Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-04-23
KANGAROO HUNT
Exciting Story of Kangaroo Hunt
ing by Motor in Australia Told By
Fred q. Eager, Former Wauseon
BOy-NOvel Use For Automobile.

Fred q. Eager, Former Wauseon
Boy-Novel Use For Automobile.
Many of our readers will remem-
Der Zina Eager for many years the
| genial proprietor of the old Eager
House which stood on the site now
occupied by the new Peoples State
Bank building; Fred 2. Eager, the
writer of the article which follows,
is grandson of the above and the
the son of E. G. Eager who succeed
| ed his father Zina, as proprietor of
the Eager House. Fred was a Wau-
seon boy and is now associated with
his father under the firm name of E..
G. Eager and Son, Ltd. distributor of
the Overland automobile at Brisbane,
Queensland, Australia. The article
| is reprinted from "The' Steering
Wheel" monthly paper published at
| Brisbane, issue of November, 1914,
which has been loaned to this office by
Mr.. George Dudley:
We left Adelaide at 1877 a. m. on
Tuesday, and after a pleasant trip
through the burnt-out. wheat belt,
reached Burra Burra at about 4:30 p.
m. We met several leading local
pastoralists during balance of after
noon, and after tea visited one of the
largest stations. After assisting in
pulling out begged cow, spent very
pleasant evening discussing mostly
motor car questions with the squat
ter. Mr.. Gebhart, who is the owner
Iof fxuo1Jo
We left Burra Burra at 1890 a. m.
Wednesday in Touring Car-Murray
Aunger, his local manager, Jack
Richards and myself. with three B. S.
| A. 80 military rifles, ammunition,
lunch, beer and lemonade. Picked up
Mr.. J. C. Killicohe, owner of large
station. who added 303 carbine and
double -barrelled shot gun to the arsen-
al. Running out "a miles northeast of
Burra we reached another station
owned by Mr.. Killicohe with only one
roadside incident, a few shots at a
running emu, which failed to stop him
The country we were now in con-
sisted of salt bush plains, with few
rolling low ridges. Turning off the
main stock route-about so yards
wide we started up lane between
two of Mr.. Killicohe's paddocks.' Sud
Il denly Mr.. Richards, who was driving
stopped the car, as Killicohe haC
sighted mob of kangaroos. whose
heads showed over the salt bush il
the paddock to the left. They were
in full retreat, but stopped at about
300 yards distance, and Mr.. Killicoht
opened the ball by touching one VI
| In1 10
] garoo turned towards the stock rout'
, and, quickly turning the car, we par
) allied his course, 800 yards away dow
!, the lane at full speed, in an effort t.
: catch him in the stock route and fore
/ him to run down between the fences
t However, our top speed was no
!, enough to do the trick, and, taking
both fences like a bird, he crossed in
to another paddock in hail of sho
Ifrom the racing car. Luckily, gat
+ was near. and wasting no ceremon
| lover. the latch we burst open and rae
ed after the roo. We're handicappe
in this paddock by numerous rabbi
| warrens and bushes. also one bad gu
ly to cross, and the roo beat US to tn
next fence. In spite of bunny goins
one or two more bullets had reache
him, and he was firing. No gat
here, so four posts were quickly pull
ed out of the dry ground, the wire
held down with our feet, and over cam
the car. Away again at 40-mile eli
with bullets flying freely. More reach
ed their mark, and putting the speede
meter up to 45, on comparativel
level ground, we drew up to the fas
tiring roo, and Mr.. Killicohe settle
him with the shotgun as we cam
alongside. Yours truly was so excite
over all the fun that he painted whe
it was over.
/ Retracing our own tracks we memo
ed the fence and gate, and. agai
started up Killicohe's lane, which wa
about so feet wide. Were going at
/ good speed when suddenly five roc
jumped up inside the lane, and jus
ahead. Opening out wide we wei
well upon them before they game
full speed. Shooting from a car gt
ing 45 miles per hour over roug
ground, and a bounding shadow,
not easy, but inside 400 yards fou
were dropped, and the other escaped b
leaping a side fence at full spec,
Aunger and myself accounted fo
three of them with our rifles, an
/ both being new at the game receive
much praise for our shooting, an
were rather puffed up, particularly a
Killicohe and Richards stated that
was the fastest, most exciting run
and the quickest killing they had eve
seen. Turning, we raced back, droE
| ping man near each cripple to ru
him down and finish him. Then, picE
I inr TO thn
of the lane, and leaving our five viz
TINS at the gate, entered the paddoc
which was to see our best hunting.
II Almost Immediately we put up al
other mob of five, and after hard ru
of about mile, bagged three of thel
| AS the last one dropped, and befo1
we could slow, a fresh mob jump
ed up ahead, and after another run {
nearly mile, to the end of the pae
dock, we landed two of them.
II Running back over our own track
to pick up the dead or dying 'roos W
made two hard runs after single roo
landing both of them. and bringing ou
total up to twelve.
L Running back to Mr.. Killicohe
boundary riders hut we had lunc
from our hampers at 2 o'clock, cor
sumlng three gallons of not tea wit
it Temperature about 95 degrees
the shade, and no shaded.
After lunch we made three run
resulting in six more 'roos and on
emu. | made one very good double
| with the shot gun, stopping two fly
| ing 'roos as they crossed in front {
the car with the right and left barrel
The car was going As and the roc
II fully 55, as when we drew alongsid
100 yards away at 45-mile bat the
easily extended themselves, forge
ahead and crossed in front of US.
II By this time we had enough, an
returning to the hut cut off the /
tails, and left the carcasses for til
| boundary riders to skin. After SON
| little tyre trouble we reached Burr
at o'clock
II Leaving Burra at 6:20 in Aunger
Speedster, we made a nonstop run