The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-20
HAVING FUN WITH IN OWL.
The Ingenious. Sport of m Enth usia site
German Sportsman OF This City.

The Ingenious sport OF Enth usfastfo
German Sportsman OF This City.
Perhaps no people who come to this country
are more fond OF sport With shot gun. or get
more fun out OF II. than the Germans. They
| do not mind a little thing like a scarcity Of
game or how small the game is that is scarce.
A typical German sportsman will even go after
| sparrows and will deliberately dress for the
sport Of potting them with long leggings and
| an alpine hat decked with a feather. and q
game pouch slung from one shoulder
| One ardent sportsman OF this city has . most
ingenious and interesting method OF getting
| fun out OF . fowling piece. He has a great
white horned owl that be takes with him. He
goes down into Long Island to some secluded
spot where there is a com bination OF woodland
and farmland. He settles upon q place that
promises well. and then he finds tall post or
dead tree well exposed In open field or
| place. He takes his owl out OF his basket, fas-
tens q chain to one Of its legs. and fixes the
other end Of the chain to the top OF the post or
the lowest projection OF the dead tree-which-
ever II is that he has hit upon, This he does
He would not miss being there at daybreak
within thin and more than
follows would want to miss 1t either. 1t seems
that many kinds OF ieathered creatures detest
Chance cha 70 get fw az i0Pe "
these birds begin to appear. First night:
then dozen other sorts Of hawks one at q
time, and a king 6ird. perhaps; The chained
eyes in the growing light, and al unsaspieious
OF danger suddenly receives fearful blow in
into a'S monster Bullet T and hosn Or droppsd
orf SnosEed the the length OF
fsgsnbaeEs show to shame. For the owl e. sIt
grapples the hawk and bites out mouthsful Of
hawk feathers and hawk meat faster than
ny in little clouds. II It happens that the owl
uses both feet. as well as his beak. The hun
ter new appears b and isiGhtsai on the hawk
well deiinea against the SKY wa ~ - ~ anu
The owl flies back, to his post and sits there
sqf s BE- sad
like that OF his guard again; lie fatters him
self that he did his share in the trem sndous
mouthsial OF hawk that he bit out. hut above
all else the owl pridss himself that he Won't be
SO something else happens
Another hawk hits the owl. and again he IL
knocked to the ground and made 10 fight for
his lie turiOuslJ aztec a manner much sore
violent than what Is known as the eat-And-
That second hawk being driven away and
ns ana s OT to
the next interTuption OF the pastoral calm, IL
comes In the shame or couple OF kingbirds
irritable. tantalizing little torments. who nv
ami peck at the owl like two monster moslui-
toes. The owl IS by this time thoroughly awake
and aroused. He beats the air with his wings
fights with his beak. and displays intense ac-
tivity and anger. At times ne lifts himself of
the perch aud then the chain drRgs him down
TO the ground. That Is when the sportsman
makes away with his tormentors.
N this way the novel sport Is kept up until
the sun 10 high above the horizon at which |
time the relays OF birds who hate an owl cease
to appear The owl has the most exciting time |
that can possibly be imagined. He is only to
be compared to football In q college match,
He fights TO the last and utters no complaint
though II Is possible that the men who oppose
cruelty to animals would argue that he Is not
happy No one would say that OF his MISTER, |
the sportsman. for that parsonage Is the sub |
Ieet Of raptuTous delight