AMERICAN” PIGEON JOURNAL Published Monthly ot Warrenton, Missouri, 63383, U. S. A. September 1971 World Wide Circulation- Copy 34 Por Year Grand Champion Flying Tippler e Dark Print Flying Tippler Cock, Band No. 326-69, Grand Champion Flying Tippler at the 1970 Grand National Show held at St. Paul, Minn. — Owned by Fred Smith, Henderson, This Issue Devoted Especially To Tipplers ons for Pleasure and Profit Devoted to the Raising of PiBay-Mor? We take quality ingredients, modern scientific equipment, years of experience, pride in a quality product which is backed by SERVICE and a GUARANTEE, and what must you have? THE BEST PIGEON FEEDS i Eon the market today, at a price you will not believe! If you don’t believe us, just ask the man who Is FP winning. Contact us for the dealer closest to you. If there ist anyone, we will get one — may be you? Look for { | usin the Lott of Champlons Bay-Mor Pet Feeds A Division of B and M Farms and Milling Co., Inc. Route | Phone: 717-385-1530 Pottsville, Pa., 17901 Feeders and Fountains All OF The Above Items Are Mailed To Your Home Postpaid. ‘Mated Pair Bands for our A-71, 52-page Catalog. It Is loaded with Bands of all Kinds the items most needed in the loft. Gagne Bros. Pigeons Route |, Box 60, Camp Meeting Rd., Clinton, Pa., 15026 Phone: 412-899-3750Flying Tippler Association Of America The Only Consistent Organization Maintaining Both National and International Membership Sponsoring Nine Trophy Informative Bulletins Training Method Senior Dues $5 Award Flying Cc titi ee Junior 18 Years and Each Year » Under $2.50 1938-1971 Dedicated to the advancement of the High Flying Tippler, promotion of Fly- ing competitions and exhibitions. A wonderful inexpensive hobby enjoyed by everyone. A challenge to the keenest men in the Pigeon World. We challenge you to fly a kit of Tipplers over 20 hours. For Information Contact Nasser Shirakbari, Sec. 3905 Ridgeway Dr., Fort Smith, Ark., 72901 For September, 1971 Page 465Compliments Arthur Randall 135 Grove Ave., Patchogue, Long Island, New York Correspondence A Pleasure Breeder, Flyor, Exhibitor Of High Flying Tipplers Mombor of the ATU and FTA Visitors Always Welcome Compliments Of Patrick Organ 19 Seusing Blvd., Ronkonkoma, Long Island, New York Breeder, Flyer, Exhibitor OF High Flying Tipplers Visitors Welcome Correspondence A Pleasure Momber ATU — FTA Page 466 Compliments Robert C. Kennedy 20 Kossuth St., Deer Park, Long Island, New York, 11729 Breeder, Flyer, Exhibitor OF High Flying Tipplers Visitors Welcome Correspondence A Pleasure Member ATU — FTA Compliments Of Robert Lucas West Islip, New York Member ATU and FTA American Pige>2American Tippler Union, Inc. Established for the promotion of the Flying Tippler in the competitive spirit Membership Walter Buraczewski Nicholas Marcello Huntington Station, Ns 11746 Edison, NJ. William Conboy Patrick Organ (Show Host) Patchogve, N.Y. 11772 Lake Ronkonkoma, N., 11779 Michael Conticchio, (Director) Arthur Randall, (Vice President) Jersey city, Nd 97305 Patchogue, N.Y. T1772 Thomas Dickson Elmer J. Randall Jersey tity, Ny 07304 Corona, NY. 1366 Clifford Heath Sky-High Loft Oakdale, NY., 11769 1. Charles Defazio Victor Jendzo, (President) ey A NN eS Huntington Station, NY. 11746 2. Stanley Ogozalek Robert Kennedy, (Director) Jee? City Mak OED i Deer Park, LY. 11729 Clarence Williams i ' Deer Park, N.Y,, 11729 i noVingent Lombardo _Louis A. Wolfe, (Secretary-Treasurer) | Rot i (Central Timer) Merrick, N.Y., 11566 i . (Central Ti ; een wap Ni rein | Joseph Manasor Ernest Loach, (Honorary) i Huntington Station, N.Y., 11746 Derby, England 1 Home addresses of contacting an i telephone numbers have been omitted. Anyone sceing this club roster and being desirous ual, please contact Louis A, Wolfe 10 Brookside Avenue, Merrick, L.l., New York, 11566 For September, 1971Flying Tipplers Mountainside Pigeon Lofts C. A. Behling 3658 Everest St, Arlington, Calif., 92503 Flyer and Exhibitor Since 1935 Breeder and Flyer Of Macclesfield Tipplers ted from loft of Tom , the last of Great Old ‘umblers imported from the loft of Cliff Hole, Bristol, England. Anthony Bernat 40 Schoolhouse Rd., Wallingford, Gonn., 06492 Member FTACompliments Of Betty Kay And Nasser Shirakbari 3905 Ridgeway Drive, Fort Smith, Arkansas, 72901 1971 Tippler Show Winners At Seattle National Grand Champion, Blue Bar young hen flyer, FTA 2418; Ist place Grizzle old cock, FTA 136; BOS Grizzle young cock, FTA 2403 For September, 1971The Western Pennsylvania Pigeon Club Invites You To Show At The Great 1971 American Classic November 20-21 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Plans are falling into place and it’s really going to be a big one. Make your plans now to spend a week-end with the Western Pennsylvania Pigeon Club and the friendly people of the Holiday House Supper Club. Fi minutes from the Pittsburgh exit of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. © 150 Trophies Valued at over $1000 © Saturday Night Banquet © Vic Damone in the Main Room Saturday Night © Rooms, Show, Banquet All Under One Roof © Air Express — Birds Handled With Care Judges: Fancy RACING HOMERS Routers 4. Kotor ‘ay Sulkowsld pay Dadowsk George Kialpet Bort Winters Mel dohnson ou Walters Ted Loomis District Meets Central Jacobin Club National Birmingham Roller Club United Roller Club Pensom Rellor Club For Information and to put your name on the Mailing List, Write: Jerry Gagne Route |, Box 60, Clinton, Pennsylvania, 15026 Pago 470 American Pigeon Journal‘The Club of the Better Breeders 1902 Buy Band, Be American — The Oldest and Best 1971 ‘The Backbone of the American Pigeon Fancy Officers BRAD ATWOOD, President PHIL ROOF, 2nd Vice-President 19114 Cantara, Reseda, Calif., 91335 7717 S. Emerson Ra, Hyattsvi JOE KOEHLER, Ist Vice-President D. J. DOYLE, Secretary- 1534 W. 