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THE HISTORY OF UNCLE SAM This is the history of one of the greatest lines of Racing Pigeons that has ever been introduced into Australia. Considering that we have had the very best of the British pigeons, including Harrison, Logan’s, Dukes etc, and the best of pigeons from the continent, including Janssen, Daudens, etc, which have arrived in to Australia by various means, this remarkable line of pigeons has proved so superior to these excellent imported pigeons at distances from 200 miles to 800 miles that this is the first time that the following story backed up by authentic documentation will enable Australian fliers to appreciate the pool of genes that has dominated distance racing pigeons in Australia without the realisation of where these pigeons' pool of genes originated.

The history is one of intrigue, as there appears to have been a deliberate attempt not to give this family the credit that it deserved. In fact, some of Australia's best fliers have obtained these pigeons that have been their major Federation Winners and claimed that they were part of their own family of pigeons. The line has dominated up to the present day in NSW, VIC, SA, Qld, Tasmania and WA. Where did this line come from and what family of pigeons does it belong to? In two words UNCLE SAM.

The Bushel Brothers of Sydney purchased Uncle Sam and a number of other long distance pigeons from Dr Shilling in America.

Attached in is a 1919 sale notice of squeakers for sale for $5 each from Uncle Sam and SIGHIDE. (Appendix 1)

The photo of Uncle Sam is included with a history of these American pigeons imported by the Bushel Brothers. (Appendix 2)

The catalogue states that Uncle Sam was Bred By Mr Lentz of Fort Wayne from a combination of the Shillings, Beach and Nahrwolds families of pigeons. This pair was mated together, the result of the mating is not known to the author at this stage. (Although we do know that Jack Moxey when he worked at Arnott’s in Sydney received the Little Un-rung Cock from Bushel’s son who was a director or that company. He stated that he was from the Uncle Sams. This formed the basis of the Moxey Line.)

Mr Bushel then sold the pigeons in 1925

Attached is an extract from the catalogue of the dispersal sale of Mr Bushel’s pigeons in 1925,of UNCLE SAM and SIGHILDE. (Appendix 3) The performance and the breeding of UNCLE SAM, SIGHILDE and her father HOGAN would make even the greatest fliers today wish that they had a pigeon half as good as any one of this family remembering that these performances were in pre 1918! (Appendix 4).

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THE HISTORY OF UNCLE SAM .................................................................................... 9

Ted Chester. ................................................................................................................. 10

EXTRACT FROM BUSHELS CATALOGUE ............................................................... 16

INFORMATION............................................................................................................... 17

CHARACTERISTICS OF BIRDS IN THIS FAMILY ................................................... 17

UNCLE SAMS .................................................................................................................. 19

FORWARD................................................................................................................... 19

THE KEYS TO THE UNCLE SAMS .............................................................................. 19

UNCLE SAM CHESTER LINE....................................................................................... 19

THESE ABOVE PIGEONS FORMED THE FOLLOWING BRISBANE FAMILIES OF

UNCLE SAMS .............................................................................................................. 19

THE RANDALLS UNCLE SAM LINE........................................................................... 20

RON SCOTT/ BALF UNCLE SAM LINE. ..................................................................... 20

THE OLD BOY LINE OF THE UNCLE SAMS............................................................. 22

SUBSETS........................................................................................................................... 22

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Ted Chester

At Mr Bushel’s sale UNCLE SAM and SIGHILDE were purchased by Mr Ted Chester of Brisbane and these two pigeons were mated together and several birds were bred from them and placed into a special section of his loft that was a converted ‘chook’ pen. As Mr Chester could not read or write no records were kept. It was his inability to read or write that eventually lead to his being fined for having the wrong number on an entry sheet. The result was that he no longer wished to participate in the sport. His pigeons were then given to his wartime friend Mr Mills in Gympie. Stanley Parks purchased those pigeons from Mr Chester in part payment for a kitchen that he built for those birds that were let out by Mr Mills and returned to Brisbane. In his will Ted Chester left considerable funds to the QPF that was contested by his family. The family won. It appears they had a crystal ball! His long time friend Mr Bill Charmers assisted him in his breeding and racing of these pigeons and it is from this knowledgeable gentleman that the beginning of the history of this Brisbane arm of this family can be told. The birds from this mating were placed in a section of the loft and it was found that they had an inability to race being from an old hen and Uncle Sam, a close relation. These pigeons were predominately smutty blue checkers and as they were inbred they produced smutty to smoky blue bars with the occasional pied. Old Brisbane family was instigated from these pigeons from UNCLE SAM UNCLE SAM was also mated to the best hen available in Brisbane at the time the result of which was a winning strain of distance pigeons that became known as the Bowen Blues. These pigeons were predominantly Blue Bar Pied and dominated Brisbane distance pigeon racing for many years. Ted Chester allowed only selected pigeons from the pure UNCLE SAM line to go to any other lofts. The first three of these pigeons inbred daughters of UNCLE SAM went to Mr Vic Fletcher and because of reasons only known to that gentleman no other person was to know he obtained them except Mr Charmers. Mr Vick Fletcher obtained from Ron Scott a son of Combat by a daughter of UNCLE SAM from which had been bred by Bill Charmers and called him OLD BOY.

Bill Charmers obtained Combat from Mr Hickey from Toowoomba.

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COMBAT was a smaller pigeon than the UNCLE SAM line being a line that threw black checkers, reds with a splash of black through them and the occasional pied .He was bred in 1919. OLD BOY was mated to the three inbred daughters of UNCLE SAM obtained by Mr Vic Fletcher from Mr Chester. One being a sister to Mr Chester’s Longreach Fed Winner, one was a Morvan winner and the other was an unraced hen bred for stock who possessed a brilliant smutty green eye sign. It was from the pairing of these pigeons and their progeny that Vick Fletcher bred numerous Federation winners in Brisbane and Sydney and during this period he and Mr Chester dominated distance flying in Brisbane even against the famous English Harrison’s imported by Mr Knoblauch. A son from this mating produced the Bibby Cock and his brothers, the Tick Eye Cock and the Red Ringer. These Fletcher pigeons formed the basis for families for a number of fliers including Claudie Woodford, Harry Gill, Martin Curley, Mick McGinnus, Hank McQuade and Reg Shipton. During this period Vin Blandon who lived in Brisbane was gifted three pairs of the Uncle Sam from Ted Chester and moved to Melbourne for a short period before settling in South Australia. He took these three pair of the UNCLE SAMS from Ted Chester with him to Melbourne. There he made contact with a Mr Latchford and left one pair with him. Upon moving to South Australia he exchanged pigeons from the UNCLE SAMS to Mr Latchford in Melbourne. These three pairs of the UNCLE SAM pigeons were the basis for the Blandon family of pigeons. From these were formed the Goodyer and the Elliot Hen Lines in South Australia.. Scotty McLean’s Line of pigeons was formed from a cross between his Uncle Sam Queenslanders and his black Logan Hansen. He exchanged pigeons with Vin Blandon. Black Prince, which formed the Burton Hansen line, was directly from the Scotty Mclean line of Uncle Sams. (Source from Ted Brown and G Bashford) Smiler Eves a cycling partner of Mr Chester also managed to obtain the Uncle Sams from Ted Chester. During this period Smiler took a ship to London. He returned with several pigeons from the Kings lofts. Although there were extensive efforts to find them by Scotland Yard and the Australian police, the authorities were unable to locate these birds. The K 8 Letter blood was created by Mr Eves. The K representing the Kings pigeons and the 8 representing the 8 letters in U N C L E S A M.

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Mr Len Gates obtained some of these pigeons from Mr Eves. One night he and a Mr xxx ( still alive) decided to take a sugar bag and select some of these pigeons for their own use. Mr Eves who had very poor eyesight heard a noise in his loft and grabbed his 308 aimed and fired. The bullet pierced the loft 6 inches above the door as Mr Gates was retreating from the loft with the birds. Reg Shipton would lend the Uncle Sam Bibby cock to Ron Scott at the end of each breading season. The first pigeon to fly Townsville 700 miles in Brisbane was for Len Beasley was bred by The Bibby Cock by Ron Scott..

THE O TOOLES The KEY to the O’Toole line is HPC 1953 203 who ran 4th in the Mackay federation 500 miles. He in turn was stocked and was the sire of 9428 1st Federation Mackay. O’ Tooles sale catalogue contained 26 pigeons from this 203 line. He was bred from the pinch pair from Tom McManus and gifted to the O’Tooles by Mr Tommy Holmes, a brother in-law of Mr Len Gates. The O'Toole brothers were able to obtain a number of daughters of OLD BOY from Mr Fletcher who had bred them by mating OLD BOY to the daughters of UNCLE SAM.

These hens were from the Longreach winner, the Morvan winner and an unrung hen obtained by Mr Fletcher from Ted Chester via Bill Charmers. These helped to formed the O’Tooles line of smash winners. Their famous pair of 1644 and 2002 was actually in bred to both these UNCLE SAM lines from Vic Fletcher and the Mc Mannus line. The K8 Letter blood in this pair and other old Brisbane strains are of the Uncle Sam line. Contrary to all catalogues, OLD BOY was not a son of Knoblauch COMBAT but a grandson of the Hickey Combat inbred to daughters of UNCLE SAM. All the pigeons which show in catalogues as being from Fletchers COMBAT could only be from the UNCLE SAM line from Ron Scott or Vick Fletcher as Mr Bill Charmers stated that there were no pigeons of COMBAT from any other source but from the 1918 combat that he had obtained from Mr Hickey in the Fletcher lines. Herb Knoblauch’s COMBAT was still alive in 1958. He was an Evans Thoroughood. His parents were bred in 1923. He was rung with a 1934 ring. This Knoblauch Line has proven to be a non-event as they have disappeared from any winning lines in Brisbane. One must question the motive of how a pigeon born between the wars by parents who were born after World War 1 could be called Combat. Mr Clary Latchford of Melbourne in the presence of Mr Ron Scott, Mr Herb Knoblauch and Mr Bill Charmers purchased three pigeons of the UNCLE SAMs from Mr Chester. From these pigeons the famous Pharr Lap was bred to win three Federations. From evidence in

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records it appears that these pigeons became Mr Latchfords Miracle and when crossed with the Harrison’s became the Balf Harrison line. Mr Clary Latchford also purchased some of the Chester Uncle Sams in the 1960s from Stanley and Nobby Parks paying 500 pounds for an unraced Uncle Sam yearling pigeon. Mr Scott, Mr Fletcher and Mr Knoblauch both obtained pigeons of the line from Mr Latchford, as they were unable to obtain any more directly from Mr Chester. The Brisbane Balf line is made up in part from an Uncle Sam Cock from Vin Blandon by a Balf Harrison Hen a son of which was obtained by Ron Scott from Mr Latchford and was mated to a hen from Ron Scott’s original number one pair who were also pigeons from the UNCLE SAM line from Ted Chester. The Brisbane Baffs of Carmody and Slone are in bred to this Uncle Sam line. Mr Knoblauch's pigeons of the UNCLE SAM line obtained from his friend Mr Latchford and Noel Randall became the Knoblauch Miracle Harrison. The next two cocks and one hen birds from the UNCLE SAM line were those obtained by Bill Charmers from the very best of Ted Chester’s UNCLE SAM line. These two cocks were given to his nephew Tom McManus and were Brothers to Ron Scots number one hen and her Brother, which were the foundation of Ron Scott’s family. These two McManus cocks and the Longreach Fed Winner hen (650 miles) of Ted Chester formed the 30-pound pair of the Randall’s line and the 203 line of the O’Tooles. This wonderful line of pigeons from the Randall’s and the O’Tooles line have dominated middle and distance pigeon racing in Brisbane and other states for the last 50 years.

