Secretary saw thirty-five, iiicliuliii*^' the three young ani- 

 mals at the corrals. Five other cahes A\ere born in 1908, 



The writer regretted that he A\as una])le to spend more 

 than twenty-fonr honrs on this ishuid, as he believes tliat 

 an exhaustive report would show it to be an ideal range 

 on which to establish a national })uffalo herd. ^Ir. Dooly 

 states that all parts of the west coast and the northern half 

 of the east coast of Antelope island may be approached by 

 boat from a })romontory crossed by the Tiiicin Cut-off of 

 the Southern Pacific Railroad. Excursions to the island 

 may be made from Saltair, a bathing resort twenty miles 

 from Salt Lake City, on the line of the Saltair Railroad. 

 In answer to a question by the Secretary, JNlr. Dooly stated 

 that he would consider a proposition to sell the Island for 

 a buffalo range. 



It is an interesting fact that although there is every 

 opportunity for the cattle and buffaloes to wander through 

 the shallow AN-ater to the mainland, they never do so, and 

 one old bull that the writer chased out into the lake several 

 times, always turned back after going a (]uarter of a mile 

 or so, sometimes landing far away from the i)()int ^^•here he 

 entered the A\'ater. 



On returning to Salt Lake City, the Secretary had an- 

 other interview with Mr. Dooly, and the latter generously 

 promised to contril)ute a ])air of young buffaloes to the 

 herd w^hich the American Bison Society proposes to es- 

 tablish on the new government range in north-western 

 Montana. 



After leaving Utah, the Axriter went straight to Good- 

 night, Texas, to see the buffalo herd of Charles Goodnight. 

 This herd is of more than usual interest inasmuch as it is 

 probably the only one descended exclusively from animals 

 roped on the plains, either by the owner or under his direc- 

 tions. But it is chiefly to Mrs. (Toodnight that we are 

 indebted for this famous herd. In 1878 when the buf- 

 faloes were being slaughtered all around her, this lady con- 

 ceived the idea of saving some of them. She begged her 

 husband and brothers to get her some of the tawny calves, 

 and let her try to rear them at the Palo Duro Kanch. then 

 the (TOodnight home. Personally, Charles Goodnight 

 was not very enthusiastic over the suggestion, but thinking 

 that the calves would amuse his wife in her isolated home. 



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