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Band Distributors American Pigeon Club seamless registered bands may be purchased from nearest distributor: At Sc Each Florida State Pigeon Assn, Wiliam Khor, Andrews Metal and Hardware Cou, ‘ss10 SW 42nd St, Miami, Fla, 33155 dW 7 sh tor Angels, cal 90017 Russell Schoen, 2808 Ohio St, St. Lovis, Mo. 63118 Puget Sound Pigoon Fanciers Vie Eshpeter, Groat Plains Pigoon Club, Robert Seale, Sec., pr etary ond Tacoma, Wash JORKS ‘Box 100, Shallowatar, Texas, 79363, ecaleey 27Gb Havas St: Lay Waray Cals ‘Snyder Phoasantry, 1224 S. Main St, Ottawa, Kans, 65067 Route 1, Box 60, Camp Meeting Re Clinton, All orders mailed the same day received Life Membership $50 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP. Initiation Foe $1.00, annval duos $5.00. Junior members admitted without the Initia tion fon The anneal dots $1.00, Resetcs given in this division, Bjorn mombar mat be alghteen years old or younger, When jolning please give the day, month and year of your bith ‘ss wall asthe bresde you lesa. Location of 1971 Annual Meet — Los Angeles, Calif., Nov. 17-21, 1971 Main Office D. J. Doyle, Secretary-Treasurer 52 Roberts Road, Medford, Mass., 02155 For September, 1971The National Maltese Club Invites All. Maltese Breeders to exhibit with us at the Los Angeles Pageant of Pigeons Nov, 17-21, 1971 And At The Grand National Atlantic City, NJ. 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Entries close Dec. 1, 1971 For information and entry blanks contact: Mike Walsh Joe Mahann 120 Perry Avo. 11 Nelson St., Worcester, Ma Webster, Mass,, 01570 To be held at the Worcester Homing Club, We mi oR Do you expect the Hf you do, help thom become winners by feeding the best grit available today — "XX" Red = Health Grit the sclontifically blended mixture of necessary ingredients for ‘good health and stamina Available as both a RED and GREY MIX (contains Trace Minerals) ‘Your local feed dealer is your source of supply or contact The J. W. Williamson Co. Route 1, Box $2, Glassboro, N.1,, 08028 Qualified dealers and distributors wanted The Birmingham Roller Pigeon ‘A comprehensive book written by the late Wm. H. Pensom, a man in the know and a fancier of Rollers. This book has 131 pages and has 78 illustrations. Among some of the topics covered are how fo train and how to select breeders. 6 x 9 paper bound edition available at $4.50 per copy. Write to: Mrs, Doris Pensom 8140 Quartz Ave., Canoga Park, Calif., 91306, USA AMERICAN TIPPLER UNION, INC. Meetings Monthly, Bulletins, Flying Rules and Schedule of Flyers, Trophies, Rigid Constitution and By-Laws. Membership is restricted to. Now Jersey, New York, and Conn. Bulletins to Non-Members 52. Yoorly. Initiation $2, Dues $8. LOUIS A. WOLFE, Sec., 1 Merrick Avenue, Merrick, New York, 11566 United Roller Club of America NPA Afiited — Annual Dues Sf, Juniors 2 — Bands 5 Each cogs aeabts fain psc Wea se shat ag “John T. MeCuan, See.-Treas, 2124 Ira Rd., Akron, Ohio, 44313, Florida State Pigeon Fanciers Ass'n Sunday, December 12, 1971 The Seuthern Raller_Aswuchtion Distr Moot ill he Mek at he show, Kary foe ‘81 pee bint: Nationally kawwn Forges, dim Faester™HRoliersy Alex Rawson AW evel Frank Varriello. Page 473American Pigeon Journal With Which Has Been Consolidated The American Pigeon Keeper and The Pigeon Loft Devoted To All Branches of Pigeon Raising - - - Fancy, Utility and Racing FRANK H. HOLLMANN, Editor and Manager Volume 60 Our Tippler Special We Were agreeably surprised io recive such a large sunt SSRN ees ae SS mons seme, Oe tes ar at dP wince oe geet spore SNe "Name? Sharlbar. our Co-Ordinuton dd an aut eee er ee tac tas “oer Cae ee are eoae EL ce Sheen's ances Seip push the ig Boge FA spect ene eee Gabe haather ie Sues Ala Rawsos, Co-Ordinator, has done an excellent job, all of av OpOrdator Mecho of loys apd ls deere 10 inh ns Bea seitly BOE cate Sight plan American Pigeon Fanciers Convention We are pleased to report that the Second Annual American bigeon Fanciers Convention held at the Ramada fn in. St. Louis, July 24 and-25 was an outstanding suc cess. "The two-day program brought together leaders. in the’ Pigeon ‘Fancy’ from, ail sectione of the countey. Some 40 or more fanciers and their wives enjoyed the delightful Ginnerand entertainment given by Ralston Purina Co, on Saturday evening. at. the ‘Ramada Inn’ with Robert Hunter in charac. ‘Space does not permit a detailed account of the ex- cellent informative faiks given at the ‘Convention, but Suffice it to say that a number of the. talks wall be’ pab Hihed in future issues of the APY. Vie Truax of Rocklord, Hic, has given a very excellent icport of the Convention Appearing on page 528 of this iss. PPeFanclers fn attendance voted tnanimously to hold an- other Convention next year at ihe Ramada Inn, on Satar- day and Sunday, July 29 and 9, Oiticers elected Tor next year are Frank’. Wollman, Chairman, ‘Dr. Samuel Peavey, Co-Chairman, and ‘Thelma Ti. Snyder, Seeretary- Treasurer National Pigeon Ass'n Election Results By Tom McCaig, Election Commissioner ‘The results of the NPA election are as follows President, — Russ Sapp, Mount Holly, N.J astern Vice-President. E, Mann, Royal Oak Mich. Western V-Pres—Amos Hodson, Los Alamitos, Calif. ict 1. — Robert fohnston, Bridgeport, Conn District 2. — Fred Labats, Oaklyn, N.J District 3. — Walter ‘Schwenkner,, Watertown, Wis. District 4. — Wm. i. Hannon, Charlotte, NC. District 