No. 2 shot at El Zamujar, Jäen, by the Marquéz de Alvéntos, the whole head massive and rugged, and all the sixteen points well developed.
The only Spanish stag within our knowledge which exceeds these dimensions was shot at Ballasteros in the Montes de Toledo by Sr. D. I. L. de Ybarra, the measurements of which, though not taken by ourselves, we accept without reserve as follows:—Length, 41 inches; breadth, 36½ inches; circumference below corona, 8¼ inches. (See photo.)
Since writing the foregoing, a head much exceeding the above records has been obtained at Lugar Nuevo, near Andujar, in the eastern sierra, and which measures no less than 43 inches. Photographs, with measurements taken by Messrs. Rowland Ward (both of this and another good head secured at Fontanarejo), have been sent us by the fortune-favoured sportsman, Mr. J. M. Power of Linares, and will be found subjoined. For convenience of reference we put the whole record in tabular form.
RED DEER HEADS, SIERRA MORÉNA.
| Risquillo. Points 15, plus knobs. Length 40¼ in. | Marmolejos. A Twenty-four Pointer. |
| Fontanarejo. Points 16. Length 32½ in. | Montes de Toledo. Points 14. Length 41. |
| RECORD OF RED DEER HEADS—SIERRA MORÉNA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length outside Curve. | Widest. | Circum- ference above Bez. | Points. | Locality. | ||
| Tips. | Inside. | |||||
| in. | in. | in. | in. | |||
| J. M. Power | 43 | 35 | 33½ | 5½ | 6 + 6 | Lugar Nuevo. |
| I. L. de Ybarra | 41 | 36½ | ... | ... | ... | Ballasteros, Montes de Toledo. |
| E. Parladé | 40⅝ | 40½ | 31½ | 5⅝ | 8 + 8 | Valdelagrana. |
| Marq. Mérito | 40¼ | ... | ... | 6 | 7 + 7 | Risquillos. |
| Authors | 40 | 36½ | 32 | 5¼ | 9 + 8 | (Wild Spain.) |
| Marq. Alvéntos | 38¾ | 33½ | 28½ | 5¾ | 8 + 8 | Zamujar, Jäen. |
| J. Calvo de León | 38¾ | 39¼ | 33¼ | 6¼ | 7 + 7 | Mezquitillas. |
| Do. | 38¼ | 38¾ | ... | 6½ | 8 + 7 | Do. |
| Do. | 38 | 29½ | ... | 6¼ | 7 + 7 | Do. |
| Do. | 38 | 33½ | ... | ... | 7 + 7 | Do. |
| Authors | 37½ | 34½ | 29¼ | 5 | 8 + 7 | (Wild Spain.) |
| Marq. Mérito | 36¾ | ... | 35 | 5½ | 8 + 7 | Risquillos. |
| J. Calvo, hijo | 36¼ | ... | 25¾ | ... | 7 + 7 | Mezquitillas. |
| Authors | 35 | 32½ | 28 | 5¾ | 6 + 6 | Do. |
| Do. | 34⅛ | (cast antler) | 5¾ | 8 + 0 | Sa. Quintána. | |
| J. M. Power | 32½ | ... | ... | 5½ | 8 + 8 | Fontanarejo. |