The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-25

of this breed. She is very thin be-
cause she is kept in racing condition.
While whipperts are monopoliZing
a good deal Of attention among
smart people there is an old and ex-
citing sport clamoring for a place in
America. 1t is falcOnry. In France
and England modern falconry now
throws a strong lure TO American
residents. Soon. they will bring it
nearer home An hours journey east
ward from Paris. the American in
search of adventure may offer his
glOved fist as the true perch of the
falcon, for the sport is one easily self
taught by those that have an innate
knack of things; a hand light enough
TO hood a hawk without frightening
him; deft enough to slip and tie the
jesses. The falconer must possess
also the tact and courage to take
from the fierce victor the quarry after
the KILN other words, to substitute
the lure for the prey.
Happily there are a goodly number
who now recognize that no country in
the world offers the abundant and
varied opportunities for falconry that
are to be found in America. Awaiting
the peregrine hawks, those trained for
the high flights, are cartridges, quail,
even the wild ducks; and for gos-
hawking, when one uses birds trained
for the low flight, a range of game
may be considered from wide-awake
hare and rabbits even to snarly
wolves. Hawking is, besides, the sport
of all others likely to stir chivalrous
and gamey instincts in both the seeker
and the sought. The fight is made in
mid-air, the participants being two
representatives of the feathered tribe.
The birds is not numerically taken
advantage of by a cunning invention
of man that spits fire at him and
against which he has no weapon of
defense.
1t costs little to keep a hawk, his
appetite being more moderate than
that of a good setter; moreover, he
will take and, if allowed, feed on his
own prey. Indeed, there seems to be
every reason to think that before long
hawking will have become quite as
popular in this country as any of the
other practiced ways of taking game.
Other women there are who care
nothing for stalking game, but who
keep their pets with them constantly.
With these the timid Japanese spaniel
is the prime favorite, perhaps because
these dogs can stand more fondling
and adulation than almost any other
breed. The cachet of smartnesS turks
also in the ability to take about with
one beautiful Jap, for plainly the
little creature indicates, along with
it's uniqueness, commercial value.
Some of these dogs cost from $500 to
$780, as even in Japan perfect speci-
mems of the breed are now becoming
scarce.
Other women detest a small breed
of dogs, and argue that the Scotch
collie is the most desirable pet upon
which to shower affection. Indeed,
they are capable of giving undoubted
pleasure to their owners, an attribute
not lightly to be set aside.
The radiantly colored macaw is
pluming himself about many of the
gay country houses. These birds, the
most beautiful of the parrot tribe. are
of even dispositions. and give tropi-
cal, luxuriant atmosphere to almost any
scene. Silence, however. with them is
golden, for their voices are unusual
ly harsh, almost equalling that of the
peacock.
John D Wing, of Millbrook, N. Y,
shakes himself free from the conven-
tionality of kennels and squaIlers and
pours out his energy in admiration of
a herd of black sheep. With infinite
care and the securing of miles of
country Mr.. Wing has succeeded in
getting together about seventy baa
baas, each as black as ink. There is,
perhaps, no other collection of these