Pigeon Thos

4 members sent 18 birds 1 Alec Benson 1120.53 2 Andrew Dewar 1108.91 3 Tom Murphy 1078.36 4 John Dewar. 965.03

There are 8 home Andy but to be honest there are only 3 with enough feathers. And they are siblings!! Their daddy is the 11 flight cock, nestmate to the red pied hen I gave you with Paul Thomson's blood.

1 Harry Russell 1005 2 Harry Russell 997 3 Bill Gray 996 4 Bill Gray 989 5 Tom Murphy 986

I've sent my 12 to the same race Andy. The loft is empty and my club mates have bought the baskets and the ETS. I'll need to borrow a basket if I go to YB National. It's been an enjoyable 36 years but I'm looking forward to turning the loft into a workshop and being able to go away for a few days without having to rely on others.

1 Harry Russell 1319.6 2 Harry Russell 1316.9 3 John Dewar. 1284 4 Charlie Brown. 1280 full pooled 5 Petrie and Crichton 1279 6 Andrew Dewar 1274 7 John S Smith 1273 8 John S Smith 1272

10 members sent 186 birds. 1 Charlie Brown 1051 2 J.S.Smith. 1032 3 J.S.Smith. 1022 4 Andrew Dewar. 1017 5 James Neill. 1011 6 Harry Russell 999.5 7 Alec Benson. 997 8 Alec Benson. 991

10 members sent 215 birds 1 Harry Russell 1102 2 Tom Murphy 1100 3 Charles Brown 1090.5 4 John Dewar 1056 5 Alec Benson. 1019 6 Tom Murphy. 1007 7 Bill Gray. 1006 8 Harry Russell 998

This was his first race. He's keeping his powder dry until we run out of doos.

Sorry been on holiday Ridsdale 2 Pos Name Velocity 1 Andrew Dewar 1579.083 2 Harry Russel 1573.374 3 Harry Russel 1570.324 4 Alec Benson 1563.615 5 Andrew Dewar 1559.146 6 Andrew Dewar 1558.479 Towlaw 1 Pos Name Velocity 1 Tom Murphy 1092.455 2 John Dewar 1089.570 3 Tom Murphy 1088.912 4 John Dewar 1086.778 5 James Neill 1079.940 6 Harry Russel 1062.322 7 Harry Russel 1058.734 8 James Neill 1057.542 Looks like I'll need to go on holiday more often

7 members sent 210 birds Pos Name Velocity 1 John Dewar 1606.150 2 Js. Smith 1597.844 3 Alec Benson 1568.305 4 Alec Benson 1567.633 5 Alec Benson 1566.291 6 Harry Russel 1556.940 7 Js. Smith 1556.734 8 Andrew Dewar 1544.925 9 Andrew Dewar 1529.681 10 Js. Smith 1526.865

Glad to hear. All the best to both of you and the kids. I know it's a trying time for all. Tom

Bird tossed at Biggar today 12.30

Got one on Friday morning burst up leg and undercarriage. 2/3

In last night. Any takers?

This is my last season so I decided I wanted to have a serious pop at Alencon and Clermont. I paired my two most reliable 3 year olds together, both of whom flew Clermont last year but only homed after a day. I sent them on two day old chicks and put the chicks under foster parents while they were away. I timed the hen on Sunday at 6pm, 3 hours out of race time and gave her the cock youngster from the foster parents expecting the cock the next day. She mothered the chick and was recovering well so I rung the youngster thinking I might get her to Clermont with the big youngster. Her cock arrived this morning (Friday) injured, limping and bashed undercarriage. Into the nest he goes makes a fuss of the hen and the chick. I look in at 11.00am and he's in nest knocking 10 bells out the baby. I swap the chick for the hen youngster from the foster parents. and peace and harmony resumes. 36 years I've kept pigeons and have never witnessed jealousy on this scale.