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What Is a Good Pigeon

 

 

JIM EMERTON ASKS

WHAT IS A GOOD PIGEON?

It is so simple, being fit for purpose. Some folk may have an inkling or sensory awareness of quality on occasions - we call it stock sense. To cut through the complexity of any selection theory criteria, opinions or other human, subjective judgements, allow me to tell you how to find a good bird. In reality a child can do it.

A good racer will perform to your satisfaction in actual races, and under each set of race conditions is a sure way of finding out. The purist fancier proves good birds by racing them, hard fact results are the evidence, black, white and beautifully easy. The corollary is that good breeders breed good pigeons. The essence of this simple and practical philosophy is the management skill of the fancier.

There is a system and formula for racing at all levels, and some people have cracked the modus operandi - how to do it. Behind the dreams, myths, imagination and the personalities of folklore, basic racing as an entity is simple. It intrigues me that the big race, i.e Barcelona International has never been won in the UK - it is possible, and may be done by men who aspire to conquer the near impossible. The mantra then is SEND EM.

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Elimar - March 2014