at each end, to permit feeding and watering the ani- 
mals en route, and cleaning the crates when necessary. 
The fourteen animals to be sent were carefully 
selected by Dr. Hornaday, Director of the Zoological 
Park, from the herd of forty- two head—an equal num- 
ber of each sex, all ages being represented. The work 
of crating commenced on the morning of November 
24th. Crates were placed at the end of a long chute 
which had previously been carefully lined with 
smoothly dressed heavy plank. Little trouble was ex- 
perienced in getting the animals safely into the crates. 
In several cases they tried to leave the chute and avoid 
entering the waiting crate, but all attempts were futile 
after they had once entered the narrow passage. 
The crating was successfully completed on Novem- 
ber 24th, and the erates stored for the night in one of 
the nearby service buildings. Arrangements had been 
made in advance to secure two steel express cars of the 
very latest pattern to carry the shipment through to 
destination without transfer. These were placed on 
the New York Central siding at Fordham at ten o’clocix 
on November 25th, and the transfer to them began at 
once. 
In order to get the cars into a fast express train 
leaving the Grand Central Station at 6.15 that evening, 
it was necessary to have them ready for transit to the 
Grand Central Station by a switch engine at four 
o’clock in the afternoon. 
Carpenters were immediately put to work building 
bunks in the end of one car, for the accommodation of 
those who were to accompany the shipment. The writer 
represented your Society and Mr. Fred M. Dille, In- 
spector in charge of the Wind Cave National Park, 
and Mr. Frank Rush, Supervisor of the Wichita Na- 
tional Bison Range, represented the Government. 
A quantity of timothy hay and crushed oats suf- 
ficient to supply the animals during the time sched- 
uled for the trip with a liberal allowance for possible 
delays on the road was loaded in each car. At last all 
was ready, and we left the cars temporarily in charge 
of an express employee to meet them later made up 
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