On October loth, between ir A. M. and 5.30 P. M., 

 thirteen Bison of the Wichita herd were successfully 

 crated and delivered at the railroad. Trouble was exper- 

 ienced with only two of the fifteen animals. One young 

 cow objected to entering the crate, as also did the largest 

 bull. With a very brief delay, however, both were event- 

 ually driven into their crates, and the whole fifteen head 

 were placed on board the cars at Fordham Station without 

 the slightest accident. 



Through the efforts of the late Charles T. Barney, 

 Chairman of the Executive Committee, Mr. Dudley 

 Evans, President, and Mr. H. B. Parsons, Vice-President 

 of the Wells-Fargo Express Company, consented that 

 their Company should transport the two Arms Palace 

 Horse Cars containing the Bison from St. Louis to Cache, 

 free of charge. Mr. James C. Fargo, President of the 

 American Express Company, also offered, on behalf of 

 his company and the New York Central Lines, to trans- 

 port the cars free of charge from New York to St. Louis. 

 These complimentary services were rendered because of 

 the public interest attaching to the object in view, and 

 were equivalent to a gift to the Zoological Society of 

 $1,000.00, or thereabouts. In fact, but for this concession 

 on the part of the two express companies, it would have 

 been impossible to have shipped the buffaloes by pas- 

 senger train service, in which event the shipment would 

 have been far longer in transit, and the buffaloes would 

 have been much reduced in strength by the long journey 

 in close confinement. 



The shipment left Fordham Station, New York Citv, 

 on October i ith, in charge of Chief Clerk H. R. Mitchell, 

 of the Zoological Park, and Mr. Frank Rush, who were 

 also accompanied by Mr. Elwin R. Sanborn, of the Zoo- 

 logical Park staff. Thanks to the experience and knowl- 

 edge of Mr. Mitchell in matters relating to railway trans- 

 portation, the journev from New York to Cache was made 

 in seven davs — the distance being i,8c;8 miles. Naturally, 

 the fact that two carloads of Buffaloes were being sent 

 from a crowded eastern city back to the southern Buffalo 

 range, attracted great attention; and in Oklahoma, 



