+-------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ | 1888. Sept. | 1 | 2 | 3 | +-------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ | | | | | | | G R R | M M G R | M M R RR | | Pearl | 1 0 1 | 0/0 1 1 1 | 1 1 0 1 | | | p | p a p | h a p p | | | | | | | | M M G M | M M R | | | Ruby | 3/4 0 1 1 | 0/0 1 ? L | (1) C | | | a p a pp | a | | | | | | | | | M R M R M | G G R | R | | Diamond | 1/4 1 0 0 1 | 1 1 0 | 1 | | | p p | a | | | | | | | +-------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ | Wind | Fresh. | Strong. | Moderate. | +-------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ | Weather | Cloudy. | Showery. | Hot. | +-------------+---------------+-----------+-----------+ Here, taking the first hawk's score, it appears that on the afternoon of September 1 she took one ground lark (G) (see Chapter IX.). Secondly, that she flew a ringing lark (R), which she beat in the air, forcing it to put in (p), and that it could not be found or got up again, and therefore does not count as a kill, but as a miss. Thirdly, that she flew and killed another ringer, and that after these two hard flights she was not flown again, but fed up. The next day, the wind being strong, she began with a double flight at a mounting lark, in which Ruby was her companion, and they bested the quarry, which put in, but could not be found; then flew a mounting lark (M), and took it in the air (a); and then a ground lark, which put in, but was routed up and taken. Finally, having killed a ringer, she was fed up and excused further flying. On September 3 the weather conditions were better, and in the afternoon Pearl flew a mounting lark, which put in, and was taken up by the hand (h). Had it been a good ringer probably it would have been kicked up instead, on the chance of a good flight; and if killed, the hawk might have been fed up. As, however, it was only a "mounter," it was thought best to keep the hawk for the chance of a ringer later on. The second lark, however, was also a mounter, and the hawk, having taken it in the air, was flown again Then came a ringer, which was well flown, and bested in the air, but escaped by putting in. At length there was a successful flight at a ringer, which, however, was not killed until it had been routed out from the shelter to which it had put in, and afforded a second flight. The double RR over the record of this item in the score shows that at the second start as well as the first the flight was a ringing one.