New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-26
ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIG HORN.
One of the two finest heads In the collection
HEADS and HORNS.
Project for a National Collection
FairIy Started.

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with DR. William T Hornaday's collection OF
Sver a hundred specimens nucleus, the re-
Gently projected national collection Of heads ana
horns is fairly started on satisfactory OASIS
Now ii rests with the sportsmen and travellers
Of America to contribute trophies, or the where
vithal to purchase such until the collection has
assumed proportions commensurate Win SOME
Of the big European exhibits
Residcs d. Hornaday, who represents the
tmrfrc Club in the movement to establish the
eollacion the other immediate promoters OF the
enterprise are Madison Grant, for the Boone ana
Crockett Club and John M. Philips, Tor the
Lewis and Clark Club The New York Zoologi-
cal Society will undertake the ownership ana
maintenance Of the collection. and will house 1t
tempora:ily in rs Administration Building IN
Bronx Paris when that is completed Nhcn
these quarters shall have been oCtgrown 1t Is
CpeCtcd that n suitable building Will De plo-
vidcd by the city.
Meanwhile spor:srncn and scientists and mere
-ratria.s are showing an eaGcrness OF interest in
fhe nov project that augurs its future success
Realizing the rapid extinction Of the great game
animals in America, as in practically All the
rest Of the world, they believe th2; the time Is
ripe for gathering together the records ana
tokens Of hunted and disappearing species
Thee in the form of heads and horns and
photcgrapEs will furnish to the present and TO
future generations statistical evidence Of what
the horned tribes have accomplished IN the way
of evolution The ramidcations. too. Of zooiosi-
cal kinship dear to the curiosity Of scientist
and sportsman alike will be made accessible
r. = glance by the arrangement OK the spcci-
mems in related grouIs
Il is planned to make the collection as com
pletc a depository possible OF all the data
obtaiuaAle that relate to the horn bearing ami
NAL Maps and tables will serve to locate
haunts define distribution and present statisu-
cal figures. These records and exhibits in con-
nection with the Geological Society Library VIII
make tho Administration Building OF the Zoolog-
ical Park when completed unique in the world
as HEADQUARTERS Of study and information for
sportsmcn
The collection OF heads and horns Will be
arranged in two separate series-one. to show
In graduation the natural evolution OF the species
upon the globe the other to demonstrate its
geographical distribution according to cont
ncnts. The Old World museums it will be re
membcrcd. have prior holdings on the resources
OF the Far Eastern wilds. and it is hardly TO be
expected, for example that n collection OF un- |
gulatcs technically so termed-begun in Amer |
lea at this late date could be made to equal the |
conprchcnsiycness Of that in the South Ken |
sington Museum, London. receptacle for many
years of the rarest trophies of British prowess |
Nothing stands in the way, however. OF bringing |
together n the Rev York Geological Park q |
record bro akinE assortment of American horns.
To insure a full collection Of this sort the first
object Of the management will be to procure an
abundance OF material until the collection is
xoologically complete. That attained, perfec-
ton OF specimens VIII supersede any other con
Bideration, and second rate exhibits will be re-
placed as far possible by those OF champion
order Foreign specimens will by no means Re
ruled cut. Only il is not in the view of those
who have put the movement on its feet that he
Ungulatcs of the world extant e
brought into steadily consecutive line. There
arc too many links missing. many of them in
foreign museums many lost forever
The collection win be under the management