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The encyclopaedia of sport (1897)

Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 407

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Fig. -Rufter Hood, Side .\nd Front, trainer from a distance when on the wing, andit must therefore be associated in the birdsmind with reward for obedience and with food.For training purposes, it is u,sually constructedof a bent piece of metal such as a horse-shoe. … ■,r v\ falconry] THE ENCYCLOP.KDIA OF SPORT 369 well padded with tow and covered with leather,the object being to make the lure too heavy tobe carried and so soft that a hawk cannot injureitself by stooping hard at it. This paddedhorse-shoe is then covered over with the wingsof birds so as to…

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