"'-Bashful Bobby y" star of show Hike to study buffalo By Roy Domos Over 30 braved a fine but sIld dr!infe %of rab1 on Sanday tGrey Ca DY, at tisaif la go hiking ai Rat- tlesnake Point Park and learn more about baffalo. italien Rea g ion Conservation AuUsorily's isiologisi Gary Huiton conducled the Buffalo Ruse, pari ai HRCAs minier prgam called "Tise Great Eseapment Escape." Tise "ýGEE" programn slarird Imo weeis rarier aiuib a "braver romp" ai Hilton Foils Conservatian Area. Sanday's progesen moved t0 tise isffal coin- puund at Ralennabe misere nie huffalo are penned in a 70-acre enclosure. iologini Hultot esplilod lise Mprngram hs denîgeed ta or- oire people la somte of Use Asiborityns vannaus panls and peo ta. Programn miii br heidon ima Sundays in January and Fehraary. Sunday's utliaris lrudged hsalf a moile tramt lise parking tiesa ai tise norUsere point 0f Waihee's Line, te vinai Use buffalo clos-up. Anid ciose'ule ibymrvsir uid bave and patrd lise big branla eseepi Use buffoloi mere ft% huny ealisg fresb boy la labe lime oui for boumant af- fection. Whnle ssary Hailon, a sioreiosana of information on the isaffaoa cbailed ail slang lise bike roule about tise animais' issiry, fredîîîg, sarvivai loclics, isreeding and seasonal habits. He tld boai HRCA bad imported a frai iuffolo fromt A BUFFALO HIKE was lseld ut Ruttiennake Point Park's buffalo compound Swsday wiUs over 3o people ouf wandering in Use raie te leurn more about the spetacular animais. Kelly Jarvis, 9,0of Oakvulle toan one of the hikers and she was greatly istereoted in thia buffalo skill one of Use oxhibits arrangod by Haltes Region Conservationf Authority, Ssmduy's walk was part of the HRCA's "Great Escarpmneft Escupe' program. mesiern Canada in 1967 and cOmpounds are his offspring. st tisee up in Ue omsnd There were once 60 million Went ai the escae ntbiffs baffais in Norths Anserica, at ifaitiennake Park. Tise Hation said. The Indians sed herd grew fa 24 foot year 'every pari ai thse animai for before il wan ifsinned oti somnetbing. Thes fthe white son eesoi d ta aniven, mon fried fa efiminafe the sales for researchsnme sent Indian isy eliminofiag fise ta anas and aih r pr and haffafo and in lise Isltoslie snnme died nurfde aitis. baffai o mere sfaughfered en Tise berd nom noiniers f2, manne. They isecame neariy aine of bent ai itifesnake estinci bol have nince made a and threr rer ai Mounm- camebacis and tisey are 00Cr nberg Gome Farm, onofiser aglaine pi enfifol HRCA holding. li110 rapiaioed fise Buffalo mere recorded as p ching ordr" ai lise herd, being inuch forger doring lise miich foscioafed thevisitea. ice oge. Todoy tise foii-grown Ussof iy tise forgent and oldesi mole meigis sp fa 2,200 buffafo is No. i and he esan, pounda, o fetaieuopftoi,5w0 drinks and maten tirai. Tise oaoodn, be said. Boshisi seondilargrsf ranbsoasNo. 2 hobby, one ai Use original and heamays camnes second, berd sti on dinpioy at Rai- and si on down the fine, flennake, is about aine yeors Hu1100 poinied ot. As gproof aId ond moold tip lise scoles he fosaed hondisd oi fresi ho y about lige0 pounds, e naid. nia lise compoud ond off Use Nai really ofisers bang bock util Oasis Bobisy mas ni cbnamed fui Boahy, king of bis oaa "Babhfl ieease ise didoft rd, came fort Usf eot. Tise start producing oftspring in order ai rans mas iiiuntrafed bin fiesi imo years ai Rat- as oneby one,as if hy roll flennabe. Siace then be bas rail, the animals n tramthe mode a p for il, homever and forgeai la lise amailesi vert- many of the buffalo in HRCA larrd formard la sihisir and champ aI lise feash meai. Docile nom ENIt Ai ibis lime of lise year lise PaYS $1,000 hifia are docile bal in lise for top pig eayf,1 hyare iaating At te al-beedswi "aleesIpiaied f br sperds as a At~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~ak Ostl-sedmn Sl ahrot, haand and gaiiop, of Stars" aithbeRoyaliWinler and said animais have been Foie aest weeb, Allant Cook: ai ciocised ai 40 mile r tcose. Mitnpaid $1.060 for Use Buffalo have bee.boown ta Landrace bed gi miir woni ras sfeadiiy for fmI days a fient peine, grand champion daeing a afampede, ise said. and sapreme cbampiooubip HRCA aiso bad some els in Us te 10-12 mntiss compati- the ballala compound isut lin. Il mas cnignad ty fhey have bren moved la Marie A. Tuenhail of Bean- Maunisiserg. sella, Oiii, Deil liste domapase or Ai firsi and second priar driiozl e and lise cool houes and gis in Usis year's Novembr hreer. lise iiees Royal were sofd ai Use sale. wee ail] eenlyi aerenird Thse5lotslaaveraged $3590s on is e subjeci of' isalalo and lihe sale toal was $710971. Tise peaised Halton ai lise end af isigisn seling animai, lise fthe sort bise fer iss in- grand champion hoer mit formative and inteeesfiiig for $1,100. laure The Canadien Champion, Wed., Nov. 27, 1974 A GOOD CLOSE-UP VIEW of HRCA'n herd of aine buffalo ma rsoyed by over 30 people Sudythnbolgs Gar y Hutton conducted a buffalo hike at RattIrnrPit ak h buffalo munched on hay juat a few fret insîde the Ç#> #A ~V~R. fonce wliilr thr group lîstenrd te a lecturr on Use STP lok 1ÏPIÊ animais' way oflsfr. Infats gftfîlca $3.25 ____________________________________Boys aad Gi Swaters frorn $4.99 Storm sewer needed BEoysan GirlsPanfro s4.98 t to alleviate floods 1 Ida ad hoi Cous il's Communiiy fer- and in some cases floodrd ~9' Siosl tida4 acuilable al . vice Commutter miii recom- propre acrns lie road. mend procreding wîUs siorai McKere agreed lise liiirary t seesa catcs basin and aggraaed as aiready bad som road wokon Pin St proisem. He ooiedlbrestemne Tise mors ýs enlimatrd la semees in Usai aeaairec l S costl$42000and accordiog ta absouf1a0yrars id.~ woeis snpeeînlendenfSBruce 3 McKeerr Use maîtr as e Tise ilaimuffre agrerd comning argent. worknbhouid brdone te ecldfy 2 3 Depuly Cirs Campbsell Usai pe irai as soon as pois- Tisompron said the construc- sîbie bui voird la louve te 217 Main St. E. Miltoni 878-4055 tfi he sibrary isad afgraý major roudmwors usai miii ise j11i aaedfthesaltermaiuafîon He requiredaunilissachsev' explaird waer aas oamsîei lime, ahuis is theer tou INTERESTED HIKERS took a malk Sunday te vioew the buffalo ut Ruttleunako Point Park and wre rewurded with a roui close vieto of the animais, Halton Rogion Conservation Authority biologint Gary Hutton (10f t, abovol conducted Use hiko and expluined the lifostyle, feeding and mnating habits of the bison that bave bren on displuy in Hulton for seven yours. Abovo, ho discusues a buffulo skull wiUs part of the group. Si -aadi fronn the library te the road years away.