jimmy white

WONDER WHOS CHAMPION THAT WAS????

YEP, HOPE YOU GET SOME DECENT RACING,, GOOD LUCK

THIS POST WAS UNDER YB SICKNESS AND I COMMENTED ON THE BIGGEST FACTOR WAS STRESS,,,,,,,I MEANT FOR THE PIGEONS,?? THE FORECAST WAS BAD FROM NEWCASTLE GOING NORTH, A FEW FEDS CANCELLED THEIR RACE, WHICH IN MY OPINION WAS RIGHT,[EVEN ALLTHOUGH THEY MIGHT HAVE HAD A RACE,I SAY YOUR BETTER PLAYING SAFE] YOUD THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY SAT IN THE YEAR, LOOK AT THE PENTLAND FED , THEY USED HAVE ANOTHER 6 RACES AFTER THE YB NAT,AND IN THE PAST HAVE HAD GREAT RACING

well done all , and well done linda,, but good luck to the hard worker "chat "making a great job of it in a very difficult race.

yes,,paulo,,,the same people that call them flying rats , might not have been here today , had it not been for these pigeons,

read that snowy,, what fantastic birds these were, just wish the press could put an article on them all ,,, including the story attached,,, brilliant snowy

;D ;D ;D your some case craig ;D ;D ;D celtic came up to me , bought the cement mix, swetted cobs, :) but at least fixed my steps [to dangerous] i felt so sorry for him swetting his guts out , and wouldnt take anything for it, that i SOLD him a cold bottle off coca cola ;D ;D ;D [ HE SAID HE JUST DID IT FOR SPECK COMMING BACK UP] if i had have known that i wouldhave charged him DOUBLE ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D THANKS PAL YOUVE BEEN VERY HELFULL

:) its really strange to think , that ,that tiny bird will be feathered and eating for itself in about 3 weeks, then flying arround at 4, 5 weeks , then flying home from a toss at 9.10 weeks , even could be homing 100 miles at 12 weeks,,,,,,the rate of growth must be tremendous ,,,, absolutely marvelous :) and as for the lady in the photo next to it,,,,,,,well ill leave that to cs ;D ;D ;D

when seperating this years young birds, theres not many that dont make mistakes, so your not alone there, ;D ;D ;D [me included ;D], but over the winter you often find out that, that cock is a hen, or that hen is a cock????? :)

well done indeed terry , a fantastic result , ,,,,,and another member of pigeon basics

WELL DONE SPEEDBIRD ,,,GREAT RESULT

THATS WHY I PUT IT ON THE FORUM FIFER [ BUT IF THEY DO GET BACK IN THE STRAY CENTRE ILL PAY ;D ;D ;D] JUST IN CASE LEWIS GETS WORRIED ;D ;D I GOT ONE BACK , BUT HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH LEWIS, BUT TRIED EXPLAINING IT TO HIS MOTHER, SO HOPEFULLY LEWIS WILL GET THE MESSAGE :)

YOUR BETTER SEPERATING THEM IF POSSSIBLE, AND IF YOU DO YOU, WONT BE LONG IN FINDING OUT ANY MISTAKES, JUST BY WATCHING THEM :) IF THEIR LOCKED OUT THEIR BOXES AND NESTPANS TAKEN AWAY THEY WILL STOP FOR A WEE WHILE, WHEN HEAVY IN THE MOULT,,, BETTER SEPERATED :)

;D ;D well done red cheq hen,,,,,,,,the only tip i can give you , is" keep them watered" ;D ;D,,,,,GREAT GOING

;D ;D ;D ;D JUST USE A MATCH ,,TO SEE IF LEAK IS STILL THERE, ,,,AND IF IT IS ;D ;D THEN LOOK TO SEE IF THE HOUSE IS STILL THERE ;D ;D ;D ;D [ ALL WRONG DATES ON PHOTOS , TAKEN ,YESTERDAY ;D]

