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STAG, or BED DEER 46 STAINER, SIR JOHN hoi'ns may be said to reach their maxi- mum size. As in all deer, the horns are shed annually. The average height of a full-grown stag is about four feet at the STAG shoulders; the winter coat is grayish- brown; in summer, brown is the prevail- ing tint. The food of the stag consists of grasses and the young shoots of ti*ees, lichens forming the greater part of its food in winter. The pairing season oc- curs in August, and the males then en- gage in combats for the females and become peculiarly fierce. The flesh is somewhat coarse. STAG . BEETLE, in entomology, any individual of the family Lucanidas; specifically L. cervus, one of the larger STAG BEETLE insects, the male being about 2 inches long. Their projecting mandibles are denticulated, and somewhat resemble stag's horns; with these they can inflict a pretty severe wound. The stag beetle is common in forests, and flies about in the evening in summer. The larva feeds on the wood of the oak and the willow, into the trunks of which it eats its way, and lives for a considerable time before undergoing a metamorphosis. Some of the tropical stag beetles are very bril- liantly colored. STAGG, AMOS ALONZO, an American physical director, born in West Orange, N. J., in 1862. He graduated from Yale in 1888, and from the International Y. M. C. A. College, Springfield, Mass., in 1892. From 1892 to 1900 he was asso- ciate professor and director of the de- partment of physical culture and ath- letics of the University of Chicago, and in 1900 became full professor- He became a member of the football rules committee in 1904, and was a member of various American committees on Olympic Games, as well as, in 1911 and 1912, president of the Society of Directors of Physical Education in Colleges. The athletic field of the University of Chicago was named in his honor "Stagg Field." STAGGERS, a popular term applied to several diseases of horses. Mad or sleepy staggers is inflammation of the brain, a rare but fatal complaint, marked by high fever, a staggering gait, violent convulsive struggling, usually terminat- ing in stupor. Grass or stomach stag- gers is acute indigestion. It is most com- mon in summer and autumn, is indicated by impaired appetite, distended abdomen, dull aspect, unsteady gait, and is reme- died by full doses of purgative medicine. STAGHOTJND, the Scotch deerhound, called also the wolf dog, a breed that is rapidly dying out. These dogs hunt chiefly by sight and are used for stalking deer, for which purpose a cross between the rough Scotch greyhound and colley or the foxhound is also often employed. True staghounds are wiry-coated, shaggy, generally yellowish-gray, but the most valuable are dark iron-gray, with white breast. STAHL, ROSE, an American actress; born in Montreal, Canada. She played for many years in stock companies, and in 1897 made her first important appear- ance in "A Soldier of the Empire." She later was seen in "An American Gentle- man"; "A Man of the World"; and "The Chorus Lady." The latter play was pro- duced steadily from 1904 to 1911, and was successful both in the United States and in London. STAINER, SIR JOHN, an English composer; born in London, June 6, 1840; was a chorister at St. Paul's from his 7th