The Wainwright National Buffalo Park is surely a point of world wide interest. A new feature of the famous herd found therein, will shortly be produced as a result of a visit here this week by Mr. A. P. Proctor, a celebrated sculpter of New York City. Mr. Proctor, who has been intending to visit the Wainwright Park since the home was first established, arrived here last week on R. C. W. Lett’s private car from points west, where he was observing the habits of other animals, to be modelled by him on his return to New York.
Mr. Proctor has recently had a contract awarded him for the task of designing four bronze buffaloes that will guard the approaches to a bridge to be constructed at Washington, D. C. The bridge will cost $250,000 and the buffaloes, $15,000. A short time ago, he finished a life sized heroic buffalo for a member of the Standard Oil Company, at the same time doing two large sized tigers. He also designed a tiger for the Princeton university, for which he received the medal of honor from the Architectural League and many glowing tributes in the leading America papers.
While in company with Superintendent Ellis at the park, Mr. Proctor made several sketches of the herd and took upwards of forty photographs which he will use, when the buffaloes are designed. His visit to the park was fraught with many interesting features and on his return he was very enthusiastic in his claims that the reserve afforded a most ideal place for the herd. He also gave great credit to the Commissioner and Superintendent for the masterly manner in which the animals are kept.
Mrs. Proctor accompanied her husband while here and before departing drove to Baxter Lake, where they enjoyed Monday shooting ducks. They expressed themselves as delighted with their trip, which they thought had proved a very enjoyable outing in one of the most beautiful sections of the whole West. They left on yesterday’s express for Edmonton and points west.