Those three pigeons were stolen from Tom McManus loft. Ted Brown who stood cockatoo that night whilst Mr Gates placed the three pigeons in a sugar bag, told the account of the history of the Uncle Sams at Mr Gates funeral in the presence of Mr Lee, Mr McCormick , Mr Beetham, Graham Blackmore and Mr Althaus. He also revealed how he took one pair of squeakers from this pair to Mr Herb Knoblauch and one pair to Sir Douglas Wadley who then arranged for Mr Gate to fly pigeons in Mr Knoblauchs club QRPA as Mr Gates had been disqualified from flying in QHS in his area. Mr Brown also trained racehorses for Mr Bushels son and had an intimate knowledge of the history of their birds revealed to him by Mr Bushell. Two squeakers were left in the nest when these birds were stolen and when Mr McManus found them in the morning without their parents he immediately gave one to Mr H Baraclough and the other to Ted Knopf to rare. These pair of pigeons went on to breed a line which bred a number of federation winners. With the rings removed these three stolen pigeons were then placed under Mr Gates house roof but when the police became involved they were then transferred to Mr Tom Homes loft.

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Mr Tom Homes was assisting the detectives search for these pigeons. The head of one of those stolen cocks is still preserved in Formaldehyde. Their rings are preserved. All the records of their progeny are still in existence. Their performances were exceptional in stock including a 1st a 2nd and 4th in the Longreach 650 mile Federation, 1St Bowen Federation 600 miles, 3rd Mackay Federation. The lines formed around those three pigeons and their brothers and sisters in Brisbane are outstanding. The problem has been that few of the fliers today know the actual origin of their lines of pigeons. This has led to extensive inbreeding. Pigeons from Randall’s UNCLE SAM line have won major distance Federations in all states of Australia including Western Australia even up to 2001. Mr Tom Gollagher obtained a bird also from Ted Chester of the UNCLE SAM line being a brother to these McManus cocks and the Ron Scott pair of pigeons. This line has won numerous distance Federation races in Brisbane. It formed the 6262 Mortimer line. Listed below are selections of pigeon fliers in Brisbane whose performance at the distance can be attributed to the UNCLE SAM Line on which they have based the majority of their winning middle and distance pigeons, some producing remarkable performances that is common to the UNCLE SAM line such as smash winners, distance race point record holders and night fliers and almost without exception all of these gentleman were average fliers before obtaining the UNCLE SAMs. Ron Scott, Herb Knoblauch, O'Toole Brothers, Bob Watton, Noel Randall, Russel Beetham, Rod Hatherly, Vick Fletcher, Ted Chester, Stanley Parks, Bill Sloan, Kevin Carmody, Hacking and O`Sullivan, Brian Daley, Niel Mortimer or in other words the domination of Federation average point winners for the last 60 years in Brisbane. Mingled with these are individual Federation winners too numerous to mention from average fliers who had obtained an UNCLE SAM from someone. These lines include the O'Tooles, The Scotts, The Balfs, The Randalls and have often been referred to as the Old Brisbane Family against which have been tested pigeons from all the best lines from other states of Australia and imported European lines. These introduced lines have met with very little success competing in Brisbane and interstate against this freakish family of racing pigeons. In fact the UNCLE SAMs have dominated distance racing on three continents including America as the Trenton line, in Australia as, for want of a recognisable name, The Old Brisbane Family and in Europe these pigeons from the Randall’s UNCLE SAMs have been flown in England by a Mr Bill Tracy and before his death, outperformed the English Pigeons in winning several races. Mr Van Horen took a number of these Randall Uncle Sams to Holland and they won major distance races in Holland.

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Eight eggs arrived in England from the Lot one line and the resulting youngsters won a 600 mile race from Barcelona and a 900 mile race from St Sebastian. The following year their son won 22 prise and all pools in Pau.i This is a brief background to the UNCLE SAM line of pigeons that will give you some insight into this remarkable family line of racing pigeons that contain the most dominant pool of genes in Australian racing pigeons.

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EXTRACT FROM BUSHELS CATALOGUE

C W Bushel 126 Parramatta Rd ASHFIELD

UNCLE SAM (Imported)(America) Blue Checker Cock E 4396-16 Dr Shilling. A world champion long distance racing pigeon bred and flown by Mr G. Lentz of Fort Wayne H.S. Performance 1916 As a youngster flew 100, 200, 300 and 500 miles. 1917 100, 200, 300, 500 and 1011 miles breaking world 1000 miles record for a yearling. 1918 100, 200, 300, 500 and 1011 twice, being first pigeon in the world to fly 1000 twice in

one season. When sent to last 1000-mile race he had only returned from the previous 1000-mile race 3 days before. Last race proved a smash.

Dr Shilling loosing both of his candidates but UNCLE Sam’s wonderful stamina carried him through. He is a long caste pigeon and possesses the finest flights and wing I have ever seen on a pigeon of his size. Price sold 25 Pounds. Purchaser gets "Sighilde" free with him. See Hens in catalogue.

SIGHILDE ;Blue Checker Hen

B 2421-1912. The famous American stock hen. She cost me 12 Pounds landed. She is not for sale owning to her age but goes with UNCLE SAM as a gift. She bred well last year. HER SIRE "Hogen” flew 1011 miles five times and has held speed record for five years. 1011-mile races 1904 - 8 days 8 hours

1906 - 6 days 11 hours 1907 - 2 days 9 hours, breaking record 1908 - 5 days 2 hours 1909 - 5 days 7 hours

HER DAM "Swanhide" dam of Horand, 100m four times and Margrooe 100 mile three times.

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Sighilde has bred the following:

HUNOLT 1000 miles. HUGEN 1000 miles. HUNGAR 1000 miles ROLBRANT 500 miles same day bird HUNGAR also 500 miles on same day

Information

Book Trenton’s American 1000-mile strain.

Characteristics of birds in this family

* What must be stressed more than any other characteristic is that UNCLE SAM is a pool of dominant genes and can resurface in any generation.

· Half Moon across the back below the neck, a characteristic of Grooter family · Eye Sign wide green and serrated almost over the eye

Eyes red with a golden yellow flame, yellow with a yellow eye sign, and the best breeders having a green eye sign with a full circle

· Broad beak flat back · Last four flights are long and narrow with a twist as a feature. With 11flights common

in the family. . The feathers under the wing are square. · Boat shaped broad across the back not real deep, heavy boned, large breast bone,

strong in back · Wattles with large cracks Pied throughout the family. A flat top to their head. * The flying gait of the UNCLE SAM can only be described as that of a breaststroke

swimmer compared with that of a butterfly swimmer. The Sams gait is likened to the kick of a breast stroke swimmer as the pigeon flies, compared to the European pigeon who butterfly with their wings as they fly. The SAMS gait is extremely economical. Hence its outstanding performance in head wind and smash races.

* Sometimes a white tick will appear on the eye or neck. WHAT WERE THE ORIGINAL LINES OF UNCLE SAM? Although no documentary evidence exists as to the exact bloodlines of Uncle Sam, legend has it that Uncle Sams ancestors may have contained the Native American Passenger Pigeon that was in plague proportions in Central America at the beginning of European settlement and became extinct in 1954. History records that this pigeon congregated around the Great Lakes of North America and prior to its migration to Mexico for the winter, flying for three days and night non-stop. This pigeon was reportedly introduced into the American Imported European pigeons in the 1850's

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and it was found that when 1/8 of this gene remained in the European Pigeon that this was a superior pigeon to any existing Racing Pigeons being capable of flying great distances and at night. Fort Wayne is located in the Great Lakes District. We do know from the 1919 sale report that his lines were Shilling, Mr H. Beach and Nahrwolds bloodlines.

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UNCLE SAMS

FORWARD

The following is dedicated to Mr Len Gates whose life's work was maintaining the records and the bloodline of UNCLE SAM. His recording the history of this remarkable line of racing pigeons and the meticulously records maintained by him assisted greatly in the compiling of this history which otherwise would have resulted in the loss of the source code keys to this remarkable pool of genes to Australia and the world Racing Pigeon fancy. The basis for this FAMILY was the UNCLE SAM line that originated from Mr G Lentz UNCLE

SAM.

THE KEYS TO THE UNCLE SAMS

There are two distinctly different and dominant in bred lines of UNCLE SAM Racing Pigeons

in Brisbane that have carried the dominant gene from UNCLE SAM.

The first line is the Chester in bred line that is the Cocks line of the UNCLE SAM.

The second line is the OLD BOY line that also originated from Ted Chester and is the Inbred

Hen line of UNCLE SAM.

UNCLE SAM CHESTER LINE

The outstanding pigeons of this line of Racing Pigeons all trace back to the following four

brothers and one sister. These being bred from an inbred grandson of UNCLE SAM by a Stallo hen (Felix Staffano Longreach Fed Winner Uncle Sams from the M Curley Old Boy Uncle Sam line).

QRPA 45 5667 SMUTTY BLUE CHECKER COCK QRPA 47 2745 SMUTTY BLUE CHECKER COCK QRPA 53 4426 SMUTTY BLUE CHECKER COCK

QRPA 42 852 SMUTTY BLUE CHECKER HEN

A FULL Brother to QRPA 42 852 COCK

THESE ABOVE PIGEONS FORMED THE FOLLOWING BRISBANE FAMILIES OF UNCLE

SAMS

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THE RANDALLS UNCLE SAM LINE

QRPA 45 5667 was mated to BHPC 44 427 a Blue Bar White Flight UNCLE SAM

Hen Winner of the Quilpie Federation 550 miles for Ted Chester to produce the Blue Checker hen QRPA 51 1720.

This hen was purchased from Tom McManus by NOEL RANDALLS and was known

as the 30-pound hen of Noel Randall. She is the Dam of the Noel Randall’s Bowen Federation winner (600 miles). This hen was THE major influence in THE RANDALLS family of UNCLE SAMS.

QRPA 45 2745 was mated to a Soffle Hen and that pairing produced a Blue Checker cock QRPA 51 2302 that was known as the thirty-pound cock of Noel Randall.

He was the Sire of Noel Randall’s Mackay Federation Winner. These two pigeons formed the famous Randall’s family of middle and long distance

racing pigeon Federation winners. When mated together they produced a number of champion stock birds.

It was from the above pigeons and their half brothers and sisters that some of the very

best performances of the Uncle Sam line in Brisbane were obtained.

RON SCOTT/ BALF UNCLE SAM LINE.

