The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-08

81. NAN"s "a Altl u pursued us-eesNa Il
The dove escaped. oWinE ;1 t5~ later I
V"-'.Hu 90 friendly trees. lr-ify W1s .
called North Immediately uf. -Fvtri /
tua he had no opportunity Co. ~ saFm .
further sf doves. which ar. the sa.tsea' 4
20 American tres. birds Ga continued .
t.zl-. tut this ErU!uE rIm uss b. ir-
.E-f- 80 try th.w ru. thoroughly. 90. .
ENpsT.- much sport. Eui it fs likely
shIt be- Vtii HuI &C. q. has long been
known that th. blue d1rsfr purlu.s
the dove. Indeed. dugjrE the hn.
months when there ar feU uuli's oh- .
'aiuabi" they live a'mNss wholly u1
doves
Ia.I,y says he finds ta1s a.s b.sls
suffer from slightly defective memo
ris-. That e.. they have tn 'e r.
taught tn some extent a. the begin
u.uE GO each season. UutiI th.y have
become broken ir aEaiu th.y are hard
e. to handle. less successful and slrW
more reluctance Co return u the wr-ss
or o. allow themselves 60 be captured.
In training thgs. birds be has brought
I 90 bear the experience gained from pre-
y!uus failures. tie says now thts BE-
can train any hawk 20 come tr Wsiss
and to remain with him until l. dies.
/ though he cannot force Do - pursue
game. tie begins by keeping the bird
IN hungry condition. II learns thai
I his presence and handling mean food
WheC this has become Impressed upon
! ID ne ties p!cc. OF quail dsSh 90
string. allows the bird 20 scent &c. and
then drlgs d aloug the ground. The
hawk. being hungry. follows. and j.
finally allowed To seize 10. The mex
step T. to whirl the bit OF flesh around
his head. and Tn a little while the bird
learns that u u wants II IL must iy for
Il. From this. inducing it TO ~ AZ
game u but a step. The bird which
has been kept since extreme youth
knows nothing really of freedom. and
looks upon its owner as tts legitimate
friend and associate. Iuslry has never
attempted to- tame and teach full
grown wild hawk. AID docs not believe
hat Il can be done with any % the
varieties common to this region. Both
} 81 his blue darters are extremely high
|, tempered and Combltivc. They have
+. struck him often. but ne has never
} chasiised them. lie has simply wrapp-
eel up h.s bleeding finger with the phi
: lisiphiCal remark that u j. hawk ma
ture and can't De- helped. ~ this sea
.. son OF the year their amatory Instinct.
lare awake and they must he keeps ftT
. (apart or they would kill each other.
r They du not TN the fed show any en-
2 moty. nor have they ever attempted "a
: find and follow female of their kind
P All OF their faculties seen tu he absorb
}. ed In the desire to slay.
In March are Iusley's best fljc1nlns
J days II u Just before the pairing Ee1-
] son and the quails are trongsr and
; wildes than at any Jims. They AIS
2 swif;er. too. and the capture of one OF
T them Is always a MOOT question unit
4 4 Haa Hrr hauTr4m "a
j the relative speed % pursucr and pur,
2 sued. Il may be ssid that the blue DART
I eT. under full Roadway. w.ll a. fiys
2 feet 10 the qultIs four. II taxes II
! longer To get going. however. A. 9
: starter the quail has no superior in tn,
u feathered kingdom. u - going a. f1s
( fifteen feet from the place whe-s i
y rose as Il u possible for % to- g1. The
r darter. On the contrary. does not gath
c or I'll 81 It's momentum insidc of fiftl
yards. IL the quail Is flushed upon. on'
1 side of field iO0 yards wide and lie
straight across. the hawk will nail !
< fifty yards from the convicted WOODS -
: which it Is making II. however. th'
: woods he less than eco yards distant
= the quail will probably escape. TIL
. hawk Is compelled To give up the chafs'
= within twenty-five yards OF the trees
r II needs that space In which IN Checi
: itself and slant upward so as to clea
Z their tons Otherwise T. would dasI
Z out is brains.
4 Inzley uses the hoods ga his bird
= only when riding along the road viii
r them. When the old pointer ne ha'
i Kept with him finds q bevy and come
: to a right stand. one OF the birds j
: taken in hand and its hood Is removed
Z Insley stands motionless with the biT,
H. EasH 4Hs4Ha hos
( he tells the dog to go ahend. TIL
: quails flush with a tremendous buzz
D and that instant Jack or Bill u tosse,
4 into the air. This is done because tn
= falconer says that the hood places IN
q bird At a heavy disldVant1gs. IL
}. needs a certain time to- become 1ccus
n toned to- the light. for. mobile as ar
n his eyes. the retina cannot tnsianta
o neously accommodate iaself To the sud
) den flood OF day. and a quail's figh
i a second or two means escape.
" The blue darter Is. To- use an old fal
conry term. noble. That j. to say.
takes its prey by a downward swoo
= from above. and not by gradually ove-
= hauling IL and striking 10 on the b1c
:, with its beak. Birds OF this kind wer
= called isnobls. Indeed Jack and Bi
: have lost many quails in shoT; Hight
I. because they wished 20 get a tttl
/, ahead % their prey and ten feet abov
= Il before stopping. In small fields tn
I. gives the quail much more oppoTtuutt
- 20 reach the shelterinE woods.
- II j. supposed that individual % IA
! blue darter species differ widely {
: characteristics. as the only two int
~ mate with man so differ. Jack g. Oh
= faster bird. and Bill Is the more indu.
- trious. Both hav. hot temper bt
= Jack has struck It's master FIVE tame
.r 30 Nh One. bi't "as lAe -uT'F slp'
10 I t - $50 NOR ,,Nll'.- !" s'i4' . y.
~ has dcsistsd from the pursuit only
- time TO save itself cracked skull .
=. broken wing. and fustsv .xne-sa vet