Rooster J. Cogburn Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Coronation Express was at that time the fastest ever SNFC Gold Cup winner - a record that would stand for 30 years
andy Burgess Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 another interesting read Rooster , geographical spread raised an eyebrow here
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted February 4, 2014 Author Report Posted February 4, 2014 another interesting read Rooster , geographical spread raised an eyebrow here Different days Andy
alec guinness Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 Great stuff Lewis,fizzer McIntyres winnings of £167.00 in the 1937 "gold cup" were laid out on the living room floor as single pound notes and all the neighbours were allowed to look at this amazing amount of money from the living room door!!!
moscow master Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 1st west section 9th open tam mccrorrie from galston clocked doos for fun at the distance my old man used to clean oot his loft when he was a boy just a pity theres no doos over here like that noo t paton of galston on the result aswell the first man to win the gold cup on the day with shot wattle
walterboswell59 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Posted February 4, 2014 another interesting read Rooster , geographical spread raised an eyebrow here must have been a south east wind andy fast race yet the top distance men still there amazing my wifes grandfather on the result to j webster known as chiggy webster could fly a pigeon to
andy Burgess Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 must have been a south east wind andy fast race yet the top distance men still there amazing my wifes grandfather on the result to j webster known as chiggy webster could fly a pigeon to I cant see the velocities Walter but to cover 481 miles in 4 hours 3 minutes there must have been some powerful gust of wind up there tails
Mossgiel Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 Great stuff Lewis,fizzer McIntyres winnings of £167.00 in the 1937 "gold cup" were laid out on the living room floor as single pound notes and all the neighbours were allowed to look at this amazing amount of money from the living room door!!! What an image and some thrill for the fanciers involved.
Rooster J. Cogburn Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Posted February 5, 2014 I cant see the velocities Walter but to cover 481 miles in 4 hours 3 minutes there must have been some powerful gust of wind up there tails Sorry Andy I should have said the birds were liberated at 7am in a south wind.The winning pigeon was timed a 1603 on a velocity of 1559ypm East section winner 1324 ypm West Section winner 1318 ypm You're right though-it would have been a hell of a wind for them to do 481 mile in 4 hours and 3 minutes
yeboah Posted February 5, 2014 Report Posted February 5, 2014 Although a strong south wind the first few birds were streets ahead of the rest did'nt turn out the easy race that winning velocities suggest .
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