Download or read book Champion Pigeons written by Daniel P. Bellitto and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Racing Pigeons written by Thayer Keith Miller and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racing Pigeons: A Manual describes the historical use of homing pigeons for communications and is a manual for the pigeon racing sport. Descended from the wild Blue Rock dove, homing pigeons have been highly valued since ancient times for sending messages in times of peace and war. Todays homing pigeons have been bred to perform better than ever. Pigeon racing has developed into a worldwide hobby and is the national sport of Belgium. In 2013, a champion Belgian pigeon was sold for $400,000. Some pigeon races offer a million dollars in prize money but it can also be a hobby for ordinary folks who raise pedigreed pigeons and fly them for pleasure. This book explains how pigeon racing can be enjoyable and affordable with information on getting started, instructions for establishing a loft, breeding and training programs, and details about pigeon racing on a modest budget. The author has over fifty years of experience with racing pigeons, raising them, importing and exporting them, and winning races in international competition. In our fast paced electronic and impersonal age, homing pigeons can be a relaxing, challenging and rewarding family activity, appealing to people of all backgrounds. The author mentions some celebrities who have been homing pigeon fanciers. Pigeon racing in an under-publicized activity in America. Racing Pigeons: A Manual unveils this unique hobby and sport.
Download or read book Long Distance Pigeon Racing written by John Clements and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative book is aimed particularly at those who participate in racing pigeons at distances of over five hundred miles but will be of value to all pigeon fanciers. John Clements succeeds in making the reader view the humble pigeon in a different light and ensures that he, or she, gains a deeper appreciation of the enormous joy and satisfaction that can be gained from long-distance pigeon racing.Contains detailed accounts of interviews with the owners of nine top British and Continental lofts involved in long-distance pigeon racing. The interviews cover a wide range of important issues including the acquisition of stock, the treatment of young birds and yearlings, feed, health and immunity. Other subjects covered include loft management, cleaning, construction and ventilation, the pairing and exercising of the birds, the systems used (widowhood, on the nest, or both) race preparation and many other subjects. Well illustrated with over 170 colour photographs, pedigree charts and postcards. This easily accessible, informative and analytical book is essential reading for pigeon fanciers everywhere.The objective of the book is to make the reader look at the humble pigeon in a different light and gain satisfaction from the joy of long-distance racing. Provides fascinating accounts of interviews with the owners of nine successful lofts.John Clements is a dedicated commentator on long-distance pigeon racing; an enthusiastic supporter of international racing and has a regular weekly column in British Homing World.
Download or read book The Thoroughbred Racing Pigeon written by Liam O' Comáin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-02-13 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this publication I present brief insights into and profiles of some of the best European lofts of long distance and marathon pigeon racing presently operating as we traverse the initial years of a new millennium. I also include an appendix relating to master pigeoners who have now departed to the large loft in the heavens but whose families, strains and dynasties positively impacted upon the sport of those now breeding and racing the thoroughbreds of the sky.
Download or read book Secrets of the Racing Ace Pigeon Racing Secrets written by Old Hand and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a fascinating and comprehensive treatise on the racing pigeon, and includes information on feeding, general care and management, breeding, and much more. This text contains a wealth of timeless information on racing pigeons, as well as many useful hints and handy tips. It will be of considerable utility to the modern fancier. The chapters of this book include: 'The Racing Ace', 'Making Pigeons Fly Faster', 'Feeding for Breeding', 'Preparation for the Breeding Season', 'Controlling Racing Pigeons', 'The Master Gland', 'Special Investigation into the Cause of Racing Pigeons Respiratory Troubles', etcetera. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly hard to come by and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new introduction on pigeons.
Download or read book Racing Pigeons written by Joe Rotondo and published by North American Falconry & Hunting Hawks. This book was released on 1995 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pigeons written by Andrew D. Blechman and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2007-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people consider the ubiquitous pigeon to be a pest. But as Blechman demonstrates in his enjoyable and informative book, this much-maligned bird has served humans well for thousands of years.