QRPA 42 852 SMUTTY BLUE CHECKER. This hen was placed fourth Wyandra

and second in the smash Quilpie Federation for Ted Chester. This hen was the hen of Ron Scott’s Number one pair and was the dam of BLUE

BAR 1118 QRPA 46, 2ed Quilpie Federation at night(the moonlight hen) for Ron Scott. A Brother to QRPA 42 852 bred 2ed Bowen Federation for Ron Scott and was line

bred to, to produce the Sydney Federation (500Miles) winner for J O`Tooles. (Lot 26,31, J O`Toole sale)

QRPA 46 1118 BLUE BAR, Dam of R Scott’s 1948 Yaraka QPF Winner Federation winner , was mated to 16277 VHA a Balf Harrison Uncle Sam Cock from C Latchford to produced 2403 QPF 60. The brother to 2403 mated to an E Parker Combat UNCLE SAM hen of S French Roma blood, sired 2220, known as the N Beasley Balf cock.

This hen 2403 was mated to a son of QRPA 45 5667 out of a Randall’s UNCLE

SAM hen which was from 2302 x 1720 and purchased by Allan Anderson(C Latchfords Loft manager) from Len Gates to produce 1491, 502 and 503. These were called the Balfs of K. Carmody and B Watton.

These pigeons formed the Brisbane Balf UNCLE SAM line of Carmody. The Balfe

line of 1302 from W Sloan contained the Randall Uncle Sams, 2403 and the Old Boy line.

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These Brisbane Balfs are actually line and in bred to the above UNCLE SAM CHESTER cocks and hens.

Breeding records of Ron Scott from 1941 to 1955 show that almost all of his stock

pigeons originated from either Ted Chester’s or Vic Fletchers UNCLE SAMS. His No 1-reference cock in 1980, 573 was inbred to QRPA 42 852.

Ron Scott mated this line to the O Toole 1644x2002 line to produce his

Townsville(700miles) Federation winner, his Camden (500miles) federation winner, his treble winner, his Junee Federation winner , his Wilcannia 600 federation winner and his Charliville federation winner only bird to home on the day..

Doug Incs commissioned R Beetham to buy a pair of these “Balf Harrisons’ at Bob

Wattons 1982 sale. The ring numbers were xxxxxxxxx. Were these the Doug Incs smoking Harrisons, which were accredited with the key in his line. GOLLAGHER UNCLE SAM LINE.

QRPA 53 4426 SMUTTY BLUE CHECKER Cock obtained by Tom Gollagher from Ted Chester began the 6262 line often referred to as the number 6 line. Number 6 being the Guthrie Barker hen from Hamlin Moxey was mated to 4426 (Lot 7 M. Curley). 4426 produced a Marlborough 350 mile winner. First bird into Brisbane by one hour. This pigeon (4426) formed the basis of the Stuckey, Mortimer and Daley line of Federation winners. Stuckies mated this 4426 line to a Mealy line from 1720 obtained from Tom Homes and a hen from the 30 pound pair from N Randall. They have had the first bird home in more distance races than any flier in Brisbane but refuse to fly in the federation races and fly club only.

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THE OLD BOY LINE OF THE UNCLE SAMS

OLD BOY was an inbred grandson of UNCLE SAM

SIRE COMBAT 11 Grand Sire COMBAT Grand Dam DAUGHTER OF UNCLE SAM

DAMS Three Daughters OF UNCLE SAM.

Vick Fletcher obtained a sister of TED CHESTERS UNCLE SAM Longreach

Federation Winner, the Morvan winner and the unflown hen and mated all three to OLD BOY that formed the following lines.

I. M CURLEY 2. C WOODFORD 3. Jim and Chick O'TOOLE 4 R SHIPTON 5. GILL 6. RON SCOTT 7. SWEENEY

This line of pigeon has a record of winning races that are smashes, head win , wet and tough.

Crossed with the above CHESTER LINE numerous Federation winners have been produced at all distances.

Subsets

Blandon, Goodyear, Latchford, Mclean, Moxey, J Smith, Ron Scott, S&N Parks,

Bruce Wilson, Bob Watton, Kevin Carmody, Merve Cronin. Doug Inc,

Ted Lewis.

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932 the Bettridge cock.

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11665 Fifth in MacKay Smash Cock

2886 Windorah federation winner

920 Bowen federation winner.

923 the Bettridge cock

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The Australasian Pigco,n Racing Fan.J'.hn* r,.i'.'t' l,efore hzrcl .such an opportunity of acq11irilgbirds rvith such great ascendancy. It rvas in 1917 thnt the proprictor bcgari'to acqriire bircls fromdilferent parts of the rvorid, and approximatell- .100 ililiicrerrt, iiirporteil bircls have been located. i'1.hese lofts and thery cost a small for.tune. Faie Lrath dsereed that all must be solcl, ancl tt . p"op"i.to"trusts that the rl'hole cf the Australasjau f igeon \\:o1]r] l-ill b-. benefiteil b1 tire acquisitiori ott tn..ubirds. Wherever they go they x,il} assi.qt to establish, sustain aircl strengthen Austraioriul pig.or..io-.

- Do not expend, dissipate, waste or squander any rnore cash on r.r,orthless, r,vorn-out strains. Thebloo-d that produced the three first prize ir-innc'rs iillast 1-ear's Nel- Solth Wales l)erby

"a.e i,, *outt.l,in this loft. Mr. Starkcl"s lirst prize rvinner 1r-as a half \rassart, ancl mv sons tr-on the other t."n ,i"ir.*,thus the cream of the prizes in Australia's^classicr rar:e, viz., 1st. 2rrc1 aird 3rcl, ugg..goii.rg J1;d;;J,was lrol] by tlood nou'-bcing disposetl of r airil ri't: rnarle tr clenn srreep of the luit f'oor io"g ditt"".;races in another club. _ Such triurmphs har'" onlr- lr,.t.n _nrr-tle possible 6..nrr*. I put my rnonel, intostrains that are u'orlcl-famous. Ever1, famous breedcr of other: kirrcls of stoch has doire likervi,s;, i; -h;;;,I backed pedigree-and winning strains. I kneu' that "silk purses cannot be made out of pigs; ears-;;neither can iong-clistance u,itrners lie bred from duds. Thc possibilities from bircls of ur.^."?u".y-u'"uboundless, immeasurable, unlimited and infinite,

The other kind produ_c.e progeny that, are defi-cient, inadequa e, scanty and incomplete in tlLcqualities that_bring fame, distinction, dignity anrl honour. Goocl pccligr.eil bi,,d* $,;ti'charrn, fas-cinate, bewitch and captivate all rvho l,osseis thernr; ihe other kindi iviil onll- rencler ai.uppoini*.ni,disgust, loathing ancl abhorrence,

REASONS FOR THE SALE.have just been notified by m;' firm to get rcacly to take up a more important position in anoiher

State' probably Victoria or South Australia, afler the llaster lLoliclays. Mv sons have each their oi'irracing lofts and cannot find the time to look after a large breecling stucl. This change witi atsonecessitate my relinquishing the editorship of "A.P.K.." as I rvili be alv&). from Sydney"for monthsat a time.

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UNCLE SAM.1.-Blue Cheq. Cock, E4398-16, Uncle

Sam. A world's champion long-ciistanceracing pigeon. Brecl and flown by llr.G. Lenz, of the Fort Wayne I{omingScciety. Performances:-1916: As ayoungster, 100, 200, 300 and 500 miles;1st at 300 miles and 1st 500 miles. 1917:100, 200, 300. 500 and l-011 miles, breali-ing world's 1000-miIe yearling record.1918: 100, 300, 500 and 1011 miles, twicebeing the first pigeon in the world to flythe 1000-nrile stage twice in one seascn;rvhen sent to the last 1000-mile race hehad oniy returned from previous longrace three days; last race proved asmash, Dr. Schilling losing both his can-diclates, bnt Uncle Sam's rvonderfu1stamina carried hirn through. He is along-casted pigeon, and possesses thelinest. flights and wing I have ever icenon a pigeon of his size.

P!'ice: f25.I'ulchasel i'ots "Sighildr''" lsee hn:ust

Free,Uncle Sam is norv in his prime, he has

]reen adrnirect by visitors from all overAustralia and New Zealand. I3uyer calsell every youngster lre can spare frorlUncle Sarn for f 5. He is monltingsplendidly.

FORLORN HOPE.2.-Red Cheq. Cock, RP9020-1909. Bred

by A. H. Osnrtn, Esq., and is a direct sonof the ever farnous lrorlorn Hope. 9020lvas imported by i\{ax Foy, Esq., and lvona 600-mile race fron-l Scotland the daypurchased. Sire, Forlorn Hope (Scluill'sStud ltegistet', 1906, 448) ; florn'n Thursotwice, lst Newcastle Fedei'ation €10Chailenge Cup, 1907. ancl Lerv'ick 595miles, Sth championship all section pools,1907, 1st East London Fecleration, and alllocal ciubs, 1908, Lerwick 1st in !1, 1stin 10/- pools, and numerous other prizes;also winner of 1st prize, 500-rni1e class,Belle Vue Show. 9020 has proved a verysuccossful stock biril in Anstralia. andhas sired many winners with differenthens. Also sire of our 2ncl Derby winner,which won us f64.

Tliis cock breeds like a yearling, andI wiil guarantee him as a good breecler.I have never sold any birtls from him,but have presented several to friends.Have refused €4 for his youngsters.

Price f,10, with his imported hen, (seeNo. 26) purchasecl for €5 specially tomate with Forlorn Hope. This pair vrilinot be parted.

3.-Black Cock, E508-17. Bred by Dr.Schilling. Sire, Margrave Biack Cock,500 miles three times, 2nd diploma 1011miles, 1915; flew 1011-rnile stage threetimes, and is sire and g. sire of 500-nile

birds and prize winners. Dant of 508,Gerlinde, tlaughter of Gernot anc.l Wolfin.Gemot 600 miles three times. and 1011miles, 1904, breaking recorcl; also sireof Wilmnnd, 1011 miles fir'e times;Hamund, 1011 rniles tu.ice; and Sigi, 1011niles once; and g. sile of l)ankrat, 1011miles tr.vice. Welfin, clam of Wulf, 1011,niiles three tinles; Welf, 1011 miles once,and g.g. dam of Srvanhilde, tire rlarn ofHolanrl. 1011 miles f our tinies; 1\'1ar-grave, 1011 miles three times, ancl Sig-lrelde. our Stock Hen-

This cock is ore of our originalAmerican inportations, is rather small.

Price: f.2/ 10/ -._a bargain !

4.-Blue Gheq. Cock, NUHP13, G5261.Pule N. Barher, and imported by Mr. J.Pedclie frcm J. R. .Ioel, the rnillionaire.Sire: lllLre (,1.(1.. 11109-9i12, br.eci by N.Barker. Daur: IIealy hen. \\'1910-12,pute Barker.

Price: f,2/ 10/-.

St:r herr-s \o.28 for matt'. 1r'nll pedi-gt'ee to lrtirclraset'.

