Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1881-12-25)

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don't give us a fair chance to show what we do.
Vut this is the ! When we can get our heads to 
mount att $25 instead of $12! then we make
them like </s of > life, neck and all: but it can't be
done for any $12! . The deer head
he photographed he declared to be by far the best he ever
saw. It was one I purchased in skin of Baker & mounted
for myself to see what I do. I spent at least four
days upon it, Sundays and nights, in my kitchen, and
had I taken one more day I could have made the neck
like life as well as the head. As it stands the neck is
a very symmetrical & nicely curving - The m.c.g. took the Wobblygong at $125. and
the big ray (Trygon Sephen) at $75 I think. Came near
selling Dekempeneus group of crabs, but didn't </s d > quite succeed.
I tried to sell the orangs to Hyatt also, but the society declared
it couldn't possibly raise the money. They wanted them
badly enough. - but Boston is a stingy place. We
sold very little of our salable material, not $400 worth all 
told. Fully 4/5 of the exhibition was from Rochester & vicinity.
 We were pleased with our judges & their report was
very satisfactory to all. Our artists were 
 Prof Baird very kindly loaned me the little antelope
I mounted last spring & had it boxed & packed nicely
& carefully & sent it to me.
 The is now running through the press and you
will undoubtedly receive copies of it at the same time as
this letter. Beyond writing a few articles I have been entirely
relieved of all responsibility in connection with this number,
therefore whatever criticizing is </s to > necessary must be done
to Mr Howell & Mr Lucas. I have that Lucas recd

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don't give us a fair chance to show what we do. Vut this is the ! When we can get our heads to mount att $25 instead of $12! then we make them like </s of > life, neck and all: but it can't be done for any $12! . The deer head he photographed he declared to be by far the best he ever saw. It was one I purchased in skin of Baker & mounted for myself to see what I do. I spent at least four days upon it, Sundays and nights, in my kitchen, and had I taken one more day I could have made the neck like life as well as the head. As it stands the neck is a very symmetrical & nicely curving - </u cylinder.

  The baby elephant was bought by the Boston Society of

Natural History for $160. quite a good price don't you think? </s Co > The m.c.g. took the Wobblygong at $125. and the big ray (Trygon Sephen) at $75 I think. Came near selling Dekempeneus group of crabs, but didn't </s d > quite succeed. I tried to sell the orangs to Hyatt also, but the society declared it couldn't possibly raise the money. They wanted them badly enough. - but Boston is a stingy place. We sold very little of our salable material, not $400 worth all told. Fully 4/5 of the exhibition was from Rochester & vicinity.

 We were </u highly > pleased with our judges & their report was

very satisfactory to all. Our artists were

  Prof Baird very kindly loaned me the little antelope

I mounted last spring & had it boxed & packed nicely & carefully & sent it to me.

    The </u Bulletin > is now running through the press and you

will undoubtedly receive copies of it at the same time as this letter. Beyond writing a few articles I have been entirely relieved of all responsibility in connection with this number, therefore whatever criticizing is </s to > necessary must be done to Mr Howell & Mr Lucas. I have that Lucas recd