NATIONALITIES OF PIGEONS

 

There are some good birds and many bad in most countries. It is a fact that the contemporary racer is a mixture of diverse origins, often from many countries in the world. I have introduced birds from Belgium/Holland/ Scotland/ Germany and England etc over the years. It is how they have reacted to my breeding and racing system, with results that have made me decide on their value and not a bias towards the country of origin. Any birds will prevail or not prevail in the distances that you race, although I like a versatile background with some sprinters in the make up. I stretched birds of 600 mile origins out to 879 miles through the basket. Michael Feeney has some 1000 mile bloodlines-I expect some of the progeny to sprint. Denney and I found this out through the distances in the programme. Whatever the Nationality of origin, every bird born is a distinct individual. I would like to read about Japanese/Russian/Canadian and Swedish birds to see how they perform and the characters that race them??

 

 

Jim Emerton

 

 

 

SUCCESS WITH DIFFERENT FAMILIES AND STRAINS

 

There is no one strain that is superior to others, since they are all of mixed origins. The essence of success is in the hands of the fancier who races them. The birds are diverse and of mixed genetic origins. People like Gilbert and Denney have used birds of many origins. I do like to experiment with birds of great breeding potential, yet our top stock hen was given to us from my old breeding. If you fly well a really good producer for you can light up your results and have a profound influence on a strain you may create. Bearing in mind the influence of loft, home and racing the fancier creates a strain to take his name, which will all be individual birds, yet perhaps with similar traits and some inbreeding. A good fancier will be able to have success with many types of racing pigeon, due to the condition he creates.

 

 

Jim Emerton

 

 

THE GREAT STRAINS OF TODAY

 

There are men, who against all odds, have battled on for years to do great things through guts and balls with birds of their breeding and racing. The essence is the mastery they demonstrate to the art/craft and science of distance racing. They are British and as good as any in the world at their chosen distances. Others find it hard to emulate their results and charisma, even after obtaining birds from them. In a society that celebrates and denigrates the famous, I bring you Neil Bush/Chris Gordon/Brian Denney and Jim Donaldson - who persist in dropping birds over 700 miles. Marco Wilson and Trevor Robinson raised the bar at 800 mile plus flying at Barcelona Int. into England - I still fancy that some will try and negotiate the Pyrenees on their way to the roost. My favourite bird of the modern era is the champion Marco Wilson cock- I have two children for outbreeding and we like the Polish 1000 milers.

 

 

Jim Emerton