Parowan Times | 1937-12-03 | Page 5 | Hawking, Horseback Sport, Popular with Hungarians

hawking horseback sport popular with hungarians Hung arians hawking is done mostly on horseback and much the same sort of terrain is required as for following hounds the plains of hungary where the country is just rough enough to be exciting an and d where birds are numerous is favorable for hunting and that doubtless is is one of the reasons that falconry has never died out there observes a writer in the new york times training the birds either those born in captivity or captured hawks these are the laggards hag gards is an important and difficult part of preparation for hunting the hawks are taught at fi first to follow a lure a very short distance and the lure comes to mean food to them later on the live prey takes the place of the lure hawks are taken out hooded and leashed leasher on the ahe wrist of the mounted huntsman and cast off when the game is sighted then the trained bird mounts until it is a speck in the sky alle she stoops that is launches herself like a plummet from high above to strike the prey the hunter follows the pursuit to be in at the death and recapture the hawk