New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-26

sion of exhibits win be set high enough n r,,,.
1t an honor for a donor to be represente, : a.
collection. and. as non-prOfessfonaI sportvr,e,
do not often have the luck to make na-so.I
acquisition Of a worlds record" head or ANY,
thing that approaches it in the limited time tbo
devote 10 hunting, many viii no doubt copei5
er IT advisable to contribute to the fund r,;
tained for judiciOuS purchase In the eve-+
of such an emergency the appearance for
sale OF coveted prize specimen. the committee
it is felt. should not languish for want of a re-
lief fund at its back.
The champion feature OF the national cor1ec-
ton just begun. pair OF worlds record de
plant tusks. measuring over eleven feet II
length. was bought in a hurry by Charles T.
Barney on the day on which it was Offered for
sale His was the opportunity of a lifetime
These remarkable tusks, so large that those
who first them believe them to have C me
from n mammoth long extinct, were form ry
the property of King MeneIik OF Abyssinia who
gave them to a European officer. whence Trey
found their way to the London ivory m-rSer
and through Mr. Barney to the New York ZooI-
ogical Society.
Two remarkable heads IN the nucleus collie
ton are those of a Rocky Mountain Big II m,
nearly extinct as a species obtained in B-iti h
Columbia four years ago. and Of a white m mn
tain goat. likewise from the northwest Of Z e
continent. From the point Of view Of the hut r
these two mounted heads stand Tor memorials
to some gunner's distinguished prowess. To
bring down in particular the fleet mountain
sheep. frequenter of crags and vauter 81
abysses. is to endure great physical stress.
The most wonderful horns in the sheep coll
lection are those from the great Siberian arsa'i.
largest of all mountain sheep in the world These
horns lack only the fraction OF an inch Of beias
FIVE feet in length on the curve. and the circUm-
ference Of their base is twenty inches
Among the goat species the NEST remarkable
pair Of horns in the collection is the pair that
once adorned the forehead of one of the 'Su,i-
man markhor from BeIoochistan. They are
twenty-seven inches long and they leave in
ones mind the impression of a pair of deadly
gimlets.
The 123 species OF the antelope are repre-
scented in the nucleus collection by thirty-ave
specimens With some of these it is hard TO
determine whether they made for weap-
ons or for decorations Some marvellous shares
of utmost grace are represented-prongs hinged
crupled. smooth and "keeled,' forming delicate
circles or slender VS. spreading in ever OPEN
ing curves
pairs OF American bison horns in the exhibit
which represent as many life periods in The
career OF the male bison from its start as q
yearling to its finish as stub horn" The
entire set has been gathered from wild animals
and il is hardly probable that il could be duTli-
Gated a. this day BuTaloes from India and
further East are also represented. well as
Cape bufraloes and other buffaloes from Africa
The array OF thirty-one head branches from
the deer family shows specialization in rare
and little known foreign species. with particular
stress on those from Asia OF these the most
highly priced for its geological value is the set
Of antlers from Pere David's deer. This species
Of animal lived once IN China but is now found
only IN geological gardens Its total census
amounts TO only twenty eight living representa-
tiveS. Before the Boxer war a herd Of two hun
frod kept in the imperial park near Pc
king but during the war they were destroyed
Only eleven other pairs of David deer antlers
are on record. and among these that Of the M