5. — Dr. 1. F. Hummel, Bonne Terre, Mo. District 6, — Dr. Jacke H. Horn, Fort, Worth, Texas. District 7, — Dick Wagner, Forsyth, Mont District & — Selden Perry, Isleton, Calif Duties of the Election Commissioner Jn Section 1 of the NPA Constitution and By-Laws states: “The results of fhe lection, ving the’ number. of votes east for each candidate shall be mailed immediately to all candidates, the. present officers of the Association, and. the NPA membership. Leading pigeon journals and. magazines. are to be informed of the result, but not the vole count “the Flection Commissioner has mailed the vole count to the NPA office to be reported to the membership in ‘The Review. We regret to learn of the death of Joseph A. Wuerz, age 75, retired carpenter of Belleville, TIL, on Thursday, July LHe was a member of the St. Clair’ County, Pigeon Club and for many years was an active breeder of Kings. He is survived by bis wife, two brothers and two sisters. Page 474 September, 1971 WILLIAM L, WORLEY, Assistant Manager Number 9 Introduction to the Tippler Special By Nasser Shirakbeei, Co-Ordinator, Fort Smith, Ark The Flying Tippler sport popularity 0 European: eotiniries. was had a steep climb in our United States the simple fact that the job is not finished in the has enjoyed a great For many years it ‘All for breeding coop. The beuutifully colored youngster with horoughbred qualities must come out and prove itselt asa flyer, Its magnificent flying style, ‘its daring ability to fly at greatest “heights, and lis enormoos durability to stand on the wing froth sunup to sundown, hras captured the hearis of many Americans. It is our pleasure to present this Special Issue of ho Flying Tippler sport, through which we may ain che popularity that the breed earnestly deserves, and he recognition which has long bea overdue. ‘The progress of this sport and the breed must undoubtedly be accredited to many dedicated Tippler fanciers. Ap- preciauion is extended 10. the Flying’ Tippler Associa fon of America and the American Tippler Union, Ine, for their support of this Special, Our thanks to ‘many jocal clubs wand. fanciers ‘who provided us with the needed material and advertisements. It is hoped. that you understand ‘it would be impossible to” publish every article and photo sent by all fanciers. However, your thoughtéulness and support is much rewarded by. fhe success of this publication. It is most appropriate at this time to express our incere appreciation to. Frank H. Hollman for pre: senting us this opportunity, and for his guidance dur. ing the preparations, (o make this Special possible And ‘lastly, may we continue our quest in pepularia- ing ‘the Flying Tipplers, and. enjoy’ their ‘pleasures ant hrewgh hive 5p Group Subscriptions In view of the fact that the subscription price of th at "was increased (0 $4 per your, thiee yours 0, of elo tose ata of bar elbeon cite bas (ecinet Cae Bae croce baeipaon Tate Wide CENT or sue ina ire Ses? e alow, cyan of gm he rer Subscription rates thus ‘thicing he net Cost 2 ber dae three years $5, Remember there must be eight or Mott aries'Gn te Met 'nad Faust Bo seat el a oie From the Editor's Desk Harry S, Evans of Hamilton, Ohio, writes: “Congrat ulations ‘on the report of your trip to the South Pacifia This is the kind of thing that makes the APJ. a d publication. Dr, N. , Hannatord Schafer of Melbourne, Victory Australia, writes: “Your visit to Australa was a. pret Stimulus to our Faney here, and-you seemed to know {o all of our inquiries, ffom your tog. and vasied and the birds them experiences with fanciers, editing selves, Joseph P. Phillips of Haramond, tnd. writes: “We of the Hammond Pigeon Tanciers Associalion are alas looking forward each month to getting the APJ for infor mation on the raising and care of the pigeon, the clip news and the wonderful articles written on the differ | | phases of this Wonderful hobby of ours.” American Pigeon JournalHill Droessler of Anaheim, Calif, writes: “Sure glad tae you andthe Mi ‘efoved your trp. Enjoved your article very muh. [vam ‘aking advantage for three more yearn; 50 bere ts my ‘htc Richard E. Burger of Newark, Delaware, writes: “L was pleased 10 see you printed the Ringneck Dove Genetic article in the July issue. I'am hopeful {t has created some interest in this area. For some reason, you overlooked also giving credit for the article to Dr. Wilmer J. Miller, an Associate Professor at lowa State University and Close iriend and associate of Dr. Hollander.” Our apolosy to Dr. Miller and all: concerned. Don, Barclay of Manutahi, South Taranaki, New Zea. land, writes: “Lately we have been having judging courses fon pigeons of different breeds. Mr. Ryan is the officiator land adjudicator. On the first nighi we went through the Modena and Pouter Standard. On another night we did Fans, Nuns and the Frills. On coming nights we shall do LF. CL. “Tumblers, Performing Tumblers, Rollers and Tipplers. ‘These courses aro most interesting in that they widen our scope of knowledge, etc.” We recently received a subscription from Gerald H. Phillips of Weston Supermare, ‘Somerset, England, with this comment: “I recentiy called on John Tucker of Bridg- water, Somerset, Enyland, when he kindly gave mea spare copy of the APY of August 1970, and upon arrivin home you can imagine my surprise to see A. L. Grace’ article entitled ‘Mulf Tumbler Memoirs of Long Azo, ‘where he quotes extracts from my writings in our Pigeons and Pigeon World in 1928 on Muffed Tumblers.” A. B. Crigler of Front Royal, Va., writes; “While not 4 special issue, [ have made particular note of the articles by