The Springdale news., 1890-01-31
' aGARco HUNTING.

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 Thcre pro G.oa9 kangaroo si as re- ecivce a Newark \ J. every week. They are all tanned in one large estab- lisAuen; en SHsseX avenue. and arc thcu ma1o into tiue shoes. Australia and Nca Zealand furnish kangaroo hides for ae world The kanraroos are killed in Australia about So1 miles back from tac coast. and are shipped from Nelbeurnc. sydney and Newcastle, in Australia. and from Nastartan. in New Zealand. tp to 1sil the EangaEoos were killed and eaten ia Australia, and taeir hides a,es 2 z into a5az-et et.t LIS. Eut an EnEii<hman named Brown in hat year discovered the remarkable character of tbe leather. and brought several thousand skins 10 this country. He tried ta ssll tho hides to tanners; hus they were sly Of the novelty, and Ee b4I 10 selj tdem at sacrifice to a boah-5iaaer The heaie-ti2 lcr r1e!c triangular conner piece ia l..a-s aazi eommercial ha1Es ont pf the Sklns. and 90 astaftainel tha good quality of he lestaer, IL was iu this way that the Ie.scc loatbGr factories were first altraettfl te kangaroo hide. The skin was found to La Fary tCaarious, and tue conpacsae5s ol tha grain prevents its aAsaeb.ng y tor, Watle thN acids h hlackina meet u.ti an almost impervls ous substance. It was hard work tg. years to ~et tho kangaroo skins l. ,..5 net uatIl tAe Ncwarkar. who now .AA8 ! Auat-a1I1t 1sFz year, aco that tae demand could !. sup piled. The characteristic climate of Australia an1 the pugnaeity oI the kangaroo mako hunting the ht4a3 dan peroas. Wintor starts in sfaj and ends ia December in that coGa.-#. Ire rest of thu year the heat is ..-s'H.e, tAe thor momcter frequently e,eaz4t- t$a de greos. Eight m z=af together for kangarons They ..z called ''set. When br9Beh t.J taa kangaroo jumps like .as# fssths bauter's chest ani tries Q 4-sa / n with his fore feet. To DOC .lI, e3sa man wears across h.s tfo. q s tpu or three-ineh thick anttiug h4HAl with a spear, with ei ,b .tta5h.aaelt es tae other end, tkzy rilo upea swt :. horses into q herd. With tbe sF.sty and equipoisa of 'it.u2 rido7s tbef stlnd erect upon 'ho.- h.-sts aud nae their spears atl T In kangaroo is able V stsp e.aa- oVsr horsc. As the fEEae E f.egad t is stsiuns sd. and the p,sin is stea.aa 2. o1 tde ground and ;ecFed down ta pcavent shsinkage Tho fesh far...sh0s aoat fos the camp
 Each r.aa places his pr.s4fc mark upon his bcdy &nl when they have loo sains apiece they return back to civili- gation Thcse are twenty varieties of hanzaroos among them the blue, red WailabT. black, gray and Forester the latter furnishing the best leather. as 1t lives m4inly ip yooled seatiuas. When tho shipping pasis are reached the hunt- erSdiSPose ef the sAs.as by auction to thsbigaost bidders and realize aboat seven., cents p1anl Kangaroo hunt CTS make largo profits. One man is known to have cleared St,51l free of liv- iay expenses in single year. Tho tanning Of kangaroo skins k confined to men employed hy Americans. as other dealers can not Gtfofl to pay the high prices for the raw material The result is that p4risian and London shee man ufacturcrs buy their stock of kangaroo leather directly from Newark, and prominent da2lars in Germany, Greece, Spain, and even Australia itself receive their supplies from the same. The manufacturer here scouts the idea that the original scven-ieague boots were made tron4 the skin of tho great Austra- han leaPars, frovi4euee (R. L Jour