HOW ARE N ,W FED DOING ,,, I HOPE REASONABLE

bang on there fifer [pays to catch them gently, i paid for that ] the bird that was out 21 minutes , verified with the crowd in the yard where i used to keep them the bird was eventualy 25 sect sartilly and won nearly 800 pounds, was beaten by one minute for full pools1,800 pounds,,,,,this bird had won 7 races and more positions and was sickened of being picked up, so , you live and learn ;D ;D ;D ;D

how far is witton castle to you billy or anyone in nw fed

lothians dull , visability not too good

:) well done anyway alf :)

mine once 21 mins after a 500 mie race :'( :'( :'( :'(it took a drink off a puddle on a flat roof, then just sat

i know things have been extremely tough for you, but please think about it carefully, the way youve been flying in the last few years have been fantastic,,, please wings we dont want you to go,i know how youve been feeling, and its not a nice feeling , but if you keep going the way youve been going, im pretty sure you would be hitting the nationals next,,,,,,and beleive me if you pack up youll miss them,,,,keep going pal things will improve and youll make it,

craig , ;D your some guy ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;Dmade me laugh anyway ;D ;D ;D

LOST 3 YBS IN THE LOTHIANS AREA? WITH NAME AND ADDRESS RINGS ON ,,,, L MITCHELL INVERKEITHING,[ PLEASE PHONE 0131 440 0484] THEY WERE GIVEN TO ME BY L MITCHELL AND FORGOT TO TAKE ADDRESS BANDS OFF [ THEIR QUITE YOUNG AND JUST CAST THEIR FIRST FLIGHT