Mr. Estabrook and Mz. Turecek, largely perhaps, be- cause of their fluency, their evident care in preparation, accuracy in. grammar’ and presentation, also general con: struction. One may. grudpingly condone sloppiness in Speech; in the printed word, never! Iam reminded of the Naethers "Pigeon Loft, also of the old English) Pigeons and Bantams. We could benefit greatly from more ‘old country’ fanciers’ writings, where the Tanguay barrier is not stich a factor, Such an obstacle,” We were delighted to have Brent Marshall, a young man from Christchurch, New Zealand asa guest in our home for. three days, July 22 to 24. While here we took ‘Mr. Marshall to visit the wonderful Swallow loft of Dr. LE, Hummel at Bonne Terre, Mo, and on Saturday and Sunday we attended the American’ Pigeon Fanciers Con. vention in St. Louis. He served as the guest speaker at the Tuncheon on Saturday, at which time he discussed “The Pigeon Fancy in New Zealand.” From St, Louis he accompanied Bob Pettit to Geneseo, DL, to see his Modenas land also visit with other Modena’ breeders. Mr. Marshall also visited fanciers on the East Coast before departing for London. He also planned to visit fanciers in Europe. Mr. Marshall judged Modenas at the Sydney, Australia, Show in May. Ned Hay of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, called our attention to. the tact that Australia does not have an ‘Australian ‘Standard for Show Racers as stated in his farticle on page 425 of the August Issue. The Standard on age 426 should not have carried the word “Australian.” We quote from his letter, as follows: “I am writing to ask You to clatify in your next issue, the photo of the Show Racer above the article written ‘by Mr, Hughes of Bundaberg, here in Queensland. It has the heading “The Australian’ Standard For the Show Racer If, and 1 am Stressing ‘if’ Mr. Hughes sent the photo and heading above, it is entirely wrong because we haven't an. Australian Standard, as I have quoted in the article T submitted. This hota is of bird which accompanies the Stindard adopted y The New England Racing Show Pigeon Association and is definitely not an Australian Standard. I am some~ what concerned that readers here in Australia may think that 1 sent the photo, which would be a direct contradic- tion to the article I sent to you. 1 will be waiting, patiently, to read the next issue of the APJ wherein, T'ltope, you will oblige by clarifying this important. point, You Gan, if you so desice, print this letter in its entirety.” For September, 1971 Important Articles In This Issue By Roveve iy Funke Immeriatiee of ihe Phing ippier Siamiid a sty espn Bll gi sive eee ee eee aa . noel end Seas i et a 7 Brit wud Bette Fivog vias iouiet Rave Whow ‘ls a "Paipier Fiver or? thie Miiog Tipe Sport Butea eo cae algal ta apter “AMERIOAN PIGRON JOURNAL te polished monthly by Armen. ELDERS Retlace ac Wacrentes. Mo, October 8, S008" Bosna sana Siar tomign couptrien bie aadtiond por es for bustage, Si is cole ste, Suvetintignstoryea at expyation. Cannas of aareee Seen ws gne maski Sovance of hex! ius giving both old mad oy" Sune tle rrtstared a2 U.& Patent then frau mark 820, Page 475,The Psychology of Tippler Flying By DAVID F. LEWIS, Oakdale, Li., N.Y. ‘The art of flying pigeons for sus- tained performance originally. started in "England onc hundred “or more years ago. From various outcrosses ade upon the Tumbler, among which included the Cumulet and the Danish Brander ‘Tumbler, the modern Time Flying Tippler was evolved, Tt is fortunate that through the ‘years the strains which were produe ea hi been maintained and im- raved upon by ‘canscientious breed rs to the extent that excelent stock ss" available to anvone interested in Flying ‘Tipplers. It ls. absolutely es. Sential that birds from anv established strain be obtuned 1 te. alumate in Tiying performance is desired. Wit Out's proper strain one is doomed 0 failure ‘The acquisition of Tipplers from reputable fancier and of good strain does not in liself assure ‘ying sue: fess. Achieving flving times of from four to seventeen hours or more. is Contingent’ upon ‘correct methodical {alning and’ conditioning of these birds. Without his allamportane. pro- fram the best of Tipplers will i" for fittie more than the average flying pie eon, The difverence fs that the F ing Fippier "has. the breeding andthe recessary tools to accomplish the de fired end results if properly handled Provided the fancier has the materi and trains ie correctly’ suecess will be its “There are nearly ax many methods of training. as there. are Breeders. of the Tiving ‘Tipper. It is because of this that the novice immediately finds Himself ina" hopeless siate.of con: fusion, There fat been very Little de- failed ioformation written whieh coud aid him hy revealing the mistakes he thas made in his attempt to fy Tip plers, The novice can, 42 80 many 9f ts have done, learn ‘through expen- fence by reasoning out and correcting iis errors after they were made Dut this is extremely costly” from the Standpoiat of time spent ond. youns iirds” spoited. “Young. Tipplers® who have gone through a program of trial and efror are usually spolfed and any attempt fo" tormeet the’ arm ‘done ie faut ‘The fancier must be cognizant of the obstacles which will deter sue (essful training and interpret them ae- Surately. Among the major ones are the hesith of the youngsters st the Beginning of training. ane of the Youngsters, time of feeding, number of feeding’, type of food, mount of food, typeof oft, location of Toft, housing’ ‘of ‘raining, kits, method of Telease, time of release method of Groping, the wind, the’ empersture