Big Winners

[Buster121]

Totally understand Devo
I saw 45,000 libbed by the unc
I was runner up for a car at 16 years old against 11,000 so I get there was more birds years ago
It’s probably a different subject though
Even with the interesting article I can’t see where the explosion had come from in sprinting Grizzle pigeons not to the extent where the percentage is so high
No one is daft enough to believe Grizzle means they go faster than another colour
Some will many won’t
I guess it’s down to money and in 10 years it will be all reds or blues like any fashion

Neil my grizzles had go faster stripes

[Diamond Dave]

Thought the original Roland Jansens were before them.?

[Diamond Dave]

So when I was a kid about 10 or 11 in the early 60's I used to keep pigeons off the church roof and kept them in a little shed.
I fancied racing some of them and got some rings from the RPRA. These rings were my pride and joy and I kept them in my pocket all the time.
Had a family visit to my uncle in London and opposite him lived a fancier who I went to talk to.
It turned out he had babies in the nest ready for ringing but hadn't received his rings yet, so I gave him mine.
As a thank you he bred me 2 proper racing pigeons and told me they were "Swiss Grizzles" which were also my pride and joy and one went on to win my first ever race when I was about 12.
I had to give up the birds a year later when the family moved and never saw any pigeons until my own son was about 13 when I encouraged him to start.
I wrote a letter to the racing pigeon mag asking if anyone still kept the Swiss Grizzles hoping to obtain some for him.
It turned out that they were actually "Smiths Grizzles" and no-one had them anymore but someone sent me Mr Smiths stud book that I still have today. He was very successful with his grizzles at all distances.

[Diamond Dave]

I know its a bit off the subject but I love my grizzles and it is still about grizzles anyway.
In my little stock shed I have one black grizzle and one white grizzle.
Whatever I get from them, I name after star wars characters, so the black ones get named after the characters on the dark side and the light ones get named after the good guys.
I'm not a star wars freak but just did it as a bit of fun for the grandkids.
Just letting you know in advance Mike for when you do a sale of my winners.