CHER AMI [DEAR FRIEND] PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL CARRIER PIGEONS WAS "CHER AMI", TWO FRENCH WORDS MEANING" DEAR FREIND". CHER AMI SEVERAL TIMES ON THE FRONT LINES DURING THE FALL OF 1918. HE FLEW 12 IMPORTANT MISSIONS TO DELIVER MESSAGES. PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT WAS THE MESSAGE HE CARRIED ON OCT 4TH 1918. MR CHARELES WHITTLESEY WAS A LAWYER IN NEW YORK, BUT WHEN THE USA CALLED FOR SOLDIERS TO HELP FRANCE REGAIN THEIR FREEDOM, WHITTLESAY JOINED THE ARMY AND WENT TO EUROPE TO HELP. HE WAS MADE THE COMMANDEROF A BATTALION OF SOLDIERS IN THE 77TH INFANTRY DIV. KNOWN AS THE LIBERTY DIVISION BECAUSE MOST OF THE MEN WORE A BRIGHT BLUE PATCH ON THEIR SHOULDERS THAT HAD ON IT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY. ON OCT 3D 1918 MAJOR WHITTLESEY AND MORE THAN 500 MEN WERE TRAPPED IN A SMALL DEPRESSION ON THE SIDE OF THE HILL. SURROUNDED BY ENEMY SOLDIERS, MANY WERE KILLED AND WOUNDED ON THE FIRST DAY. BUY THE SECOND DAY ONLY A LITTLE MORE THAN 200 MEN WERE STILL ALIVE OR UNWOUNDED. MAJOE WHITTLESEY SENT OUT SEVERAL PIGEONS TO TELL THE COMMANDERS WHERE HE WAS, AND HOW BAD THE TRAP WAS. THE NEXT AFTERNOON HE HAD ONLY ONE PIGEON LEFT, CHER AMI. DURING THE AFTERNOON THE AMERICAN ARTILLERY TRIED TO SAVE SOME PROTECTION BY FIRING HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF BIG ARTILLERY ROUNDS INTO THE RAVINE WHERE THE GERMANS SURROUNDED HIM AND HIS MEN. UNFORTUNATELY, THE AMERICAN COMMANDERS DIDNT KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WERE, AND STARTED DROPPING THE BIG SHELLS RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM. IT WAS A HORRIBLE SITUATION THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED IN MAJOR WHITTLESEY AND ALL HIS MEN GETTING KILLED- BY THEIR OWN ARMY. MAJOR WHITTLESAY CALLED FOR HIS LAST PIGEON , CHER AMI. HE WROTE A SIMPLE QUICK NOTE, TELLING THE MEN WHO DIRECTED THE ARTILLERY GUNS WHERE THE AMERICANS WERE LOCATED AND ASKING FOR THEM TO STOP. THE NOTE WAS PUT IN THE CANNISTER ON CHER AMI,S LEFT LEG SIMPLY SAID "WE ARE ALONG THE ROAD PARALLEL TO 276.4" "OUR OWN ARTILLRY IS DROPPING A BARRIAGE DIRECTLY ON US. FOR HEAVENS SAKE, STOP IT". AS CHER AMI TRIED TO FLY HOME, THE GERMANS SAW HIM RISING OUT OF THE BRUSH AND OPENED FIRE, FOR SEVERAL MINUTES, BULLETS ZIPPED THROUGH THE AIR ALL AROUND HIM. FOR A MINUTE IT LOOKED LIKE THE LITTLE PIGEON WAS GOING TO FALL, THAT HE WASNT GOING TO MAKE IT. THE DOOMED AMERICAN INFANTRYMEN WERE CRUSHED, THEIR LAST LAST HOME WAS PLUMMETING TO EARTH AGAINST A VERY HEAVY ATTACK FROM GERMAN BULLETS. SOMEHOW CHER AMI MANAGED TO SPREAD HIS WINGS AND START CLIMBING AGAIN, HIGHER, AND HIGHER BEYOND THE RANGE OF THE ENEMY GUNS. THE LITTLE BIRD FLEW 25 MILES IN 25 MINUTES TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE. THE SHELLING STOPPED ,AND MORE THAN 200 AMERICAN LIVESWERE SAVED....ALL BECAUSE THE LITTLE BIRD NEVER QUIT TRYING. ON HIS LAST MISSION, CHER AMI WAS BADLY WOUNDED. WHEN HE FINALLY REACHED HIS COOP, HE COULD NOLONGER FLY, AND THE SOLDIER THAT ANSWERED THE SOUND OF THE BELL, FOUND THE BIRD LAYING ON HIS BACK, COVERED IN BLOOD. HE HAD BEEN BLINDED IN ONE EYE, AND A BULLET HAD HIT HIS BREASBONE, MAKING A HOLE THE SIZE OF A QUARTER. FROM THAT AWFULL HOLE, HANGING BY JUST A FEW TENDONS, WAS THE ALMOST SEVERED LEG OF THE BRAVE LITTLE BIRD.ATTACHED TO