The New Yorker, November 19, 1938 P. 13
Talk story about R. Luff Meredith, a falconer of Boonton, N.J. Capt. Meredith has five hawks, one a gyr-falcon, a native of Greenland. The four others are American duck hawks. Duck hawks are the fastest breed of American falcons, when they drop on their prey they attain a speed approaching 175 miles an hour. He gives his birds a work-out every day, exercising them over the local airplane landing field, there there is no game and no hunters. He says falconry is not cruel, because the birds either make a clean kill or lose the prey altogether. Sally Rand consulted him about the possibility of getting a falcon to use in her dance, instead of a fan or a bubble.