Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-15
BIG MOOSE
HEAD SHOWN
TROPHY OF CHASE LARGEST
EVER KNOWN
is ON EXHIBITION AT LOCAL
TAxIDERMIsT's
Spread Of AntIers Would Easily Cradle
a Large Man-Game Warden
Morgan Tells Hunting
Story


Largest and most perfect Of all moose
heads in the world is the beautiful specl-
mon which is being exhibited in Los An
geles at the curio store OF A. u. COL
burn, 1904 South Main street. In next
months issue of Recreation will appear
a description of this beautiful head and
the tale of the capture of the moose will
be told.
Not only is the head the largest ac-
cording to official measurements, but
also in shape, number of points and
nearly every technical detail 1t Is most
perfect specimen. The antlers OF the
gigantic animal measure from tip to top
6s inches, the palmation Is 1Sx4o inches,
while the convex side measures S5h
inches, tip to tip. There are thirty-two
actual points. Owners of the head claimed
thirty-eight points. but experts who have
Just examined the specimen have thrown
out several little buttons which they do
not admit as points.
The existence of this head in Los An
geles was not known to the public gen.
orally until few days ago, when Game
Warden w. B. Morgan received COM
munication from the owner asking MIN TO
make the official measurements for pub
lication in Recreation. When told of the
prodigious size of the specimen Mr. Nor
gam who is an expert on such matters,
was very skeptical as to the size claimed
and was very careful in making the meas
urements to satisfy himself of the exact
dimensions. While his official figures are
not exactly identical with those given
by the owner they approach very nearly,
and Mr.. Morgan confesses that 1T is the
largest and most magnificent specimen he
has seen and the largest by actual meas
urements of any moose head ever re-
corded
Prior to the killing of this moose the
largest moose head in existence was that
owned by King Edward, which for years
held the record. But now the trophy or
England's king must take second place
in comparison with the specimen on ex-
hibition in Los Angeles. The spread OF
that long famous head pair of antlers
was 81 inches and IA inches on the con-
vex side. Antlers measuring GO inches
have been long considered as abnormally
large.
The mighty beast which carried the
immense antlers which have so recently
eclipsed all previous records was shot in
the Yukon territory and taken to Daw-
son a few months ago. 1t was shot by
a man named Mckenzie while the beast
was swimming across the McQuesttn
river He took it to town and sold 1t to the
California Meat company In his opinion
II Wci6Hcu icVV pOuhuo ehN AASS-cNA ~ -
feet from nose to tail.
This would be the largest moose that
has ever been taken, and it is unfortu-
nate these guess figures, which may be
about right, cannot be confirmed.
But W. A. Carlin, an old time miner
and moose hunter. bought the head and
antlers from the meat company and paid
big price for them in the belief that.
from his knowledge and long experience,
ho lQrQaSt 1Otlpra
in the world. There is every reason to
believe Mr.. Carlin was right, and the
horns in his possession at that time were
specimens for which the Yukon or Do
minion government could afford to pay
handsomely as an exhibit in the national
museums.
In all English schoolbooks the moose is
claesed as Canadian animal, one of the
very few that is so classified as native
of this country. But in Maine and Ver-
mont they have claimed for years the
largest moose in the world. The present
specimen comes now to wrest this his
toric notoriety from them. The habitat
of the moose now is in the far northern
country.
The following description was taken
from the Dawson Daily Sun when the
antlers were first brought to public no.
tice:
SIN Dawson today is head of one of
the chiefs of moose, taken on the Nc
Ouestin river and undoubtedly the finest
specimen of it's kind of which the world
has any record. Former measurements of
the largest moose heads ever taken do
not compare with the following measure
ments, taken by representative of the
Sun yesterday afternoon:
"Girth of antlers. OK inches; palmation,
45x21 inches; spread, 76 inches; convex
measurement, SS1s; width across palma
tion, 81 inches; from tip to tip of ears.
"a inches; from center of forehead be-
tween the horns to mouth, 2S inches.
Here are given certain measurements,
carefully taken, to not only show that
this is no doubt the greatest set of ant
lers in the world, but to bear it out by
the size of the head which bore the
antIers One of the great points relied
upon in granting prizes for largest heads
and antlers is the number of points.
Twenty-seven is the largest number ever
found on a pair of antlers before. This
new specimen has no less than 81, easily
counted
"And all in all, for number of points,
size, for palmation, for every point that
goes in venery, the present Dawson ex-
hibi. has it against the world
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