5.-Blure Cock, "Grooters." RreC byMcns. Jules Vass:rrt. of Irleulus, 8e1giuil,in 1912. Inrpc.rtetl to Engi:rnd ]ry 1.. i,.\\Iatkiss. E::q., asi ir.',oriilg birrl. anrl {.1owlrRournelnoulh. irllolrt 145 n'iiles. il 191i1.Sire: a rnagni 1i:e nt Biue bilcl, 190i,flown 1909 Dax,' :lil rniles.6lst prjze,and St. Villcent (Sp:rin), 1910; rvon hisiirize f rcm Slraiu. Hil.i sire. "'l'he (iooclBlue." lino1vrr in Relgiurn as "The FirsiClramDion." The Goo{ iJlue, 1902. silr'.Angelosola. brother to The Oltl lllevenPlumes (A). llan: \-lssart's Il herr, r.vonrnan-v plizes ai. e'>:iliilitions. Strain. Jans-s;ens. her clam being bleil b... i\T. Sluvs,frorn ]ris fanious Jitisr-;ens. The E helrvzl,s one of Yassalt's best siock hens.iurd brerl nranl- of h;s best iacers. TheGocd Blue won as follorv,q:-1904. PontSte-.\{axence, 1st ancl all pools; (lorbeil,l4th and all pools; Chantilly. 18th prize;Olleans. 43rd; Creil, 1st ancl al1 pools;Ircnt Slte-\Iaxence, 1st and all pools;Clharltilly,9tlr iind aiI pools. 1905. PontSte-l\'Iaxeuce, 14th plize; Corbeil, 1lth ;

Etarnpes, lst ancl 10 fi:rnc pool; Chatean-loux, 9th; Toury, 19th; Vierzon. 6ilrcl;Noyan, 5th. 1906. Pont Ste-i\{axence. 6tlrand pools; Clolbeil. 1st ancl pools to 10francs; l'"ambouillet, 6th anrl pocls to 5francs; Etampes. 3rd and pools to 10francs; Briare. 10th and pools to 20flancs; Artenay, lZth ancl 3 franc pool;Orleans, 5th; Etampes. 2ncl ancl 10 francpool; Corbeil, 3rd. The Gootl Rlue 1\.on ii-r1906 more than 4000 francs in poclsalone. "Anglesola," B.C. Cock, won fromSt. Vinceut, Dax, and 5th prize, Angle-sola, Spain; also an enonnous nnmber ofprizes. f)am of VL, B.C. IIen, strainGrncters, bought at llcns. Ruban's salefor .f,6 6s. VI is the Old Bulldog Grooterstvpe.

Price: f5.

THE AUSTRALASIAI{ PIGEON KEEPER, {PR,IL. 1322

BIRDS FOR SALX.

I'l.rery bii'tl iir the stock lofts is listed. nonc .beilig leservecl, alr(1 all birtls iu tht' stock lofts\rere llsed as breeclers iast season an(1 l\'ere sleciall)- s('le(,te(l fot'thtrt plu'l)ose.

Section 1. 6.-8.C. Cock, "Jules Vassart." Bredby Jules \rassart, ancl florvn Angculene.406 miles. Sire: Blue Cheq., retaiiledchiefly for stock; iris sire. six tiilles f'lo\YnSpain. late brerl, 189i1, tl're Oltl ElevenPlumes. l'rom 1894 to 1900 this n'as Vas-sal't's chief pigeon up to Dax, 530 ntiles.ancl erch yeai he won a large numberof prizes: 1900, Liborirre prize, Dax prize.St. Vincent prize; 1901. Auglesola(Spain) 95th prize, Dax, 5Cth prize; 1902,Tarega-Barcelona (Spain) iiOth prize;190i1, Mora de trbro (Spain), 21st prize;1904, Calaf (Spaiu), arrived iate; 1905,Calaf (Spain), 1585 pigecns. 3th plize,and a number ot doubiage.i; 1906. Bar-celona (Spain). 55th prize. Tahing theSpain races as 700 miles, this pigeonrDrlst have florvn in race s and trariningsoner,r'here about 30,000 miles. Angle-soia. a blue cheq. ccck, and full brotherto "A," rvou prizes lr,:111 5t'. Vincent,f)ax and Anglesola (Spain). Sire of "A"-was bred by lI. Planche, of Fleurus, andrvon a number of prizes, but rvas keptclriefly for stcck. He rvas Vassart's "A"cock. Dam of The Old Flleven Plumes$'a-s Vassatt's "Fl" hen. his o1d Barkerire','r, brecl by the late N. Barker, cf Ourcg-hern. a stoclt iren (,f srlper'lative merit,her l'oung fll'ing aii st:r3-;e,r tf the Slaiilraces. anil .rinning meny prizes. eightfrcm lrer all flying Spair, over' ?00 ililes.Darn cf V9 is one of Vassart's best stcckhcls, tr'ls.ays kept tor stock. V9 i; sirt:of I,'. L. r,Vatkiss's "Living Pictirt'e." scl(1in England for' €10. and hirn:;elf a l\'on-d erf ul-l oohittg c ;.1:k.

Price: t5.

Z.-Blue 3heq. Qcck,l'iYor' vt/est." p,u',,\iassart. Rred b)' F. L. \ir:ltiiiss, antllicwn L!ti2 BoriIDeillc'11'.i1. 191i1 f.lo,.rllr'-iloutlL ).iat., 1914 Bcrirueuou.tlr -\irt.. \\re]'-montl. t'urt[ Renuei; Natioira!. His thir(lh ome. Sire : "\lr;nng \\:hite Xves" ( seeI)rrDr of "Little lron," Y1i, St11._l Register).f).tm of V17 is the Jalssens ]Ien. V17 isa grat,tl type. sire of 1st prilt,J Gunnilg.(-;.lcbe Chib. 1918, ha|d I'ace; also otClock. 3rd Vlildura 50C n.:iles.

"Nor' West" is a boarititul cock. FIerwas Darnecl after 'Nor' West." the rvell-Itnos n Englir:h larirrg pigerr. cclrerllon-rlent. rvho adnired this Lrird rvhen beinggot reacly for shiplrent to Australia. He$'as illr. Kllrtz's favoul,!te. ancl is alscmine cf all the original Vassart cocks.

Price: f5.

8.-Blue Cheq. Cock, Pure Vassart,FRP18/920. Flcwl all stages Milclur,a500 miles; r,vinninq 6th prize, Rozelle.He is the best bird bred from the \ras-sarts, and ha.s proved his qualitv on theroacl. Sire: "N-r' Wect" (s:e No. ? this]i<t) . Dam : "Dcreen," th e rverl-l<n nwnVa.ssart hen (see 61, A.R.P. Stuc,l Regis-ter fcr ftll pedigree).

Price: f4. A baroain!n{essrs. Hansen & Keutz" chargecl this

price for pure Vassart squeakers.

APR,IL 1922 7'IlIt AUSTltilLABl.l){ I'IGEOti KEEpEIt.

A.R.P. Advt.--Con tirwed.

9.-Blue Cock, Pune Vassart, L.F.C.18/rc8. Sire: Jules Vassar.t, inrporterlVassart, A.R.P. Stud, No. b1. Dan: ,.Re-membrarrce," il)lported Vassart, A.R.p.Stud, No. 58. A very nice bird, I selectedhinr f or stock m.vself

Price:' E2/10/-,

_10.-Blue Cheq. r,uck. pure Vassart,RFC l71703. Sire; "EROS" ir.nporttciVassart, A.R.P. Stud Register, No. 54.Dam: "Pysche," imporie(l 1'assar.t, -{.R.p.Stud Regisrer, No. 5i.pricet E2/'lO/.,

. _11.^:1q! Cheq. Cock, pure Vassart,ARP?O/2056. Sire: ..La pt.rences,.' irrr_ported Vassart. A.R.p. Stud Itegister. No.50. Dam: "La Borr Rouge.,' imported trtas-sart, A.R.P. Stud Register, No. SZ.prise: f,2/10/-.

. lS.-Btue coil-nnpeo 8ss6. pureAnrerican 1000.lnile strain, ancl selt,ctedby me specially for stock._ Sire: Blue Cheq. Cock, E51?-17. Breclby_Dr. Schilling. Fieu' 100 ancl ZOO miies,1917, and 3C0 ancl 400 miles, 1918. Sir",'Dankrat, 600 miles twice, 1011 milesthree times. Sire of X{r. Gebjert,s 1siPip, q00-ruile racc. lglE. onty <

-trcnie i,ntna day. Dant ol ES17. Wrrlfiltlo,500

nrileq threc tinre:i cnd I0lt rrrilos. t9is.daughter ^f \\-"1 e ,1,1 i..'rtil 1, *rtt i,irnflew the 10l l-mila stage four tirnes.. il.uT.,_IJlue Ht,rr, _\UtJ. 1,22{, ...\ilar._trude." Bred bv Dr. Johrl Scfriliings. Fer-formances: b00 niles tt .ue tiiiu. un.f1011 miles, 1918; she \von 4th Aipfoma-in1916 in the b16-mile race. Sire: llar-grave, 1000 miles three times. nani:Blue Hen, 31b89, brecl frorn friett,-irjtjOmiles once, and Guclrun, fO00 mites oirce.

A Loveiy Cock. pricet f,2/10/-

_ -16.-8tue

.Cheq. pied Cock. ARp.19/7243.r-ure American 1000_mile stra in.

, Sire:^Blre Clrecl. r'ock. AUi*_i9;3 Ur".'lby 0 C. Lisht. of chicago, ,utro, ;n <.on.junctifn wiilr Gaulke e"oi., imp;.red il!.fin"9.t*W, E. Lorve,s C.oote.r''1i*;;;;;lef t England; with the colecilo; ;;;in.clfjlerl the wnrld-fanlou. OSOO,

-if," noi"

9_f.\y E_, Lowe,s loft. sir" oi 'rrii:. 'ii.iiWhite F'light, AW16-83662, winnerj ot t*ofirsts, and sire of BCC150Z, ",iro

ulrn-*n"twice. .also. best poinis tnLI po*ition*.!-!Smntlnsnin f !q n, ch ic:rgo. ee pi"k;,ilo.itr-. Danr of 3662. AUls_692S. B.

-(.. \\..Flighls. was rhe clanr ot.tJ0Z abov".l'anjflqy" ul-youngster, 1916, and r'ip i; 2;;miles okl bird races.

,Note.--This Cock, viz., 1953 lvas speci_ally selected bv Dr. Schilling o"a-'.uniout as a mate lnr Siehilde.,-,,11n,-: Blue.C.heq. H^n. tr2421_1912. Sig_Illlde. the vrcll.known Dr. Schilling stockhen, and

_ hred hy hinr. lrer .ir"- tr"ing

Hagen, who flerv tho 101l_nrile.12gs 6fitimes, and helcl the speed recorcl f;; fi-r;19?rs. Perforrnances:_10,1I_mile stage.1904. 8 davs 8 hours: 1906. 6 da;. iihours; 190?. 2 days 9 hours. lreaftinerecord; 1908, 5 days 2 hours; 1909, 5 A;t;

7 hours; al-qo only bircl hcure second rlayfrom a harci 300-mile race in 1903 as ayearling. He was also tr. lvontlerfnl stockproclucer zrs fcllorvs:--Sir.e of Ortlvin.1000 nr'les rwi(.c: g. sir.e oi \\-elf. 1000nriles once; Dankrvart, 1000 tuiles thi.eetime r: S;q'enrlo. 1000 mileg trvir:e;Hunolt. 1000 rrriles orrr.,. Danr ol sighilde, Srvanhilde. tiie clam ot Horani.1000 nriles four tinres; Margrave. 1000niles three times; ancl otl.lel. good bit.rls.

