
eo,srs. Inc els in limited Numbers finds congend
home But it is Jealousy guarded, and none put
princes nOblemen Of hlSn rank would DO pnyHeseu
To stalk and shoot one. None have been met WIN III
Austria for abOn $50 years, alth0uah IN te WICsr VI
1857 'o5 solitary one believed 10 have wandered ron
Lithuania was snot IN GalIca- Inc identity OF TINS
animal with the American moose IS extremely prop
able not absolutely certain. and their distribution Is
remarkably alike reaching tue Arctic coast III oOth
continents and extending southwark To the S1"Y
Compared with tire fine heads of moose which were
10 be seen at The American Exhibition Oh ISL, Pei
none If lie German specimens remarkable for SIZE
or massveness, and ole oG TWO ot theni arc etuey
V "a ~ &c 10 Iool somevhat lighter in color than
those have from North AmeHcal put uIis ilay
perhaps be due 70 long e4posnfe 70 b Hsne' ared n
rate IL Is Interesting ~ compare the heaus neeV ~
the Illustrated catalogue VI the American puInhe tS
pixies OF 1887 with those now hanging Oh tio walls III
'S German red deer horns are celebrated In no part
Of the world do ind such me, wlde-sprealhg any
boea ION The R6ya forests OF Germany and, although
il is evident that they are dctcoratlng III poporuQn
number there are stil plenty OF German aners which
throw the best Scotch heads completely IN the shade
connie Of centuries ago roanled wild in the forests OF
Germany and Austria, one has only 10 turn 70 III;
eyeL hr nrese;rd in the Castle Of Moritzburg
DSsdcn Never, %Hirschgeweih sammlupg in Konig:;
Uchnn Schlosse zu Montz0urg bel Dresden' a copy OI
which with loose plates hes open in one of the wall
cases OF the sake Coburg otha COLLECTION here we
see Sead in exisence some Of them with six
teen eighteen twenty and thirty or more points, nsa-
ing scotch "royal" appear comparatively ihS'S''N-
In Germany, If head has moro points or nnes, on
side than on the other taey uVuTo ~ nonts
thus IL stag has 1--WE one side ana seven Oh Ele
other they reckon the points as qSae boGgG they
generally add ungerade. to denote thai IL IL GcoGn
the exact number Of points, whatever tley may De-
and whether more on one side than another. 49,, h.
ON the centre wall, against which stands the e 1
Of the Duke of eCoburg otha are suspended four
splendid heads OF German red deer exoene h s
and with very long tines below these o ,G nsinflpc
in oil of the time of our King James l. depicting inc
ancient mode in which hunting was eaiTe9 Out 10y ny
small Gagse tsppcn1, which nuttered from lines ex
tended horizontally. and driving the deer t villa DoaIs
from which they we're shot. either with srossb9wS or
with the guns Of the period Is to ,9 see u in tSo
time OF John CasimP Duke OF sa1oy ne'tI Go n on
August 81 1913, when scvehy-sA ueef w HAnoo
A. second b11t on August 25 1913 33 head
counted namely, stays 10 hindS caves anu ~ roc,
On July 20, 1870, 3 stays ard - toes sneeumoea;
and in the fourth picture, representing hunt on
August g. 1920 the record Of the SLAIN lnclces stays
20 binds IL calves aud 10 roe, or a. mead In all
If is Instructive 20 turn from these pictures IN which
various appliances OF sport are represented 10 tne
Ui{b fbe nictnres and exhibited near them. Thus
we see some Of the 1ags or Happen used for
I g II = - e. johann CaslnIr Herzog zu Sachsen.
Iionnds; cIotbng Hunde panZer, used for the great
boar 6onnd.. and made Of stout quilting, pcrforacd
WIZ The e Cellars Of come Of these great dogs hang close
by and TO judge by Their dmeasions the animals tnat
collars arc inches wide and % inches long, composed
OF 1--WE nearly square brass plates hinged toSeer ANA
Srovsd : NJ r. z. S. (Senor Majestat llerZog IN
achsen, and the outer plates terminated by brass
scaIlons and hasps for lock or huge swivel The
Lind ~ hound tlEit could wear such collar may be
ssn i'm some of the great hunting scenes depicted by
Snyders, Hondekoeter and j. b. Weenix' TO be louhd
!" s hV ido With these hugo collars hang thr great
boor Snenrs and hunting knives used by spotsmen OF
old With blades OF vanons widths broad and HARROW,
strag and curved, some Of them are finely engraved
and hang in sheaths beautifully carved or highly orna
menttd with velvet and metal work Here also we
may note TWO other objects which figure In the old
paintings above referred to, and which perhaps served
IS actual models to the artistnamely the game weigh
ing machine and the game carrier. The former may
be described as cross beam supported on high trestes
through From s hook the deer was suspended by All
four legs dashed together, and rised from the ground
The esme-carrer' consists OF o couple Of FIR poles
laid horizontally about yard apart with hammock
strieten deer was laid and transported What sight
II must lmve been on August Il, 1913. 70 have behed
seventy six deer carried In this way by the heaters,
ged in the machine above described, and laid ont
side bt side in an open glade OF the fores, depicted
bv the saxon artist Phlrtyfou stas. eighteen hnds
ton calves and fourteen would make gOOdly show
on the greensward apd great must have been tic
revelry which succeeded such days hntlngl