find the humidity. Te can be observed from the. foregoing that there are Iany_ pittalls is training. team ‘of Fiving “tipplers asyone ‘ot whieh can prevent success, Location of Loft The oft should be lecated in. the cleat’ away trom_houses, high trees, tle. If Teal” obstructions prevent tasy access 10 the loft roof the young ‘Tipplers ‘will be tempted to land at Page 476 a. Spot more convenient to them such as a rool top or in adjoining trees This quickly develops into. a habit which is difficult to break and proper Control of the kit is lost ‘Type of Loft ‘Tipplers, like all other pigeons, are not particular as to the type of loft which is made available to them. AS Jong as it Is large ‘enough and. dry nearly any structure will "suffice However, even if the Tippler is not choosey "the Tippler fancier should de. A large measure of is success will depend “upon his having the proper loft arrangement available. The ideal Tippler loft, irrespective oof size, should contain three individ. Ua sections. There should be breed. ing section with a fly pen plus two ‘other sections, one for the fliers and the. other for odd birds or birds not in training. Tt 18 not desirable to sup- ply a screened fly pen for the flying Section but it should be properly. ven filated. and allow’ sufficient light to enter. It should be arranged with an exit and entrance portal which should have a landing board “mounted in front of it to assist the birds in en tering. The flying section. can be divided into sib-sections each con taining @ flying team or individual single bird compartments can be in- stalled. The advantage of complete individual isolation becomes apparent When the team reaches mating age in Tour or five monihs. This system re tards mating ‘as the only ume. the team is together is when flying or eating. Upon completion of elther the birds are’ returned to their individual Boxes. ‘The bitds quickly tear Wwhich compartment is theirs and automat. ically’ return as_soon_as. they have finished cating. ‘The boxes should be so constructed as (0 prevent. the Youngsters irom seeing the breeders if Wire partitions are used to. divide the loft" into ‘sections. Tt is. in my Opinion, always desirable to fly's Kit ff all hens or all cocks however cor- ect sexing Is not always possible at training age and ‘often the. fancier finds himself with a trained Kit of two hens and one cock or two cocks and one hen, Tris at this time that individual “isolation ‘pays off. When two birds in a kit mate the efficiency of the team is destroved as it beovmes impossible to continue to successfully fly’ the team. ‘The Weather Although Tipplers will fly in_any type of weather they usually turn in creditable performances only when the weather is. favorable. The “best temperatures for flying are between 40 to 73 degrees F. Colder or warmer weather, asa rule, curtails the length of their flv as does high. humidity and excessively ‘strong winds. A moderate wind often alds the Tippler as it enables. the bird to remain aloft with a minimum of effort. thereby conserving energy which shows up as increased flving time. ‘The ideal. fiy- ing day is one which is sunny, clear, about 60 degrees with Iow timidity and a gentle breeze of about five to sign mules per owe ‘The Dropper Moat Tanciers use either « white Fantail or a ‘Nun as “a. dropper be: fause ‘of their eolor and nated fly ing ability, The dropper should always be" allowed to. ext’ with the training ie ‘but sioula “be removed immed Ruy after, The youngsters eum to associate the dropper with Tood there. Bymaking it easy to drop the it ‘when desired, by placing Ure droppet ‘nthe loft Feeding | Barley In the hull and wheat are the two feeds generally accepted and tsed by the ‘vast-majority- of Fving ‘ippler” fanciers The reason. for Ui ipl, tae aay teenie tee T hve never been able to discern this "combination is considered "the fest grains for’ flying pigeons. and Spon Sehich they are supposed. to do foie est worke What isthe. mas ingredient jn hurley” which enbances the desire to (ly? Thave made inguir | tes. among ‘users of barley and have Been told that iets ideal beesuse i is'a low ‘energy rain wih & high ash or mineral content. Tis, of eourse Slavs desirable to obtain ‘s long @ fiving time aa possible while using a lite iood. or food. with alow & Calorie content. a8. possible. consistent with the well being. of our Tpplers Wer shall ace the reason for thi later, is barley teally'a low energy grat? u we compare the constituents of ‘with corm Wwe find the following "Tt cam be determined from the table above that barley ig superior to cam in" protein content, has more. des able fat content for pigeons, a higher Undesirable fibre content. and. su: perior mineral or ash content. Theoret | feally the above figures, should dispel any belief that barley is a low energy rain. The, enerzy supplying, carbo- wedrate ratings are virluely dential Despite this) apparent proof any ex- erleneed Tigpler ter’ will contend, and rightfully s0, that, in the case of harley, practice’ does not. suppor theory. For some unknowe reson Dh eons just cam ‘not avail themselves Gr asia the eneray potent fof barley. Fiving. performance, wher only barley is fed, will always fal Considerably. short of that which can evachieved when “other grains are Used, ever’ those whose” chemical analysis is. inferior “to bartey. The characterstis of wheat are. superar to either barley br corm. The combina tion of barley and wheat is, however ideatly suited for young pigeons fot the. ratio of one part barley and 99 parts wheat “provides” the” following Analysis whiel i about equal to all