Brookiyn, April 22, 1912. 
Dr. WILLIAM T. Hornapay, 
New York Zoological Park, 
Borough of the Bronx, New York City. 
My Dear Dr. Hornaday: I have the honor to acknowledge the 
receipt of your letter of April 20 in which you present, on behalf of 
the New York Zoological Society, to The American Bison Society, 
a herd of ten buffaloes, consisting of males and females of various 
ages, for a nucleus herd for the Wind Cave National Game Preserve 
in South Dakota, as soon as it shall have been established by Con- 
gress, and on condition that The American Bison Society will pro- 
vide the cost of transportation of the buffaloes from New York to 
the Game Preserve, as stated, and with the further condition that 
the expense of crating the buffaloes will be borne by the New York 
Zoological Society. 
This gift is not only a most valuable one, but most timely. 
It comes when Congress has under consideration the establishment 
of the Wind Cave National Game Preserve. The gift of this nucleus 
herd will be a strong argument with Congress for establishing the 
Game Preserve. 
I have no doubt that The American Bison Society will accept 
the offer contained in your letter with due recognition of its im- 
portance. 
I am forwarding copies of your letter to the Hon. James Wilson, 
Secretary of Agriculture, and to senators and members of Congress 
who are interested in establishing the Wind Cave National Game 
Preserve and a herd of bison therein. 
I beg you to receive for yourself, as Director of the New York 
Zoological Society, and for its Board of Trustees, the grateful 
acknowledgment of the offer that you have made from its President, 
and the assurance to the Trustees that favorable action will be taken 
by the Society at its next meeting. 
Very sincerely yours, 
FRANKLIN W. HOOPER, 
President, The American Bison Society. 
Action on the letter from Dr. Hornaday will there- 
fore be appropriate at this meeting. 
The various actions taken by the Board of 
Managers since the last meeting are contained on pages 
14 and 15 of the Fifth Annual Report of the Society 
published in October. 
Copies of the report of Mr. J. Alden Loring on the 
Wind Cave National Game Preserve were furnished by 
the Society to members of Congress and to the press 
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