Stags’ Heads 127
i. A head killed by the first Lord Tweedmouth on 9th October 1880 at Guisachan,
Ross-shire. T h e full measurements are as follows |§llffjp$
Widest span over all, 39J ; span inside below cups, 34 ; span outside below cups, 37.
R i g h t H o rn
L e n g th y 39 ; length of brow, io j ; length of bay, 10 ; tray, 13 ; length of tines in cup, 10, 7, 4^.
C ir cum fe r en ce at coronet, ; circumference between brow and bay, 74-; above tray, 6.
A HEAD OF REMARKABLE BEAM AND LENGTH
L e f t H o rn
L e n g th , 38 ; brow, 10 ; bay, -8 ; tray, 11 ; length of tines in cup, 8, 6, 4.
C ir cum fe r en ce at coronet, 9 ; between brow and bay, 7J ; above tray, 64.
W e ig h t o f S ta g , 21 stone 9 lbs., but it was much run when shot.
This head is as remarkable for its weight, roughness, colour, and symmetry as for its
great length and width, and is not, I think, excelled by any recently-killed specimen in
Scotch collections. The following is its genuine history, as gathered from what I believe
to be thoroughly authentic sources. The Beaufort stalkers maintain that the deer was born
on that estate. Certainly there is not the least doubt that it “ summered ” and spent much