The morning times., 1896-05-24
The Woman of Today Is Finding
Pleasure in the Outside
Amusement of the Old
Time-Training the
Falcons.

swell friends, one Of the first objects 10
greet your eyes will be, perhaps, a row OF
falcons sitting on blocks on the lawn,
each block standing IN a circular bed OF
sand. The birds have had their morning
BATH, and are being ''weathered.' The
lady or the manor will talk learnedIy OF
"eyas,' ''jesses,' "Tufter hood, lure
and 'imping needle and much OF her time
will be spent in training her falcons that
they ma y be ready for the autumn sport
FaIConry is bound TO be popular with
women, when once introduced, for il has
just that amount of charm and romantl-
cism about il which at all times is dear
10 wOman's secret heart.
The young Duchess OF Marlborough has
already become initiated into the sport
at Blenheim- LenOx is an ideal place for
falcOnry in the autumn, with any number
or pretty girls to take part in the pasfime
RULES FOR TRAINING THE HAWKS.
The first step in training a young hawk
or "eyas'' is to accustOm il to the hood.
which is made of leather and constantly
Worn, except when the bird is flown at
it's quarry or prey. The jeSses, leather
straps, fastened TO the legs OF the birds
and the leash, a thin strap with a siiken
cord attached, complete the outfit, and
is part of the training. With petting and
coaxing the bird finally consents 10 rest
upon her mistress wrist, and in calling
hawk the same cry or whistle must be
always used This part of the training IS
carried on with the hawk unhOOded-
The next lesson is TO teach her TO come
70 the lure. which is bunch OF feathers
concealing a bit of meat short cord
is attached, and being held in the hand OF
an attendant tHere is where the page
proves his Use and WORTH is waved in che
air. The bird soon learns 10 fly to it,
Ueing east OFF, by It's fair MISTRESS the
falcOner.
The first flight at live quarry must be
a pigeon, held by a long cord By degrees
the hawk is flown at wild game-qUaiI
ducks, wOOdcock, snipe, and bIackbirGs-
The next step III its training is 10 teach
the bird 10 wait Cn''-that IS, 10 follow
the faiconer from field 10 field when ON
the wing and 10 circle around, waiting for
a quarry 10 be flushed.
Ii bird has the misfortune TO break
a feather. the inpiBg nes-f3e - brought into
TegUIsition. and perfect feather from
an old skin is inseTted-an absolutely
painless operation 70 the hawk.
No other sport Ia tHe wOrld makes Use.
OF more technical terms than faIcCnry; and
10 be able TO talk giibIy II "hooGshy."
carry" plume" and pitch shows the
practical falconer.
HoOJshy when hawk objects TO hav-
ing its hoOi put On: carTy-a ha wk is said
to carry when she flies away with the
quarry on the approach of the faIconer;
piume-a hawk plumeS a bird when she
pulls off the feathers, and pitch has refer
enCe to the height TO which hawk rises in
the air when waiting for game tObe flushed
THE ACTUAL SPORT.
High in the air mounts Katinka or White
Lady-eitheron Que a COED name for a faIcon-
wheeHng round in long, graceful sweeps
higher and higher; the siIvery. echoes OF
her Indian tells sounding fainter and vet
fainteras she circles heaven ward Presently
a flock OF bIa ckbirtisi Up aud away. 5 vviftIv
katinka stoops on her quarry; the chase is
a short one, bird Les on the ground be-
meath her CaptCT dead, and apS are thrown
high in the air at The Kill
White Lady Is e .PdSed peXt. but missing
her prey flies off toward the woods. the
lure Is thrO wn 10 heT and with the cry Hull
up. hilIoyer, huIlup, hillover," she comes
back ike lightning and a few moments
ateT : on the wrist and hooded.
one of the chief charms OF i falConry ia
that il 5 fair weather sport and n VIC
man can so forth with a haw king party
clad IN silks, satins. and flowing feath-
erS-at least. n medieval times fair
ialCpGGFS CTSSSe1 IS EdNIy as when at
tired for a ball: and now we may expect
to see women who are starting out with
their falcons as pictGrcsqueIy attired as
for an afternoon tea or garden party.
STARTING A NEWS.
Like many other sports, hawking is most
successfully carried on by means of clubs
and doubtless If the spoFtsmen on Long
Island who have ordered an instaument
Of trained hawks succeed with the sport,
all the country clubs viii follow the lead
aud have a news of kaW kS-perhapS forty
OF fifty in number IN such case. the ex-
pcuse for each member who cares to go in
for hawking viii bc trifl.ng, and the birds
will he trained by the faIconer.
The hawks used IN faICOnTy are OF two
the true falcon, or long
winged hawks: second. the sEOItwinged
or true hawks or these, The species most
used are the peTegTiue, which is found in
all quarters of the globe. The cost of start
ing a private news of hav ks would Ge-
pend, of course, whether you wished 20
train ono or several. Twenty-Five dollars
would be fair estimate for tw O birds win
ie>ses, bells, aud leash. If birds are i'm
ported the cost would he more nearly one
hundred dollars
If in England. one should visit the Old
Ha W king club and sec some of their trained
birds. which have records, ''LadN Jane
Grey for instance, or the Empress OF
'YcSta." There are more hawks in train
ng n England ut pIescnt. both by profess
>iOualS and amateurs than ever before in
the history of the sport.
DIANA CROSSWAYS.