Download or read book American Pigeon Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pigeon Man written by Jim Emerton and published by Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Emerton bred and raced birds for 40 years and had birds return to the loft from as far as 879 miles away. Now in retirement from active racing, he devotes his time and energies to sharing his experiences, his observations and his expertise with the rest of the fancy. Here in one volume is a comprehensive collection of his thoughts about pigeons and pigeon racing, ranging from short pieces originally written for the leading fanciers? magazines to full-length articles and interviews. What unites us in principle is the common good of the sport, and with this in mind I do what I can for others ? it all oils the cogs of the sport. Some will see me as a know-all, yet I am a quiet little man making my mark, that's all. What is true is that I have made a life study of pigeons, and as a teacher I like to impart knowledge and experience? My aim is purely to tell it as it is to me, and if this is illuminating to others, then so be it.?
Download or read book Illustrated World written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Technical World Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pigeon Racing written by Herbert R. Axelrod and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage text contains a comprehensive guide to racing pigeons, with information on training, feeding, housing, showing, breeding, and much more. This complete and timeless guide will be of considerable utility to both prospective and existing fanciers, and would make for a wonderful addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this book include: 'The Pigeon's History', 'The Loft', 'Keeping the Loft Clean', 'The Pigeon', 'Feeding', 'The Breeding Season', 'The Moult', 'Colors', 'Teaching the Young Bird', 'Cooped', 'Young-Bird Racing', 'The Club', 'Old-Bird Racing', 'Winning Systems', etcetera. This book is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a new biography of the author.
Download or read book Pigeon Racing written by Jim Emerton and published by Mereo Books, mereobook, mereobooks. This book was released on 2019-01-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Emerton is one of the most respected figures in pigeon racing, having bred and raced birds for 40 years and had birds return to the loft from as far as 879 miles away. Now he writes on the subject for magazines and websites, sharing his expertise and his musings with all who enjoy this absorbing hobby. This comprehensive collection of his writings on pigeons covers everything from feed regimes and choosing stock to his experiences with racing from many exotic locations around the world. We are a motley crew of mad monks, illuminated by a shared dream. It is an extension of the old, traditional values, of the old sage, pipe in mouth, corn tin in hand, sunning himself in a deckchair in his rose garden. That is how the iconic birds in folklore and history were raced.
Download or read book The Romance of Poaching in the Highlands of Scotland as Illustrated in the Lives of John Farquharson and Alexander Davidson the Last of the Free foresters written by William McCombie Smith and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Pigeon and a Boy written by Meir Shalev and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mesmerizing novel of two love stories, separated by half a century but connected by one enchanting act of devotion—from the internationally acclaimed Israeli writer Meir Shalev. During the 1948 War of Independence—a time when pigeons are still used to deliver battlefield messages—a gifted young pigeon handler is mortally wounded. In the moments before his death, he dispatches one last pigeon. The bird is carrying his extraordinary gift to the girl he has loved since adolescence. Intertwined with this story is the contemporary tale of Yair Mendelsohn, who has his own legacy from the 1948 war. Yair is a tour guide specializing in bird-watching trips who, in middle age, falls in love again with a childhood girlfriend. His growing passion for her, along with a gift from his mother on her deathbed, becomes the key to a life he thought no longer possible. Unforgettable in both its particulars and its sweep, A Pigeon and A Boy is a tale of lovers then and now—of how deeply we love, of what home is, and why we, like pigeons trained to fly in one direction only, must eventually return to it. In a voice that is at once playful, wise, and altogether beguiling, Meir Shalev tells a story as universal as war and as intimate as a winged declaration of love.
Download or read book The Million Dollar Race written by Kevin Houston and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From humble beginnings to world renowned boxing promoter, tattoo artist, pigeon racer and entrepreneur; Kevin Houston has lived the life of dreams. That is, until his world was shattered and evaporated in an instant.No one could have predicted Kevin's untimely fall from grace. One minute, rubbing shoulders with celebrities; the next, been thrown headlong into the sinister depths of the British prison system, serving a life sentence behind bars. ,,This book is an entertaining and revealing insight into the fascinating world of pigeon racing. A world that can be financially lucrative for the most successful of racers, with one particular series of annual* world-wide pigeon races carrying a winner's purse of an astronomical one million US Dollars.
Download or read book Outing Sport Adventure Travel Fiction written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 782 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