THAT LEG WAS A SILVER CANISTER, WITH THE ALL IMPORTANT MESSAGE. ONCE AGAIN ,CHER AMI WOULDNT QUIT UNTIL HE HAD FINISHED THE JOB. CHER AMI BECAME THE HERO OF THE 77TH INF. DIV. AND WHEN MEDICS WORKED LONG AND HARD TO PATCH HIM UP. WHEN THE FRENCH SOLDIERS LEARNED THE STORY OF CHER AMI,S BRAVERY AND DETERMINATION, THEY GAVE HIM ONE OF THEIR OWN COUNTRIES GREAT HONOURS. CHER AMI , THE BRAVE CARRIER PIGEON WAS PRESENTED WITH A MEDAL CALLED THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH A PALM LEAF. THOUGH THE DEDICATED MEDICS SAVED CHER AMI,S LIFE, THEY COULDNT SAVE HIS LEG. THE MEN OF THE DIV. WERE CAEFULL TO TAKE CARE OF THE LITTLE BIRD THAT HAD SAVED THE LIVES OF 200 OF THEIR FREINDS, AND EVEN CARVED A SMALL WOODEN LEG FOR HIM, WHEN CHER AMI WAS WELL ENOUGH TOTRAVEL, THE LITTLE ONE-LEGGED HERO WAS PUT ON A BOAT TO THE U,S . THE COMMANDER OF ALL THE U,S, ARMY, THE GREAT GENERAL JOHN J PERSHING, PERSONALLY SAW CHER AMI OFF AS HE DEPARTED FROM FRANCE. CHER AMI, BY WEBB FARRINGTON. CHER AMI,HOW DO YOU DO, LISTEN, LET ME TALK TO YOU ILL NOT HURT YOU, DONT YOU SEE? COME A LITTLE CLOSE TO ME. LITTLE SCRAWNY BLUE WHITE FLIGHT MESSENGER FOR MEN WHO FIGHT TELL ME OF THE DEEP, RED SCAR, THERE,JUST WHERE NO FEATHERS ARE. WHAT ABOUT YOUR POOR LEFT LEG? TELL ME, CHER AMI I BEG BOYS AND GIRLS ARE AT A LOSS, HOW YOU WON THAT SILVER CROSS. "THE FINEST FUN THAT CAME TO ME WAS WHEN I WENT WITH WHITTLSEY; WE MARCHED SO FAST, SO FAR AHEAD, " WE ALL ARE LOST"THE KEEPER SAID; MON CHER AMI_ THATS MY DEAR FREIND YOU ARE THE ONE WELL HAVE TO SEND THE WHOLE BATTALIAN NOW IS LOST, AND YOU MUST WIN AT ANY COST. SO WITH MESAGE TIED ON TIGHT; I FLEW UP STRAIGHT WITH ALL MY MIGHT, BEFORE I GOT UP HIGH ENOUGH, THOSE WATCHFULL GUNS BEGAN TO PUFF. MACHINE GUN BULLETS CAME LIKE RAIN, YOUD THINK I WAS AN AEROPLANE; AND WHEN I STARTED TO THE REAR, MY? THE SHOT WAS COMMING NEAR. BUT I FLEW ON , STRAIGHT AS A BEE; THE WIND COULD NOT CATCH UP WITH ME UNTILL I DROPPED OUT OF THE AIR, INTO OUR OWN MENS CAMP, SO THEIR; BUT, CHER AMI, UPON MY WORD, YOU MODEST MODEST LITTLE BIRD; NOW DONT YOU KNOW THAT YOU FORGOT? TELL HOW YOUR BREAST AND LEG WERE SHOT. " OH YES THE DAY WE CROSSED THE MEUSE, I FLEW TO RAMPART WITH THE NEWS; AGAIN THE BULLETS CAME LIKE HAIL, I THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT I WOULD FAIL. THE BULLETS BUZZED BY LIKE A BEE, SO CLOSE , IT ALMOST FRIGHTENED ME.; ONE STRUCK THE FEATHERS OF THIS SAIL, ANOTHER WENT RIGHT THROUGH MY TAIL. BT WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE REAR. I FOUND THEY HIT ME HERE, AND HERE; BUT THAT IS NOTHING NEVER MIND OLD POILU, THERE IS NEARLY BLIND. I ONLY CARE FOR WHAT THEY SAID, FOR WHEN THEY SAW THE WAY I BLED AND FOUND IN FRONT A SWOLLEN LUMP THE MESSAGE HANGING FROM THIS STUMP; THE FRENCH AND MINE SAID, "TRES BIEN", OR VERY GOOD,,,,,,, AMERICAN. MON CHER AMI, YOU BROUGHT GOOD NEWS; OUR ARMY,S GONE ACROSS THE MEUSE. YOU SURELY HAD A LUCKY CALL/ AND SO IM GLAD. I GUESS THATS ALL. ILL SIT, SO PARDON ME, I BEG; ITS HARD A_STANDING ON ONE LEG???? CHER AMI DIED OF HIS MULTIPLE WAR WOUNDS ON JUNE 13TH 1919 LESS THAN A YEAR HE HAD COMPLETED HIS SERVICE TO THE U,S ARMY SIGNAL CORPS, UPON HIS DEATH A TAXIDERMIST PRESERVED THE SMALL PIGEON FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS, A BIRD WITH A STORY THAT BECOME AN INSPIRATION , TO MILLIONS OVER THE YEARS,