Sighilde has prcvc'rl alleiici-v a rvoncler_lul stock hen, being (tarlr of Ih.nolt, ,'1_000miles, antl Hungen, 1000 tniles. ancl ofHurlgar and Rolbtlnt, i00 m jls5 s2111sday birds. -i TSr

I paid a very stiff plice fol this hen. *'

Another Gem. price: f,2/1O/-.

17.-Dark Cheq. Cock, ARp20/1746G.Pure Anerican 10C0-urile strain. fjroi.herto No. 16. brrt r ear volnsel'. Rof h f lreiecocks are bred from ,,Sighilde," the lvon_clerful hen.

Price:2/'tDi-.

18.-Blue Cock. A}r,lg/2043. ptiLeAtnerlgsn 100O-nrile strtrirr.

Sire: Dark Chr:cl. Coclt, E10t-1918. Rrerlhv Dr'. Sr.hjlling. arrrl ne\\'100. li0 ,rnd200 miles in 1.918, heing Dr. Schilliriq,"first birrl at 200 miles. qire. Hlnscn(s{rn of Sielrilrlo. 4 \ lrprrt. 60O rrLile" irrI a1 q. and 1 0l 1 n'ilcr in 3 rl.r r.q 1 I 11n,,ys.I9'1 9. Ililnl: Ol'trrrds. ilflfl 111ilos trlriec.I st ditrlntla 500 miles. l0t 1 niles flrreeti|nes. trvice in less thiin fir'e rlqvs: lostin l,ot forrrllt lO00 111ilo t.?r,.ts. lglf|.

l)rrr: Blrre |lheq. T{err. grtrifs lrlti-trlq.E1?0-18 Rr.erl hv [y Se I jlling Flo11-n100 anrl 200 rrrilcq. 1qt,q ,qire: \?2t0.Illne Cheo.,200 nriles. 1919. pn,rfr'p'11EChadu'ir:k's ?X11A anrl 1l.ylir{ btrorl3 d this list. Dam: l\(rr,trrrdp^ F00 n.ilestlu'ee tinres, arrrl i011 r)lilcq. 191g,clarrghter of Nlarsrave. l{}11 ntir.* 1nr,.otitnps: anal g.. r:l.r'shf^1. s1f \\-alf pnllGur.lron: Welf 1011 utiles once, trncl Gurl-ron 1011 miles once.in^thal' T ^1.^rrj I rnrl.ir.^n fr^nt; p-ro.rha.crl< tn g rl.llt i11 4:qr^rr1'. r.iz . l{ertr,irletl.c 1000-mit^,..^r

Pricei t2/1A/-.

. 19"-Black Coc'<. nnp. l.lte onlv bil.(lbred thiq nal'. His rlrrn s.as the frrl.trisIllack Petelsburg He,n-fle1v petersbur.gtrvice-ancl si.,rter tl llt oth.rr hild,,.rl_..ir:iiflerv this rlistance, itj0 niites, tirree tin]es.

_Sil"' flealv Cocl<. '\\'oor:rk.' 1g14,(Split). Bred by l\,Ir. Ivast. of perilr(W.A.). Performances:- 1914, ali stage.sto 450 miles: 191b, (harvked ), again

"a.t.l

staqes to 450 t 1916. all s,tirges to 662mile^s I 1917 (harn ked again). all stagestc 561 miles. 1\{ng11y Stanhnne blocd.Dam: Black pied Hen. 143;-1C. Laclr-Price. Bred by Tom price. Her iarniJv]v"re all .l\.oqderf ul perf crners, andMr. Prire crulr_l not loce ilre hens cl-esnite+lr^ -Avc"a-l c'nrlitionq. pe1.f6111111.n6,1._.Florvn Hav. 189 n-riles. 1915 ar cl i91g:flown N{ildura. 869 miles, 1911, 19f4. i916,and 1917: flown petersburg, 530 mi1es,

1912 and 1913 on the seconcl day; hersister also fle*' lVlildura forir times. llor-gan once, and Petersburg three tines.ljire zrnrl Dam were bred b1- W. G. Os-bonrne, of Telang, Victoria, frour a pairoi imported biIcls, strains principallyi)arclenire anri Stanhope.

Pricet f2/10/-.Will positively breed the goods.

20.-Dark Red Cock ARP19/6519. PureThcrougoocl, from the f ollowing pair,inported by tue.

Sire: Black Cock NllRP291-1916. hn-porteil frorn C. Thorongood, and winnerin 1918 of 1st plize ancl nomination 150-nrile raco. Sire: 436, son of 567, theliorth West Combine winner fror?rlIa.rennes, and €5 nornination, and 96, the2ncl Rennes, iLIr.C. open, 2nd €1 pool.3rd Rennes, National Flving Club, 191-3,also 3rd and highest pools, North-WestCombine Xlarennes. 1913, 1912, l-1th Dol,lI.!'.C., winning altogether over t40.Daur: 402, from 193089, purchased fronl\Ions. Offennan, being a solr of hisfamous stock pair of Harvk and VelvotLlood antl 319 x 1109033 x 22[) PosenaerOffemian blood. 221 Soffle, winner of 1stClub ancl Lst Federation, Weymouth, 1914.

I)am: Retl Hen, NURP810-1914. Im-porleil froDl C. Thorougood. She rvas h'isstock hen of No. 36 Pair. 1915 list. Sire:193089. the son ot' Mons. Offernan'sfaurous stock pair. flam: 44051, im-ported from n'Ions. Jean l\'Iissaen, pureHansenne. one of the famous blaclis. Anest-nrate of 810, viz., 792, rvon 1st prize,Wcrcester, 1918, and is also sire of 613.the 2nd Weymouth tr'ederation bird; ahalf-brother to 810, vi2.,406, rvon 1stplize. Gioucester. A lovely siock bild.

Price:- f2/10/-.

21.-Black Cheq. Cock, W A17 / 11 andFRP17 /74C. Pure Thorougood. Bredfrorn a superb pail of our importedThorougoorls; and this bird was speciallybred for stock.

Sire: Black Cheq. Cocli Whit.e Flights,NURP433-1915. llred by C. Thorougood,Bnrscongh, and irnported by us. Sire'E811, Blue Pied Cock. Dzrm: 44051. 8lby (286 x 96) 286, Red Chec1. Crock, 190flown Dol, Granville and Bordeaux, witt-ning prize. 96, Dark Pied I-Ien. 1910Bournernouth, 1911. 1st prize Weynouth,1912 Dol, 1Ith prize Manchester FlyingClub and Nantes, 191^3 Rennes, trappedrvith brother (234), these ivinniug 1st ancl2nd prizes, 1st ancl 2nd f1 pool. Man-chester Flying Club, and open and 2ndanrl 3rd prize National Flying Club,I'Iarennes 3rd prize, and highest poolsNorth-We-qt Combine. Dam of 433. viz.,440;1, Black Hen, 1911, frorn Mons. Jean\{issaen, puie I-Iansenne, beillg one of thefarirous blacks norv so rare. 433 isbrcther to 406, 1st prize Gloucester. 4335th \\'eymouth. Mancheqler F.O., ancl lstprize Buxton, Western Suburbs Club, forr1!i; also g|anclsire of 20017, 1st Bath, alsois sire of 254, 1st prize Gloucestbr andimporteri by us.

X

A.R.P. Advt.---Con tinued.

Datn: Blue: Oheq. Hetr. i:l2S-1911.NURP569-1912. Bred by Cl. Thoroilgood.llurscough, and importerl by tts. She wasstock hen of No. 2 Pail', 1914 list-1912Weymouth, 1913 Glanville, 1914 Dol.Sire: 109083, 1909, Blue Cheq. Cock,Anver's "Posenaer," put'chased from.\{ons. Offerman for stock, and strongiyreconrmended by him. Datn: 445, BltteHen, 1909, the clam of 234,96, and grand-dam of 567, three of lIr. Thorougood'sbig 'lvinners which n'otr over f100. Shervas bred from 43259 x 20667. purcha-qeclclirect trorn l\{ons. Hansenne at a bigfignre.

Price: 2/1Q/-. Another bargain!

2Z.-Blue Cock ARP19i743. PureThorougood. Bred from a pair of theoriginal Thorougoods inported by us.

Sire: Blue Cheq. Cock. Frilt, NURP722-1917. lmported from C. Thorougood.Sire: son of 786-14 and 96, the 2ndRennes N'inner, NI.F.C. open race, 2nd n1pool, 3rd Rennes, National Flying Club,1913; also 3rd and highest pools, North-West Combine, MaLennes 1913, winningover €40. 786. Black Cheq. Pied Cockx (9,1 x 445) 445, the famous Thorougoodstock hen, darn of 234 and 96 and grand-dam of 567. winners of over f,100.

Dam: Blue Hen, White FlightsNURP286-1916. Imported from C. Thor-ougood. Sire: 367, son of 234, the RennesNational winner, and 328, No. 2 StudRegister. Dam of 286, viz., 328, our No.1 stock hen. See Stuci Register No. 2.This bird is very much inbred to our 328,being dam and grand-dam of 286.

Another bargain ! Price: t2/10/-,

23.-Blue Cocx, SF18/3482. Pure VanCutsem. Bred by Mr. W. Addis from hiswell-known pair if imported birds, andspecially selected by hitn for us. Tolovers of this strain this bird is a bargainat ,2,

24.-Blue Cheq, Cock, LFC18/2284, PureJurion. Bred by Mr. W. Addis, from hisimported Jurions. This is a big, finebird, and recommended for stock. F'ul]pedigree to purchasers.

Price: f,2.

HENS I25.-Blue Cheq. Hen, "Sighilde," the

famous American stock hen. She costme €12, landed. Her full pedigree isgiven with No. 16 Cock (above). Streis not for sale, owing to age. but goeswith Uncle Sam as a gift; she brecl welllast year.

26.-Red Hen, NURP57-1915 (Imp.).Osman's ever-famous Forlorn Hope Blood.A Relic, having over 12 months' rvatservice. Sire: own son Forlorn Hope,twice a big winner from 600 miles; achampion; the right blood for harcl'lveather. (Wins too rumerous to detail).Dam: a1I stages to Perth (400), pure"Logan 86" and N. Barker's oid bloodblended by a master hand for past 30years (old original blood), producing

- Jg!. j!-V ! 4r:4911-\ PJqP S!*!!!:-AL--

\,\'inn€I's ail tlistaut'r,rs Io {il)(i Iniieq, l)olhrcutes.

With Forlorn Hope, her mate (No.2Cock on list), the price is. f,11i. VVil! notbe parted.

27,-Blue Cheq. Hen NURP4168-19'14.lrlpcrted fronr Barker Brcs.. Briercliffe.Sire flerv Nalltes six tirles. 1st bircl font'tinies. turd fierv .\iat'enne s, 191,1 : lris sire.Little Jirn; liis r.lirnr. tjle Sto$' Bros.' Hen( Fielianct: ancl Littie ["arl]- iricrod) . Ilarn4168 tron full brothor lo i-ittie Jinl, arrdhen frotn motht-r oi \\ir:l'rn,rirth Cct''ii. SeeA.R.P. Strrd Regi:;t"r', ND. 13.

Anothei inportetl hen, airvtrys 11

favc).lrit.e rvith tle. ca1i1e r)lit r.vitlr our'first English consignurent; slre has bretllvintt ets.

