Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-13
FALCoNRY THE LATEST SPORT.
z Old Time English Fad Being Revived t1 for the Summer Girl.

York Sun. 1t is a splendid pastime for
 the young woman in need of physical
 upbuilding, for not only does it take
 her far afield, but the training of the
 hawk demands that much time be
 spent in the open air, as the bird
 must be carried on the fist for exer-
 else and flown to the lure.
 For the woman who is suffering
 from superfluous flesh the sport is 1 the best pastIme in the world A
 great deal of care. training and att
 tention are needed by the eyas, as the
 young bird is called. It must be fed
 at regular intervals bathed in the 1 morning, and hooded and put in the 1 news at night. -. Every day the bird must be "weath-
 cred" on his block. His feathers must
 be kept in perfect order. If one should l be broken, a perfect feather from an l old skin must be inserted by means of an impaling needle. The operation is painless to the hawk, and if properly done, the feather is quite as sight I ly and serviceable as the original one. Falconry has been revived in Eng land, and not even in medieval times were there more falcons or hawks in training than at present. About all the American girls who have married nglishmen--Lady Essex, the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Hesketh, among the number have established hawking news.
 Falconry is a sport eminently suit ed to women for many reasons. and 1 it is likely to become popular as it gets more generally known again. It has just that amount of charm and TO- nance about it which at all times is
 dear to woman's heart, no matter how sporting and "Weathered" she
 may wish to be thought.
 As there are as yet but few trained falcons in this country and these i'm portations, training ones own bird is part of the fun. Although it requires time and patience, one is quite repaid in the end, as the maiden on falconry
 bent will find when, with a well-train- ed falcon on gauntleted wrist, she joins in the sport in August and September.
 When you pay a visit to your friends this summer one of the first things to greet your eyes perhaps will be a TOW of falcons sitting on blocks on the lawn, each block standing in a circular bed of sand. The picture will be q pleasing one of the beautiful and strik- ing looking birds pluming their feath- CTS, stretching their wings and watch ing with their large. bright eyes every thing that moves in the sky.
 The woman of the manor will talk learnedly of eyas, jesses, lure, rufter- hool and inping needles, and much of her time will be spent in training her hawks
 The first stage of training a young haws or eyas is to accustom it to the hood, a leather headpiece, which is constantly worn, except when the bird is flown at its quarry or prey. It must l then be accustomed to the bells, jesses
 and leash. s
 The first two are always kept on the bird, the bells being attached by slips
 of leather to the legs and light swiv-
 el on the end of the leash can be hook
 ed in the rings. The leash is thin strap with silk cord at one end, few feet in length.
 Tn due time, after much betting and
 coaxing with bits of meat the bird will
 come to look on its mistress or mas: ter's fist as a favorite perch When calling a hawk to the fist. the same
 cry or whistle must always be given. 1 Of course. the bird is trained to do this unhooded.
 l The next lesson is to teach the eyas l to come to the lure, which is bunch
 of feathers with piece of raw meat l in the center, short cord being attach 1 ed to the lure.
 | 4o. 4. l ing is to teach the hawk to wait on. This is training 1t to follow it's master when it is on the wing.
 l To accomplish this the falcon is let
 loose in an open space, when it will
 circle round the falconer, looking for
 the lure. A pigeon must then be flown
 so that the falcon can easily catch it. l Having been put through this several
 times, the falcon, on being released, l will at once rise above the falconer
 and circle round looking for quarry. This is waiting on. A well-trained
 bird, on being cast off, will rise to some l height, and then wait on the falconer, from field to field, watching for him
 to flush the quarry. l The falconer must wear a thick gauntler glove on the left hand when 1 hawking. In the east faIconers al-
 ways carry hawk on the right wrist.
 There are many technical terms in
 connection with this fascinating sport, For instance, hawk is said to be
 hood-shy when it resists having it's
 hood put on, To man a hawk is to
 tame it and accustom it to strangers. 1 Two or more hawks are called a
 cast. The frame upon which hawks
 are sometimes carried to the field is a
 cadge The heighi ,o which a hawk,
 when waiting 10: game to be flushed, rises in tho air ip called its pitch. A hawk is sRid to ce blind when it
 seizes a bird Ano citngs to ie- Tho
 term Is property only applied to the
 seizure of large quarry. taken at a
 height in the air.
 A hawk is said to be foot well, or to
 be good footer, when it is successful
 in killing. Many hawks are fine ny-
 CTS. without being good Hooters. A