ood commercial pigeon” feed tas {In aditon barey. and wheat eon tal all the necessary vitming ne sery for good pigeon health A BE tnd G” Figeon® donot real ite mins € and’ D as\part of their git I iBimoe ont a camplete et fut dition the ‘sol sae of the two items sits the youngsters in lear fine how to eat. t Rave ona suspected “American Pigeon Journalthat it was not the barley and wheat that was responsible for flying results Ss much “as” the restricted amounts fed. This diet. in. conjunction ‘with a regular traning prokram, reduces ex ess fat and produces lean, hard, mus. Ghar birds. ‘Any well balanced Teed when fed in restricted amounts, under the same ‘conditions of teaining, will produce equal results. Be that ‘as it may, the ane to two combination of barley’ and ‘wheat does have the ad- Vantages mentioned and it will prob ASI behoove. the navies to aecept established convention. Health of Youngcters ‘Do not. attempt to, train any. Tip plers which were’ “bad, "doers" a3 Soungsters. Cull any which were sick, imdersized or didnot. in every. way measure up to slere and healthy birds ‘Time of Feeding — Amount of Feed ‘We ‘will assume that the fancier has bred. three to five healthy youngsters, all of good strain and aboit the same age, four to five weeks. Remove them ffom the breeding loll. Many fanciers place the youngsters upon the normal Ence a day feeding ‘schedule imme- Gistoly. after ‘their removal. As this ig a very critical period in the life of a young Tipper, Pave never cared for this procedure. ‘They must have the opportunity’ to learn to. eat and drink and. this. can ‘be “aecomplistid faster, and with less chance of harm- ing. them, by having eed and water Availablo to" them at all times. during the first few days. When they have leamed to take care of” themselves piace them inthe flying Section of the loft. "From this time” on. they Should be alven feed, water and rit only once 4 day, about one hour after dark. tn order to do. this it will be fieeessary that the. loft be. equioped ‘with an’ electric light, Feed vat the ratio off one third barley in the full {o two thirds wheat allowing approxi. mately three ‘ounces for each four birds. As pigeons instinctively do not care’ for barley in the hull, because of the ‘high fibre. content, "feed. the barley. fist and the wheat only after hey have cleaned up. the’ barley. Never allow any feed to remain over night. When “they have. finished re- move the grit and water from the tate The Release — Time and Method ‘As previously ‘mentioned there are as many methods of training as there are Flying Tippler fanciers. Training {teams are released at all fimes of the day, in the morning: and afternoon. 1 have “always believed that the. most successful method of training. young ‘Tipplers has been to work backwards from. nightfall. ‘This impresses the youngsters. that they are expected to fiy"unal darkness regardless of the release time. It creates a well defined foal for the finish of their fight. Te also guarantees complete control over the team in training as it has been lose to twenty-four hours, since they Were last fed and’ their unger ia Greases as darkness approaches. ‘They ‘will enter the lott immediately” upon Tanding because’ of” the approaching Garkness aswell as with. the know! edge that they ‘will be fed. short time later. If the faneior can accustom Bis team to fy further and. further into Semi-darkness, before “dropping, For September, 1971 Nasser Shirakba: ve Mpine Ter this will stand him ia good stesd during. competition races Release the youngsters, for the frst time, one half hour befote dark. This minimizes the chance of the “young Tipplers taking to the sky and Tosine themselves because of unfamiliarity with their surroundings. A. small amout! of feed. should be placed “on the loft’ roof in order to. Keep them from’ fying right off. “The dropper should be kept on the root with them in ease ‘the youngsters. should. break into-a flutter. The dropper's. presence will ateraet them back should this oc eur, On the second day Felease them fo the loft roof one hour betore dure Repeat daily, adding one half ‘hour each day. After several davs release them one half hour before dark with ut the dropper and start them into the air witha white flay attached to 4 yamboo or. similar pole. They will immediately” break out in a gang Hutter, circling the loft for a few til utes, The object now is to ring them back on the loft roof rather than to allow them to land on the neighbor's roof, television antennas, or trees. To do this release the dropper, allowing it'to Mutter up to the top of the loft As the youngsters are hungry they ‘will associate the ‘dropper with feed: ing and land ‘on the roof sith the dropper. Never chase them more than ‘once, with each outing. ‘After they have been accustomed to always. returning to the. lofe root re Tease them one-half hour before dark, Start them ‘into the air and. attack the pole with the white flas to. the Iott, "The aim is to keep them ‘Aving for the ball hour left before nightfall During this period watch them very carefully and if any attempt is made to. drop release tho deopper and 20- move the flag and release the drop: per. If this 1s not done the hird oF Birds! whieh ‘want’ to. deop will land other, than ‘on the loft and’ the re- mainder of the team will follow. This ‘would be a Serious mistake as youns. Hers seem to lean bad habits which "s Flying Tippler Loft they repeat on later releases. Tt can be determined. from the above that every ifort shonld be made to pre vent the young Tipplers trom making mistake of any kind. Do not make any releases it