Ptic,t: 12/I0/-.

28.---Illne I{en. RP13-C8403 ancl NP13-257. Pure N. Balker'. Imlicrterl from J. B.JoeI, the millionrrire fancier. Sire: BlueCock. 915-09. Ilred 'l;y N. Ilarlier. I)am:W1910-12. Pure N. Ilarker. This henshorilcl go with No. 4 Cock, this list..

Price:, f,2/10/-.29.-Blue Cheq. Hen, W. Flights, E12C-

18. ?he irnported American 1000-rnilehen. Full pecligree, see No. 18 Ccck, thislist. This hen, being daur ot that bird,should go rvith No. 3, the importedArnerican ccck" this list.

Price', 12/1O/-.

30.- Blue. Gheq. Hen, ARP 20/2104.Pure Vassalt, and a iively hen for stock.Sire: "Nor'-\\rest" (Nor ? this list), theimporterl Vassart Cock. f)am: Doreen,the irnpolterl Vassart Hen. This bird isfnll-sister to the young lVIildura Cock,No. 8 this list. Y,rould be a gocd matefor No. 10 Oock this list.

Price, f,2/1O/-.

31.-Dark Cheq. Hen, ARP 20/2137.Pure Vassart. Brecl from "Le BonIiceille." and "Lady Jansens." Sile: Blk.C.W.F. Cock. "Le Ron Ecaille." Brccl byJules Vassart. Settled bv F. L. \Vatkissin England. and flown 1913. Bournemouth,\ryAvnlr)uth, Exeter and Plvmouth; 1914,Bourlenouth Nertional and \Veymouth. Abeautiful pigecn. Sire: A brother to the1906 Balceionzr r.inner (see Vi0. "Le BonRonge Janssens," this Stucl Register).Dam: Strain .Ianssens and Barker. V13breecls splendid birds.

Darn: Red. Cheq. Heu, "Lady Jans-sens." Bred by F. L. \ratkiss. Sire anddam bred by Vassart. A splenclid typeof racer'. and flown 1913 all stagesBournemouth; 1914, all stages Bourne-mouth and \Veynlouth. Sire: Big Nose:bred from Vassart's Janssens blood. Soldto W. E. Lowe, Great Barr. Now in loftof Licht Bros., of Chicago, U.S.A. Dam,Blue Hen, 1911-14961, bred by Vassartfrom his Janssens Stock Cock. out of adanghter of The Big Chetl. which siredthe famous Good Red, Red Black Taii,and Red Producer, sold to W. E. Lowe.V8 i,q a fineheaded hen, smothered in

APRIL. 1922

ieatirr:r'. -inother genr. Shonld go withNo. fl cock. tiris list.

Price, f2,r1A/"

32,-Blue Hen, S.P.S. 17 /1905, Pure\-assart, bred trom Grooiers and thePreat Hen, both original importeilVacsarts.

Sire: Glooters. See )ic. 5 Cock, thislist. I)am: Bhie Ilen, "'1'he Pre:rt." PurePt'eat. Bred b]' Jules VII:tsart, oi ]'leurus.Bretl lronr a son ct Pt eat's Goorl Biue,crrit of a gi:and-clalgrrter of the f amous"Re(i Dauphin." ole rll the maryels oi:Beigium. r,'2 is a ha,nclsome type; -<hehas the rose-colourecl e,v*e. a unique fea-ture of the niarvelious straiir of Prear.trntl is extrenlely valuable, pi'obably theflnest specimen of the strain now living.Breeds exceptional youngiters. 1'he pur-cst Belgiirri blood irr the nor'1d.

Pricei t2i10/-.

36.-8lue Hen, White Flights,ARP20./8801. Pr-rre Americ:rn 1000-milestrairr. Bred irom "Yankee Dooclle" antllliss Bullet.

Sire: Biue Ccck, 89234, 1912, YankeeDoodie (late Germund). Bred by Dr.Schilling. Per{ormances:

-Fiew 600rniles tr,vice, anci 1011 miles in 1916; isalso sire of a 600-rnile yearllng. Sire ofYankee Dc'oclle, 944, inrported frorn J. L.Raker, out of that n'onderful tnating of12, the old Staulrcpe Hen, anri a son ofPioneer antl Little Wonder. Darn ofYankee Dcodle, Brunhilde, the dam ofHagen, five times 1000 miles; Sigi, 1000niles once; g. clll of Danl<rat, 1000 milesth'ice, and Horand, 1000 rniles four times.

Dam: Recl Hen, C6230-16, Miss Bullet.Rrerl by O. W. Anderson, from Bullet,the present world's reccrd holcler forf astest iime 1011-n'rile stage, offlcialrecorcl, 1913, 1 day 11 hours 24 mins. 6secs. Sire of 6230 is AV12.C7416, RedCheq.; flown 100-200 ruiles as a young-ster; 200,300,500 miles as a yeirrling;.,,;inning 3rd diplorna at 500 miles, andfl1.'irg 500 miles day of toss in 1913. 200,400, and 600 miles, winning 1.st diploma at6C0 niiles day cf toss in 1914. Dam of6230, Bullet, D1872, B.(1. Hen. 100, 200tniles as a youngstet'; 200, 300, 400 milesas a -vearling in 1910 200, 300, b00 miles,rvinning 3rd cliplomr in 500-mile race in1911. 200, 300, anC 500 rniles, 1912. 200,500 miles day of toss, and 1011 miles in 1day 11 hours, .30 minutes, in 1913, breakingrvorlcl's recor([, which still stands. Be--sides the wonclorful work of sire and damcf 6230, her pedigree shows generationa,f ter generation the same hard work.FIer pedigree (for work on the roada,scendancv) is the Lest I haye ever seen.

The best of Ar,rerican bltod here_ Sirefl-^w the 1000-mile stage. ancl clam was.brecl from the rvorld-fatncus "Bullet.,,

Price f2/1Oi-,ShoulcJ go with NO. 16 Cock, this List.

37.-Biue Cheq. Hen, ARP19/7244,Fure America,n 1000-mi1e stra.in and bred{ron "Seghilde" and the AmericanGrooter. 1'his hen is full brother to \ro.

1922. 'l'IIE ALSI'll,ALASlAi\ FIUEON KEEPEB-APRIL

A.R.P. Advt.---Con tinued.

16 Cock. She is a beautr* ancl I haveretused several ofters tor her previcusll.'.Shoulcl go $'ith No. li Cock, tiris lisit.

Price: f,2/14/-.

38. - Bark Che1. Pied Hen, ARP-19/65C0. Pure Thorot:goocl, bred flomimportecl birds. She ig half'si:ter toNo. 21 Cock, thi:; list.

Price: f2.

39.-9lack Pied Hen, ARP20,114954'Prire 1'horougcotl. bred lrrlm the tt'o fol-Iorving inrpr,t',ed birrls: -

Sire: Recl Pied Cock, NLTRP43E/1-q15.InD.rt€d frcrr C. Thorougoocl. Sire.286,1.909, Borcleaux prize rvinner. His sil'e,E?29. bt'ecl by thr: late J. Blackburir froorWaclsrvorth lVilsun's best. Dam o[ 236,viz..463E. llorne 1st, C.lay ancl \1an:;L:rIIala:r- D8.ur ot 438, viz.,2i]93, also itlt'ported ll-v rt::. See Stucl Regi::tel' No. 1C-

Ilant: Iiarli Cheq. Piet1, \\'hite Flights')Jt:RP+i9 10i{. Bti t[ lr\. t'. Tllcio'rg orjancl inrllolter-i by r.t';. slte i'" a vely lrontl.viien, a;rcl i'.; orvir Ftisicl to'{05, 1st PrizeCilcr-rcer.tor'. and s ieter to 4ii;i. crr );o. I'

Tiroloitgiotl Stccli f'ock. il'eferr ft" iritllfcr ful' petligree No. 1 Stlid I-i-ct. Sitoltldgo witlr No. 22 C'ock, this 1i:;1.

Price:. f2 11A, -.

40.-[]lue Hetr, from the lmPo:"ledElilrker Pair". Pr.re tsaliiel bt'etl, )io.4arrd 2il thir; 1isi.. sl;ecia11.l selecf.erl 1oIs,tocli. War; pailetl lo Van C'.rtsen (lo(lk.lic. 23 this list, and sirculd be kept witil1im.

i)," ce: l0/-

4.1 ,- lllse Che:t. Hen, FRP17/637. Breif ron: ar, inrp,.rrte(l p:ril f rotl Bat'ket' Iiros.'il rielcl iffe.

Dem: Is iio. 2'l, this 1ist. Sire: Blue(lhecl. ( lcch, Nl lll'3il90i 1915. Imlirrrte cl

f lr,,r.n Il:rrher Ei-c:r., tsrierciiite, tlIe llreed-erli oi tirc 1anlor..s "Littie,iim," rvinilet'cf the Lan(iarrhit'e Cornbitte Natite:i race'190?, i,r11.1 9140. Sire. 21o1l190E. 'The\\'eytnr:uth Oor:k"; flerv tlie NLF.(i. \'ie,v-noul-h r;mal;h, 19{9, won 2nt1 N.E. Lanc:r--si'iil'c Iredr:raii. tr 1it (lorr;natioll cI)(lllrace. lJoti11Lentcrt h, 1911, 1st N.tr. Latl-ca,rhire Fetlerirtic t.t. and 13tlr )i.\\r. Sec-ti()n, R{)nnes Nai.cnirl Fi.vilrg C1ub. 1912,2nd Four l.rshe: N.E.L. Fet.leraticn, and?ti"r and ll9 N.-5. Lanca:itiro Centre,Nantes; Clnb. 1913' 15th and t7I/74/' I'an'cashire Nantr:s (,1lub, i914, besitles; ririr,rl-vcther prizer in lccal C'1ubs. Datn ol3390, Blue F{en 153.r1913, won 1st Glouces'ter', N.E. I-anca sirit'o tr'ecleration, 1913,ancl 1st Four Aldres, 1914. This hen hasflorvn :rll s:tage: to Nar:inclera 270 milesthen kept f or st,ock.

Price: 30/-. Another Bargain.

42.-Blue Cheq. Pied Hen' ARP20i8B18.Sire: hnported Thorougoocl Coch. Dam:Impoltecl Thorougoocl Hen. sister tc No.22, this list; sliould go rvith No. 20. thislist.

Price:' f.2/1Oi''

sEcTtoN 2.

Con::.isting of Yearliugs bred last ye:rrfrom the A.R.P. Stucl Birdl. 'lhcy weleintended f ot' f uture sto(ik birtls andraicers. Tliey ale of supet'b c1i:llity; allculls n ele c1estro.rec1 and there are nolate brecl.-<.

lthe liighest.priced bircl:s are thoseiriocl direc:t frorn the orig;inal impoi'terlIr'aslrarts, they are €2 eech; seccnd gen-eration, but pure-brec1. ll0,/- each. X{iredstrains at'e los.er iu plice. A1l]- of thesebirds cart be u'riliscrt as. futrire stockbirds.

