HI I SEEN THE OLD MAN WHO LEFT ME SOME BIRDS IN 1997, I ASKED HIM WHAT THE COCK BIRD WAS RING NUMBER 95 TD 0203, HE HAD A LOOK THREW SOME OLD RECORDS AND FOUND ITS RING NUMBER, ALL IT SAID WAS PAIR 4 ALF BAKER I STILL HAVE THE OLD COCK HE IS A DCH I DONT NO IF THE ALF BAKERS WHERE D CH OR NOT BUT WHAT A GOOD OLD BIRD HE WAS ,THE OLD MAN FLEW THEM NATURAL, THEN WHEN I GOT THEM I FLEW THEM WIDHOOD AND WHAT A DIFFRENS IT MADE TO THEM IT TOOK A FEW WEEKS BEFORE THE GOT THE HANG OF THINGS, BUT WHEN THEY DID THEY CAME BRILLIANT THE FIRST CHANNEL RACE I SENT 2 ONE WAS THE OLD COCK IT WAS ARRAS 400 ML HE WAS THE ONLY BIRD IN THE CLUB ON THE DAY VEL 923 1ST CLUB 3 RD FED 23 COMB, 3 WEEKS LATER HE WHENT TO BOURGES 581 ML HE FLEW A CRACKING RACE HE WAS 2 ND CLUB BEATING BY A LAD ON THE SAME ALLOTMENT BY 10 MIN, HE WAS 4TH FED 31ST COMB ON THE DAY, HE WHENT ON TO FLY BOURGES 4 MORE TIMES FOR ME WINNING 3 OF THEM AND HIS LAST RACE HE WAS 4 TH CLUB 6 TH FED 44TH COMB HE IS THE GSIRE OF THE COMB WINNER FROM BOURGES 2 YEAR AGO FOR HELM & KNOX ,NOT A BAD OLD BIRD IS HE