any of the obstacles mentioned under weather are not in the team’s Tavor. Should the wind be too strong they may be prone to land other than on the loft roof. Tf, the Temperature ‘or humidity 1s too high they may nat want to fly for the full half’ hour. Provided conditions were in the bird's favor and they Mew the half hour, remove ‘the flag, release the dropper and allow them to come in. The next evening release them ‘one hour before dark repeating the Drocedure outlined ‘above. Each. day Fepeat until you are able to release them four hours before darkness and drop them at nightfall. Always feed them after dar and atleast one hour after thev have landed. It they are fed immediately upon entering the loft they will associate dropping with feeding and you. will exper fence difficulty in Keeping them. fl ing, As long as they associate feeding with darkness they’ will not have the desire to drop during daylight hours which would prevent lone time flying. Once’ they have reached the four our mark release ‘them every other day. With the additional rest ‘they may go more than four hants. Do not permit them to exceed six hours while they are stil. on the strict ration diet During these daily training. lights do not permit any of the birds in the loft to no out into the fly pen. Reep them housed inthe loft proper as pigeons which canbe seen in. the sereened “fly pen from the air can hhave the effect of a dropper on the ‘After they have heen flying every other day for four to six hours omit the flag but always use the dropper, As the flag Is not permitted in fly: ing competition get ‘the Tipplers ac- customed to flving, without it (Continued on page 484) Page 477Sa Two Tippler Lofts in Long Island Soe cheat Basic Training of the Flying Tippler By ROBERT B. FUNK, Hialeah, Fla. 5,4 matter of routine, many inquiries about the Flying Tip” et, the taining of them and general jandling for purposes of competition. ‘Therefore there has for a long time been the need for a concise instruc- tion sheet along these lines, in order to answer the questions of the novice and inquirer. We hope that the fol- Towing will fill that task and any mis- direction you may place directly with the author. ‘There 1s no need to go into the ancestry of the Flying Tippler as it is highly contested. Let it suffice to say that it is generally accepted that the Flying Tippler was bred down from vatious ‘flying breeds of the ‘Tumbler variety back in the 1800's to perfect a flyer, of the marathon Variety, which would give you no acrobatics in the air except flying ‘That is to say, the Tippler does not roll, tumble, tp, {tip or do, anything in the air but perform with his fellow birds, in unison, in endurance fiying, Before you can train flyers, you must have breeders — stock. The only way you will be able to deter mine ‘if you have good stock is to raise some youngsters and try them out under ‘the general instructions Which follow. 'Tipplers are good par enis so raising youngsters should be no problem. Raising good flyers. de- pends on you and your stock, Further, ooks, “style and color do not have ‘one important aspect in the breeding of a good Flying Tippler. In breeding fof the Tippler, pairs are made up of best flyers to best flyers, naturally taking into consideration’ that they fare not too closely related, Your pairs, when placed together, should. lay their first egg within T to 10 days. They will skip a day, and lay a Second, Counting 19 davs from the day which they did not lay, the ‘eggs should atch. Seven days after hatching the babies should be ready for seamless lez banding. Fourteen to 21 days ater” hatching the babies Should be feathered out well enough and’ standing well enough on. their feet to begin their training as flyers Now you will need to know the meaning of a few terms. A “bob” is an entrance into your flying coop Page 478 that usually permits the birds to. en: fer, but nat et out of. Generally Shop" consists of & very Nantel such as aluminum, set of “U" shaped Wires over atleast an eight inch Square entrance, arranged so that the birds may push them in, and enter, hut may not push them out, and exit A zap, 89° to speak ‘Arkiv’ is a'flock of Tipplers. For flying “or competitive purposes, it mst consist of atleast three birds But not in excess of tiventy ‘A"“kat box” 18 a box, inside your coop, 1m. which your Bit is kept, and usually ig about three feet square 10 ecommodate from three to seven ras ‘On the wing” is @ term deseribing the time your birds. have taken off Until the Gime. they drop. or land. “Fivers boundary” is 8 100 feet cit- cle trom his lol oF coop. ‘A “dropper” is a pigeon, used to drop, oral gown, Sour it Your Aeopper_may consist “of any "piaeon Sther than Flying Tipplen, however usually a white Fantail is used, 2s ft is more" readily seen on. your coop from the “air, "and does little if no fying. Take your two to three week old babies from their ‘ests, those that an stand. and walk, and place them on the outside Of your coop, In this ‘manner, ‘they get accustomed (0 the Poor of the fofe ‘and’ your landing End/or entrance board “around. your trap ot bob area. You can toss afew Small grains ‘weheee your, babies are Gither Sitting OF walling around. The Fantail’ shoud also be put. outwith them so that the babies associate. the Fan and grains with the Toft root Later on, every time the flyers are fed the fan should be fed with them 20 that they associate the Fan with dinner ‘umes ‘When you first put your babies on the Toot 0 let them have 2 look ‘at the outside world you naturally will have to take them otf and place, them back ‘in their’ proper nests. These