COURSING AND FALCONRY

This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and bright gilt Beaufort arms to the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. A dustwrapper is not called for. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The two books published here as a pair must still be amongst the least-thoroughly covered of the British Sports, and both retain their interest and utility. Chapters include - Coursing: The Waterloo Cup; A treatise on breeding; Practical greyhound breeding; Treatment of saplings; The greyhound in training; Enclosed coursing; Some celebrated greyhounds of the past; Opinions of noted coursers; Description and points of the greyhound; Some English coursing clubs, by Charles Richardson. Falconry: Introductory - the modern falconer, implements used, glossary of terms; The peregrine - eyasses, hacking - hawks, training - game hawking - records of sport - magpie hawking; The peregrine - passage hawks - advantages of - how caught - mode of training - heron hawking - rook hawking - gull hawking - passage hawks for game - lost hawks; Gerfalcon - kite hawking - hare hawking - merlins - how managed - lark hawking - the hobby - the sacre - the lanner - shahins - sport in India - other varieties of hawks used in falconry; The short-winged hawks - goshawks - how obtained - training - entering - rabbit hawking - various flights - the sparrow hawk - managment - blackbird hawking; Celebrated falconers - Scotch, Dutch, and English clubs - The Falconers' Club - Colonel Thornton - The Loo Club - The Old Hawking Club - Amateur falconers - famous hawks - records of sport; General management - mews - blocks - perches - bow-perch - bathing - condition - feeding - castings - imping - moulting - various diseases - general hints. Ref YY 5.…