Have you ever wondered why the Hostel and Day Boy Houses at Jeppe High School for Boys are named after Buck

DUIKER, ELAND, IMPALA, KOODOO, ORIBI, ROAN, SABLE, TSESSEBE!

Sir Julius Jeppe was a big game hunter. He used to take shooting and fishing parties over from Johannesburg to Pretoria on weekends.

The Pretoria Country Club club was founded in 1910. Where the opulent clubhouse now stands, Sir Julius Jeppe had a somewhat more modest hunting lodge.

For his pioneering role in the development of Johannesburg he was knighted in 1922.

He envisaged a club with a lake, tennis courts, croquet lawns, an 18-hole golf course. It was one of the first places where golf could be played.

In a book by Jane Carruthers, "The Kruger National Park a Social and Political History", I found this photograph of Sir Julius Jeppe, Jan Smuts and John Rissik.

I found a free e-book called Records of Big Game by Roland Ward (published 1899).

Sir Julius Jeppe held so many records. I started pasting them all ( there were too many). I will paste the link below and you can read the entire book. It's very interesting! I also found a Major Rattray and a Mr Jackson ............ 😁

Please click on links below to read more about Sir Julius Jeppe's hunting records. His involvement with The Pretoria Country Club, The Kruger National Park and the Wanderer's Club.

Sources:

https://books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5QadPOI8b2xf4kdg7t1vwDdDoY-tuaoiXQ2o5GdyGRBwuTqk-lFQXWLLDFUHoZKzt8yw-mvO4XTfnFXh7JFCBTJf4mS-h1iD1dCIsPk4KVu2yqT0xLJBXViMcGKEXGhpf7lefvXqX__HJltY6ecVUIwCj1xc_BrOFvDJL17MxNrX-BJvx2YcwW1rkC4edF2cpvjG2l1--JakfGop6X_WTM-CULN0O6GPuuN7SoeOlYP6lNEOY55ueliI-RiA5n7viJYF4iuni

https://ptacc.co.za/about/history/

https://www.environmentandsociety.org/sites/default/files/key_docs/carruthers_kruger_np_0.pdf

https://www.thewanderersclub.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/chapter1.pdf