The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-11-20
GAME AND THE HUNTERS.
Antiers That surpass Emperor william,
New Trophy.

i tEt ~ ~-P "Ds 1hAPcTOr WIluam'
New Trophy.
Emperor William did just what an,
other sportsman would have done whel
ne found that the red deer he killed tn,
other day was a monster of its kind
ne like ,f which may never again b.
Killed in German preserved forest. H,
shouted and danced with all the en-
lhusiasm of a lad beside his first deer
Just how big the stag was is matter
OF doubt, but the fact that the horn.
had 20 points and measured over three
feet is enough to make comparisons
with other big deer killed by royal
hunters. Ten years ago representative
sportsmen Of Hungary formed club
and every year since at the end of the
shooting season this club has held an
exhibition of big deer horns taken by
members. To compare the emperor's
t'eer with the prize takers of these ex.
hibitions IS not altogether fair, because
in Germany the deer have deteriorated
Ear more Than in Hungary.
The emperor's stag is said to have
horns over three feet long. The least
length Of any Of the Hungarian prize
takers in the past nine years was 4O.9i
inches around the curve of the horn,
while the longest, one killed by Count
q. Andrassy in 1894, was $3.50 inches
long. The weight of the horns Of the
Hungarian stays varies from 1886
POUNDS down, the heaviest being that
Of Count Andrassy's, which had only 16
points. The weight varies greatly, and
the number Of points is no criterion OF
the weight of antlers. Those of IL.
point deer killed in 1888 weighed 81
pounds, and 2c-point set weighed 1879
pounds.
The king of Saxony has great col
lection of huge antlers in the castle Of
Moritzburg, near Dresden. 1t contains
the most ancient horns in Europe, its
chief prizes having been weeded out
from renowned collection made by the
great elector, Maurice of Saxony, along
about 1875. The Moritzburg collection
contains two heads of so points, three
of SO, two Of "a, ten of 80, five of 30, 10 OF
IS, Is of 26. and 1S of "a points, so it will
be seen that the emperor's deer head
would not stand up we'll in collection
If monster heads. These Moritzburg
heads all hang in the great dining-room
Ind are abnormal in size only. In the
adjoining audience hall there are some
abnormal heads. One of these is a Ct
pointer, which, however, does not come
Up to the standard in the number %
ines. A tine, according to rule, is
on which the string of
powder horn will hang.
1t will be observed that in the list of
lorns hanging in the dining-room of
the points were in even
;umbers such MS SO, "a and 30. In Ger
many and Austria the points are recl-
med from the horn with the greatest
lumber. One antler may have eight
POINTS on one horn and six on the other.
hen it would be 16-point deer. The
6-point abnormal horns of the stag just
nentioned had 80 points on one horn
nd only 20 on the other. They were
AIKEN from a stag killed by Elector
frederick III. of Brandenburg, who
became the first king of
russia. Frederick William, the sue
essor of the first king of Prussia,
warped the horns fora company of the
lllest grenadiers to be found in Saxony.
frederick Williams hobby was tall
renadiers. The elector of Saxony.
frederick Augustus, had grenadiers.
ut wanted curious deer horns more.
The largest pair of red deer antlers ;
i the world are pair in the Moritz-
urg collection. They are 24-pointers,
ut have a spread of feet 3ia inches
he pair weigh 41h pounds. When the
ser was killed, who killed it, or where
was killed is not known. Its history
is been traced back to 15S6.-N. Y
IN.