In scmc cages, to avoid the giving oflcng pecligrees. refereilce is mrde tonumber in A.R.P. Sturl Regi::ter. In allc'rses, my riaughter' .r.ili suDirlt- t]'pe-rvl'itti n petligrees cn A.R.P. pecllgt'eelorms.

cocKs.43.-Blue Ccr:k, ARP21i17621. Sire:

"Ju1es Vilssart." irl. portetl. Nc. 6, this list.Dzrnr: "'l-he Prcat Hen," imirorterl. No.,49 ,\.R.P. Stutl Register'.

Price: f2,

44.-Reci Cheq.Sile: "Nor" \Vesrr.'?. i.his 1is,t. I)anrpotterl \'e.;sat't.

Ccck, ARF10,396r21.lmported Vassitlt, No.''l,ailt',Jausein.t s." int-

Price: E2.

415.-[!iealy Cock, l\RP178,'21. Site:'i,i::,lc Irrrn." inrlrLrrtcrl l'a>sarl -4..R.I'}.Stuc{ Rr:gi',iter iiii. i)ar.n: "i,t'" Ilon Rcitge.":nrprrtetl Vassirrt, ,\.R.!'. !ltrr t List 52.

Price: €2.

40,---Elire Ccck, ARP13,6P6,111. Sir'e:Gi ci-.ter:' ixr p()rte(i Vrrssit t, ;\.-R.P. Sttrr.lList )io. 43, arrrl No. 5, this 1ir,;t. Dnni:"Renreml;L:rnce," illlDorted Vassal't-Glooter, No. 58, A.R P. -qtur1 Registel'.

Plice: f,2.

47.--Red Coci<, ARF103S5,/21. Sire:"Nor" \\'est." L)anr: "1,ail:,' Jart;:enns."b|othcl lo 44, al)ove.

Price: f.2.

43.-tslue Cock, AR?21, 117?). Sit'e:"1,riri,:." D;rtrr: "Dorer" thl lcll-krrorritpit,'ir of Uamous :tcci< J.r j.r'ri; ',..'1ti<:h bretl"Clorinthiaa." the Ctrnuiitittrila N-irlret' 514mile s, thr.rs th is bild isr brothel to"Corinthlan."

Price: L2.

49.*Elue Cock, ARP21 /1C397. []rotirertu altorr'. Rlccl [roln "Iotrit"'attr] lJot'L:t""

Price: 82.

50.*BIue Cock, ARP21 /145, Sire:"Ornronrle," the irnportecl Vassart. A.R-P.SttLd Rt,qistei " \Lr. 57. I)irrl: l'rtle Ias-sart Hen.

Price: 30i/-.

51.-Blue Cock, ARP21/195. Sil'e: Bredfrom "Eros" and "Psyche," the importedVassarts, Darn: Pnre Vassart, brecl fromirnported V:rssarts.

Price: 30/-.

52.-Blue Cock, ARP21/188' Brotherto above, No. 51.

Price:30/'.

53.-BlueBrother to

54.-BlueBrcther toand 53.

Cheq. Cock,,ARP21i'17639'tlvo last birds, Nos.5l and

Price: 30/-.

Cheq. Cock, ARP21/17081'tirree last birds, Nos.51,52

Price: 30/-,

55.--Red Cheq. Cock, ARP21 /17086.Sire: "La PyreDees." the lmported Vas-sart Cock. A.R.P. Stutl Register, No. 50.Dam: "r"renus," the imported VassartHen, Stricl No. 67, A.R.P. Ilegister.

Price: f2.

56.-Mealy Cock, ARP21/4799. Sire:Ljred from "La Pyrenees" zrnd "Le BonRouge." Dam: tsred frotl Giooters andthe Preat Hen, fron importecl Vassarts,both sicles.

Price: 30/-,

57.-Blue Cock, ARP21 /158. Bred tlomlhe pail. oi Joel Barkers, imported. SeeNo. 4 ancl No. 28.

Price: 30./-.

58.-Dark Cheq. Cock, ARF21 '167.Lirerl ll"om the impolted llalker Pair thaihave won us many plizes. A *'ell-knou'nstock pair. See lios. 15 and 16, A.R.P.Stud Ilegister", fot' tull pedigrec.

Price: 30/-.

59.-Dark Cheq. Cock, ARP2l/13699.IruLe Ba-rkei, brother to above, No. 58.

Price: 30/-.

60.-Bir.re Cheq. Cock, ARP21/13700.Pule Ilarker, brother tc last two birds.No,q. 5E altd i)9.

Price: 30/-.

61.-Dark Cheq. Cock, ARP21-18596.PuIe Barlier, brother to last three birds,Nos.58.51) anrl 60.

Price: 30/-.

62.-Mealy Cock, ARP21 /16899. Sire:No. 19. this list. Dam: Prire Vassart RedCheq. Hen. Long distance blood l-rere.

Price:.25/-.

63.-Red Cheq. Cock, ARP21 /11479.Ilrother to a'bove,

Price:25/-.64.-Red Cheq. Cock, ARP21/12398.

Sile: Pure Thorougood, No. 20, this list.Dam: Pure Thorougood, No. 42, this list.

Price:25/-.

65.-Red Cheq. Cock, ARP21 /12399.Blother to above, No. 64.

. Pricei 25/-.

66.-Dark Gheq. Cock, ARP21/13697.Sire: Pure Thorougood, No. 21, this list.Danr: Pure Vassart, bred from "Le Bon" llt:aile" and "Lady Jansenns."

Price: 25 /-.

TEE AUSTR,ALASIAN PIGEON KEEPER APR,IL, 1S22.

A.R.P. Advt--Con tinued.

67.-Dark Cheq. Cock, ARP21/13698.Brother to above, No. 66.

Price:25/-,68,-8lue Cock, ARP21/16896. Pure

Anerican 1000-mile strain. Sire: No. 15,this list. Dam: Pure Americatr, No. 36.this list.

price 30/-.

69.-Blue Gheq. Cocl<, ARP21/12400.Pure American 1000-tni1e strain. Siro:No. 18, this list. Darn: Put'e Amelican.No.37. this list.

Price: 30/-.

70.-Blue Cheq. Cock, ARP21ib549.Pure American 1.000-rnile straiu. Sire:No. 16, this list. Dam: Pure American.sister to No. 15 Cock, this list.

Price: 30/-.

71.-Blue Cheq. Cock, ARP21/21039.['ule Arnerican 1000-mile sirain. Siro:No. 1?, this list. Darn: Pure Amel'icatl.No. 36. this list.

Price: 307'-.

72.-Blue Cheq. Cock, ARP21i18599.Sire: Pure Vassalt, No. 3. this iist. Dam:"Corinthian," the Cunnamulla u'inner.See A.R.P. Stucl Register', No. 70.

Price: f,2.

73.-Blue Cock, ARP21/196. Brotherto above. These trvo birds will be x.on-tlerful stock birds.

Price: f,2.

74.-Black Cheq. Cock, ARP21/ 153.Pure Thorougood. Sire: No. 21. Dalr-r:Pule Thorougoocl Hen, bred from Blue(loch, No. 3, A.R.P. Sturl Register. anrlNo. 4, Stud Register.

Price: 25l-.

HENS,

75.-Blue Hen, ARP21/4800. Pure Vas.sart. Sire: No. I1, this list. Darn: No.32, this list.

Price: 30/-.

76.-Ellue Hen, ARP21/187. Pure Vas-sart, srister to No. 50, this 11st.

Price: 30/-.

77.-Blue Cheq. Hen, ARP21/198. Pure\rassart. Sire: Bred frorn Jules Vassartancl "Rentemblance." Dam: Bred from"La Bon Ecaile" and "Lacly Jansenns."

Price: 30/-.

78.-Blue Cheq. Hen, ARP21/199. Pure\rassa|t, sister to No. 77.

price: 30/-.

83.-Biue Hen, Wlrite Flight, ARP-2lll72. Sirc: "Ionie." Dam: 'Dorie,"sister to No. 48 and 49, this list.

Price: f,2.

84.-Blue Cheq. Hen, ARp21 /1BSiZ,Pure Barker, sirter to Nos. 59, bg, 60and 61.

price: 30/-,

85.-Blue Hen, ARP21/4799. PureAmerican 1000-mile strain. Sire: No. 15,this list. Dam: No. 36, this list.

Price: 30rl-,

86.-8lue Cheq. Pied Hen, ARp.21/17088, Pure Anerican. Sire: No. 18,Dam: No. 37, this list.

\\''e have this last season bred manymcre cocks than hens and suggest thatcocks are purchased and used for cross-ing in w'ith good hens of other strains.The Vassarts ale particnlarly good forthis purpose. Nearly al1 the winningshave been nrade vrith half-bred Vassarts.

CONDITIONS OF SALE.

First wires, get preference.

Buyers should nane alternate birds,prcvicling others are solcl.

Money back if not satisfietl.

Cariage paid on orders ot f10 and up-i,vards anywhere in Australasia.

79.-BluePnt'e Vassalt54.

Cireq. Hen, ARP21 /17640.sister to Nos. 51, 52, 53 and

Price: 30/-.

80.-Blue Hen, ARP21 i17075. PureVassat't. sis{.or to No. ?9.

Price: 301-.

81 .*B lue C h eq. H e n, ARP21 /17625.Pure \iassart. sister to No. 56.

Price: 30./-.

82.--Blue Cheq. Hen, ARP21/165. Sile:"Le Bon Ficu,ile," the irnportecl VassartCocl<. -\o. 6,1. A.It.P. Stucl Register, and'iLadr- Viissart," the inlported VassartFIen. No. 60, A.11.P. Stutl Register.

Price: 12.

AII Cotrespondence, Wires, etc. to

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This article has been updated several times over the years as I find more information on the subject. The latest update, made on June 14th, 2011,

includes photos of the Foundation Pair "Trenton 137" & the "Bright Eye Hen". An earlier update was made on April 27th, 2010, and concern a statement

made by George Gits in 1912, about the possible origins of Northup Barker's famous "Marcia", and also makes a reference to Van Opsal.

The Origins of the Trenton Strain (and other interesting Historical Background Information)

Conrad A. Mahr, started flying homing pigeons in 1886. His first club was a “family club” made up of Conrad and several of his schoolmates. One of these

schoolmates had a cousin (Mr. Bond) who kept homing pigeons and who was moving out of the area. It was decided that the loft and birds would be

moved to the schoolmate’s house.

Conrad and his friend got a horse and wagon and moved the loft and birds. For his labor, Conrad received some homing pigeons, including “137 Trenton”

out of an old imported pair (blue bar cock and red slate hen) of the Gus Offerman Strain. This pair had won for Offerman, in 1881, 1st and 2nd National in

the most prestigious long distance race (550 miles) of all Europe at that time.

The Offerman Strain was basically a cross of the birds of an Irish flyer named McCluthian with the birds of Henri Soffle. The strain of Henri Soffle was

founded on birds of Baron Ulen, the fancier credited with having formed the first reliable strain of racing pigeons derived from other varieties of pigeons

(The Liege, the Antwerp, the Brussels, etc.). The McCluthian birds were descendents of “ship birds”. These ship birds; were used by captains sailing the

channel ports, to relay messages to the owners about when the boats would be docking and the extent of the cargo carried. As a side note: the

Hansenne strain also had the ship birds in their background.

"Ship birds" trace back to the early 1800's and were first developed by Dutch fishermen. We find mentioned in the Appendix to Fulton's Book on Pigeons,

that a Mr. F. Redmond, of the Borough [London Area], first introduced the Antwerp homing pigeon to England in 1820. It also mentions that he flew his

birds as far away a Belgium.

