the old janssens from louella,arjan eddy, merckx, stamvater were real sprinters ,they were mad headed and many times watched my youngsters go over on race days to come out of the back like bullets,and yes they did have red eye cears,i still have them with the rich pearl eyes and red eye cear but also have a janssen hen with a gold -yellow eye like a christel of mountains and she breeds fantastic pigeons and is a golmine at stock.