HUNTING FOR SNAKES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17965, 15 December 1921, Page 9

HUNTING FOR SNAKES.

NEW FORM OF, SPORT.

All the country centres report a prolific season for snakes, but it is doubtful if there is a district anywhere in the State that can show a record like Kirkconnel, the home of Mr. John Miller, late M.L.A. for Bathurst, writes the Bathurst correspondent of a Sydney paper.

Mr. Miller has been keeping a tally, and states that the number already accounted for is well over 90, with returns still to come from one of the killers. Before the week closes he expects to easily top the hundred. Interest in the "sport 1 ' is keen. There are some IS killers, each, of whom is anxious to secure top figures for the season. So far the highest individual score is 17. Among those -who are actiye in the novel quest is little Master Blard, Mr. Miller's nephew. This little boy, who is only five years of age,* has accounted for three reptiles. The snakes are mostly of the black variety. A few days ago the little daughter of Mr. Albert Anderson, of Barmedman, was playing in the yard near her home when she put her foot on a snake, which curled itself up her leg. She immediately Ecrearned for helf, and her cries frightened the snake, which uncurled itself and wriggled away before the father could get a stick to kill it.