At the Sportsmen's Show, held in Mechanics' Build- 

 ing, Boston, April ist to 13th, under the auspices of the 

 New England Forest, Fish and Game Association, the 

 American Bison Society had a large and interesting exhi- 

 bition, which attracted more attention than any other in 

 the hall. The principal exhibits were six living Buffaloes, 

 two grand old bulls, two two-year-olds, and two calves 

 of the previous spring, all loaned by the Blue Mountain 

 Forest Association, of Newport, N. H., which also loaned 

 an interesting collection of buffalo robes, buffalo heads 

 and skulls and buffalo hoofs. Our President, Mr. 

 William T. Hornaday, contributed a most interesting and 

 unique collection of buffalo horns, all from wild Buffalo 

 shot on the plains — a series ranging from the straight 

 spikes of a yearling, to the peeling "stubs" of bulls twenty 

 years old or older. Mr. Hornaday also loaned the well- 

 mounted head of a young Buffalo bull. 



With the exception of the living Buffaloes, perhaps 

 no exhibit attracted so much attention as a collection of 

 lithographs after George Catlin, illustrating the life of 

 the Buffalo in early times, especially in its relation to the 

 North American Indian. This collection, loaned by Dr. 

 Townsend W. Thorndike, of Boston, was surrounded by 

 visitors from the beginning to the close of the show. Dr. 

 Thorndike also loaned a number of old guns, powder 

 horns, etc., which had been used by Indians and which 

 had been repaired with buffalo hide. 



A quantity of buffalo wool, with yarn spun from the 

 same material, and warm garments knitted from the yarn, 

 was exhibited by the Secretary, who also loaned a collec- 

 tion of enlarged photographs of Buffaloes. 



Among the other exhibits were a collection of buffalo 

 robes, loaned by Messrs. Ordway, Loring and Ricker, of 

 Boston; a lariat, twisted from the long coarse hair of the 

 buffalo's head and fore legs, loaned by E. W. Deming, 

 the animal painter, and a splendid buffalo carriage robe, 

 contributed by W. D. Chandler, of Concord, N. H. 



The exhibition, which was in charge of the Secretary, 

 was a success in every way. One of the immediate results 

 was an increased membership for the Society, about one 

 hundred new members of all classes being secured during 



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