Secretary sa\v thirty-five, including the three young ani- 

 mals at the corrals. Five other calves were born in 1908. 



The writer regretted that he was unable to spend more 

 than twenty-four hours on this island, as he believes that 

 an exhaustive report ^^'ould show it to be an ideal range 

 on which to establish a national buffalo herd. ]Mr. Dooly 

 states that all parts of the ^\'est coast and the northern half 

 of the east coast of Antelope island may be approached by 

 boat from a promontory crossed by the lAicin 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 tlie Saltair Railroad. 

 In answer to a question by the Secretary, jNIr. 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 water 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 quarter of a mile 

 or so, sometimes landing far away from the point ^\'here lie 

 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 contribute a pair of young l)uft'aloes to tlie 

 herd which the American Bison Society proposes to es- 

 tablish on the new government range in north-western 

 Montana. 



After leaving Utah, the writer went straight to Good- 

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

 This herd is of more than usual interest inasnmch 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 ^Nlrs. Goodnight 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 Ranch, then 

 the Goodnight 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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