A Mr. Giles brought a group of "ship birds" back from Antwerp to England in the early 1850's and described their heritage as being the "Antwerp" type; a

cross of the Antwerp Owl and the English Dragoon. However, Andres Cooper, secretary of the Belgium racing society, relates that the base of the Belgium

racing pigeon was the Cumulet of Antwerp crossed on the Smerle of Liege. Later, around 1825, the Belgium birds were crossed on the English Dragoon.

The Cumulet of Antwerp, is a high flying endurance pigeon that was known to fly so high that it would disappear from sight. The Smerle of Liege, is a

pigeon that was know for rapid flight over short distances.

The Dragoon, is one of three breeds developed in England (the Horseman, the English Carrier and the English Dragoon), all considered to have desended

from "Bagdad" carriers. The "Bagdad" carrier was known to have been introduced to England during the 15th century.

In 1912, George Gits who was already in the sport for 46 years, wrote an article that disputed a claim made in another publication (the Martinet)

crediting Ulens with having first crossed the English Carrier into the Antwerp type pigeon. In this article, Gits wrote: "The `Martinet’ also states that Ulens

crossed his birds with the English carrier pigeon. In this he is confusing Ulens with Pittevil, one of the most serious breeders we ever had: It was he and

not Ulens who used this cross, from which his superb collection of dun (ash grey) pigeons, with their round strong heads, with well developed ceres,

which carried off almost as many prizes as he entered birds. At Pittevil’s sale I bought a cock of this colour, whose descendants, crossed with my own

today, occupy a leading place in my loft. These good duns, then, were not Ulens but Pittevil, obtained from the carrier cross."

Other lofts founded on Offerman birds were:

Mr. W. H. Cottell of Wood Vale, Forest Hill, supreme champion of the old Columbarian Society in the south of England.

One of the four foundation birds of the loft of Charles Thorougood of Sefton, Liverpool, was a cock number 109083 which was of the Posenaer strain

bought from Offerman. Upon the Thorougood bloodlines, J. Kenyon built his Black Pieds family and Peter Guy his Scarisbricks family.

(NOTE: When the Posenaer birds were crossed with the Trentons they produced what was called the Philadelphia Blacks or the Black Diamond strain.

Many of the present day Trentons contain this blood. Black in a Trenton is almost a sure indication of Posenaer blood).

One of the greatest English racing pigeons was Excelsior bred by E. E. Jackson in 1899. The sire to Excelsior was an Offerman.

In 1889, Conrad crossed in a pair of birds he obtained from a Mr. C.O. Barrett. This pair was of the Gits and Van Opsal strain and was related to many

champions for Mr Barrett, all 500-mile day birds.

Note [ In the 1870's, there was an racing pigeon fancier in New York City named Van Opsal, who had imported the Antwerp type pigeon, he organized

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many of the early races in New York and organized some of the first races against fanciers from the Philidelphia and Baltimore areas. He sucessfully

raced his birds to 500 miles and beyond. He was one of the pioneers of the racing pigeon sport in America.]

From John Caddoo of New York, Conrad used a few Barker birds bred close to those coming from "Marcia," said to be the greatest producing hen that

ever lived. Interestingly, "Marcia" strayed into Barkers loft as a sweaker circa 1869 and since there were no indentification bands on the birds in those

days, Marcia was never returned to its owner as there was no way to identify the owner of a youngbird unless it had been name stamped on the wing

flights. Marcia, became the most famous stock hen that Barker ever owned and it is said that Barker once whispered to Lieutenant colonel A H Osman,

that Barker believed Marcia came from Grooters loft. Osman, would not be at all suprized as he also had the Grooter bloodlines down from Felix Rey of

Anderlecht. Just as a side note, the Grooter bloodlines found in the Dordin strain were also by way of Felix Rey.

In 1894, Mr. W.B. Ganairants of Newark, NJ sold all of his birds to Conrad. Included were Noah and Thunder (brothers of “137 Trenton”) and a hen called

Bright Eye, who when mated to “137 Trenton” produced well over 25 – 500 mile day birds. Bright Eye was a niece of “137 Trenton”.

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Many flyers of the time were made famous flying the Trenton blood including C.W.Oetting, Dr. Schilling, H. Beaches, A. Nemachek, J. Sheppard, J.

Howard, T. Rival, C. Hub, T. Hickey, D. Flynn, and others.

The Trenton strain produced many of the first outstanding day-birds at 500, 600, 700 miles. The Indiana Trentons, from 1905 forwards, were regularly

flown out to 1000 miles. In the Pittsburgh, PA area, the Harry Elston strain (strongly Trenton bloodlines), were flown out to 1300 miles.

Conrad A. Mahr, started racing in 1888. In 1898, a fire destroyed his home, loft and all his birds. Nonetheless, from the birds that were sent out prior to

the fire, the Trenton strain went on to create a lasting legacy as the foundation of many of the great long distance lofts in the United States.

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Subject: Re: Uncle SamFrom: "John Vance" <loftmaster@racingpigeonmall.com>Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:22:01 -0700To: "john althaus" <john.althaus@optusnet.com.au>

Hello John,

The Bushell Brother's ad mentioned other pedigrees to follow. Have you seen theseother pedigrees of the Uncle Sam family? I do not have much more to share with youabout the birds except what is posted below.

The Fort Wayne club was formed in 1887. The early strain of favor was the Grooters. Some time before 1899, a group of Ft. Wayne fanciers purchased five pair of Trentonsfrom Conrad Mahr. This introduction must of been initiated prior to 1899 becauseConrad Mahr's lofts were burned down and all his birds destroyed by a fire, in 1898. It was these Trentons (named after Trenton, New Jersey, USA - the hometown of ConradMahr) often blended with the Grooters that first produced the long string of 1000mile race birds.

Dr. Schilling's "Hagen" was a Blue Checker Trenton, and he was the speed recordholder at 1000 miles until 1910.Beach's Red Slate Trenton cock "Abilene", broke the speed record for 1000 miles whenhe beat Hagen's time by about one hour.O. W. Anderson's Blue Checker Trenton-Grooter cross hen named 'Bullet' broke thespeed record for 1000 miles in 1913 (1042 YPM)This record remained unbeaten until 1927 when another Trenton broke the speed recordand I believe this record still stands (1122 YPM)

From 1948 - 1979, the best 1000 mile winning loft in the Ft. Wayne club flew a fourway cross being the old Fort Wayne Trentons and Grooters, with a bit of the Bastinand Bricoux blood introduced later. And much like the type for Uncle Sam, thisfancier stated that the characteristic of his birds that he most admired, was thelong and wide flight feathers.

If you would like more info on the Trentons, you can read my article found athttp://thenational.us/cms/node/55

Dr. Schilling's loft was based predominately on the Trenton bloodline and Beach was afamous Trenton man, who sold may birds around the country. I have no information onthe bloodlines of Nahrwold but in all probability Uncle Sam was Trenton based.

Concerning the later day Uncle Sam composition, I understand that the harrisons werea high impact family of birds. Certainly a strain that I would admire.

cheers,

John Vance

----- Original Message ----- From: "john althaus" <john.althaus@optusnet.com.au>To: "John Vance" <loftmaster@racingpigeonmall.com>Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 5:52 PMSubject: Re: Uncle Sam

Dear John Vance,

Thank you for your informative email.There is a cross of English Harrison in this family (balf harrisons) and they arestill winning from 200 to 700 miles today.It is a shame that this wonderful pigeon came to Brisbane, as it was somewhat awild west frontier mentality, and it convoluted the history.As a 8 year old boy in 1956 I witnessed the history unfold and managed to keep andobtain records of this line.As you can see from the breeding I managed to rescue the line and performance justin time.The line is very close to those origional pigeons in performance and type.Lot one is typical of the 700 mile winners. His pedigree contains several

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federation winners.I am unable to verify a lot of the breeding of the Uncle Sam cock and the SinghideHen.If you have any information of the break-up of the lines it would be muchappreciated.In particular the legend of the input of the American passenger pigeon into racingpigeons in the USA.All the relative information that I have is on the Australian Catalogue site.

Cheers,

John Althaus.

On 06/13/2011 06:20 AM, John Vance wrote:Dear Mr. Althaus,

It was with great pleasure that I received your email. I have heard of Uncle Samand the group of Dr. Schelling imports to Australia. I have often wondered aboutthe Brisbane Blues and if they were still identifiable as a racing stock. Youhave done a wonderful job or recording the history of this family of birds from1919 to the present.

I have studied the early history of the 1000 mile birds and the fanciers of Dr.Schelling's club, who set these records.

Just for your records, Mr. Nohrwold, died on December 31st, 1959. He was born inGermany and arrived in Ft. Wayne, in 1899.

O. W. Anderson, finally gave up his birds in 1979, at the age of 92.

In the 1930's, birds of similar bloodlines were raced out to 1320 miles.

1000 mile races became much less frequent with the great depression in the USAand hard economic times, as the shipping cost was much harder to come by. AfterWWII, the 1000 mile races again came back until around the early 1980's.

Some of these birds are still going out to 700 miles but crossed out on anotherstrain.

Today, you would be hard pressed to find any of the old bloodlines that are stillraced uncrossed.

Best regards,

John Vance

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http://www.australianpigeoncatalogues.com.au/queensland.php

Dear Sir,The above attached www is a link to a unique line of racing pigeons found onlyin Brisbane Australia.The complete documented history is contained on this www site.These birds have raced on the continent and have won major races (San Sebastianto England and Pau to England 22nd place)without anyone knowing the history andthe origin.You can use any of the information for what ever purpose you see fit.You may send this link to all and any member or those on your mailing list whomay be interested in a completely inbred and unique pool of genes notpreviously documented or available until now.

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Cheers,

John Althaus

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Noel Randall’s feeding and training for 500-700 mile races for the Uncle Sam Line.

For first series. Purchase the very best corn and wheat available with enough feed to last the whole season. If you have to change the feed you will fail at the distance. Initial training; After settling immediately commence loft work. Work around the loft twice per day for a minimum of 45 minutes in each session. Before the first 60 mile race; Three tosses

1. 10 miles 2. 20 miles 3. 30 miles.

Work around the loft twice per day for a minimum of 45 minutes in each session. Do not toss any more. Feeding up to 250 miles. I part corn, 1 part peas, 1 part wheat, 1 part milo, ½ pure canary. Do not feed sunflower or safflower as will caused disorientation. Race every second week. The day after 250-mile race worm and follow up immediately with a canker/ coccidiosis treatment. Feeding after 250-mile race. First series 6 parts corn, 2 peas 1 part wheat 1 part sorghum, 1/2 part canary. Second series 5 parts corn, 2 part peas, 2 part wheat, 1 part sorghum, 1 part canary. (The corn can make them too light in the second series so use extra wheat to put on extra weight) Training. Work around the loft freely until they are working up to three hours in morning session and 2 hours in the afternoon session. This may take up to three or four weeks to reach. Race every second week. Before the 600 and 700 mile race give 3-4 50-mile tosses. Two days before basketing for the 600/700 miles give the hens the honeymoon treatment by allowing each of them to be with a cock by themselves.