MULE OR BLACKTAIL DEER.

Girth. Length. Spread.

20. T. Roosevelt, Medora, N. D., Oct. '83 5 26-7/8 28-1/2

21. P. Liebinger, Madison R., Mont., '89 4-3/4 25-1/2 25-1/2

No. 20 is an extremely massive and symmetrical head with 28 points.

No. 21 has 35 points.

A still heavier head than either of the above, with 34 points, was

exhibited by the furriers, C. G. Gunther's Sons; it was in girth 5-1/4

inches, length 26 inches and spread 28-1/4 inches.

In Buxton's catalogue the length of the biggest mule deer horn exhibited

was 28-1/2 inches.

In Ward's catalogue the biggest heads measured respectively: girth 4-1/2

inches by 28-5/8 inches length, and girth 5-1/4 inches by 27 inches

length; they had 10 and 11 points respectively.

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