babies as 4 rule fre still beings nursed by. mama ‘and papa. The grains you toss on the root usually” will not be faten but the older of the babies ‘wil pick atand play with the grains, some possible few small grains wilt ihe eaten by the older of your young ster group. This process of placing the young sters ‘outside goes "on day" after day and those older youngsters which e- fin (o flutter vom thelr nests dowa fo the floor of the ‘coop with. the breeders, ‘especially at feeding. time, Should now be taught, with a pole oF Stick to eoax them, (6 enter the bobs or trap. ‘The Fan’ will help. ip this Schooling. have often found. that Youngsters whieh have never. flown Ott tie Too! top. will. learn. to. trap {nto ‘your coop and on some occasions find it ditfieult to\ make’ them. stay ut as long ts 1 like on the roof. In Such eases Igo. in the loft and pur ihose ‘babies back ‘out - Depending on the growth of their feather und. their general health ba- bies around five weeks old should ‘be {iuitering about and taking to the ai. If they are mot and you are sure they Know ‘the ote raof ‘and how to. bod, you ean chase them’ litte to. wet item to cake a spin around the coop. However, if they take off ‘on thee ‘own or you chase them, allow them to drop on your oop at will, After Several such individual "spins “gener ally they wil promptly take oft the instant you put them out. Stil) allow them to drop on the loft at will and See that Your Fan is_on the roof ‘Once. die oubies find’ their wings and Tearn the dropping. and bobbing, Keep your Fan inside your coop. and all other ‘birds out of sight. At first Renerally. these babies will “scatter find. fly” in. all directions” until they Start to kit together. At the age of seven to eight weeks your babies should be flying in’ 1it dnd’ doing "some. time for vou. They Should” also be eating well on. their own, though youngsters of this age, from ‘ive to seven. weeks “are “not husky eaters, At this time your “kit box” is put to use. ‘A kit box about three feet square will easily take care of seven Birds Ir'you have more then two such boxes should he used, ete, to accammodate Your crew. As best you ean with these Youngsters, if you use tivo or more Boxes, they should ‘be separated ac cording to sex. If you have only four or five Youngsters, at this age you Gan as a rule fly” mixed Kits as" to Sex. Some flyers keep the Fan with the younasters inthe kit box ‘and some do not. You might find it better to keep the Fan’ out of the kit box except at feeding time. Also the Fan iS likely to be a mature bird that will tend to pick on the younasters ‘Always feed the "youngsters with the Fantail or dropper to associate the flyers with this dropper and mea ‘As Soon a6 your youngsters, aze seitied and kitting and flying a litte for you they are only exercised Every-other-div, ‘suchas Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday ete. Depending on their tendency te fly’ you' ean determine. at_ what. hout 10. Helease them for’ their” exercise ‘They should be taught to fly into the dusk, so if sundown in your ara. 530 "pm, and. you ‘can expect. yout it to fly ‘thre’ hours, then Teleast them at about 4:30 to 5:00 pm. Watel ‘American Pigeon Journastock and feel like flying longer hours . pear Compliments Of on iyi ito’ the dares Tn, Sc Mike Seiler Tony Schepige of your kit. If you are lucky they ATU's ATU's "itnis overly cas get to be a bad iter Resota Holzie TH? Aagrogste habit with your youngsters’ and_ you 13 hours and 37 minutes Champion must Keep them hungty in his. ca and ive good training with the drop: Tore ‘uian they want to fy. Depend ing. on the ‘bility of your birds the wveather-and thelr generat health you exercise period and if’ you need to increase his “ime 10 Your "or. six huts dos, fa dona overdo“ Feel your way, 99 10 Tiuneey “birds. are "usually more “ ., ° easily vlna, and’ feeding ‘at this ‘Erbach’s Delight’ stage of ihe pie is os important 23 the ate Eprio now, your yong CFTA-63-122 — ARP No. 23 Hers have beet eating the same gran as the ‘breeders however” generally they feel ther way sith grain by eat ing’ the smaller seeds in the breeders mmfsture ‘uch as wheat, kafir, tlle etc, Some of them will eat very little F * Ti | Sj 1932 fnd im fact Its not uncommen for. ind ee ena 8 ying Tipplers Since Wropeing to the coop, to sing ont a fone ag tires Gk 20" tags Satie drooping in chi thumper Now is wie you pur You you steys ona striet diet, They" ave only, once’ a day, in the syening ‘by eee ie i j Robert B. Fun! Te aan tha Wa tae Rook Boge President — Flying Tippler the same as you drini, and. the pan Association of America or fountain ‘very clean. The grit A Hobby — Never A Sale For Profit inineral health grit Tae seed or gains = / 933 E. 20th St., bility t0 obtain therm n°" FOU Hialeah, Florida, 33013 esting: — some sey chit this ts Correspondence A Pleasure the most important part of your train: ing and we trust consider, fore: Be comioaoe taebucs ss ia al Seon, Testtog end exercise eve You ibe cincition ay needed Whale aieta bovley aad wheat are aout conalon: . 7. tbe food I You can obetn the baricy a a a a ying lipplers Zhe the birds Sill not aay tre bar Tey uses forced, By hunger, Into eat tne te ‘One a shu et aout one ap TaN of grain Therefore Jou shbuld ed aki of nes Bras Sos eee wl af terior weer ae Imported English 18 and 20 hour, World's Record Strain. eke thished the barley you can (hex five thet to egg cups Hil of wheat 3 not ix tend as the birds wil ot the when fae and leave the barley “ 5 ais couctiy en ony cu ead in Gi Jy sainop a austin, at'ls Tart wal Rip Gity Lofts MPEG, ‘Saat otf by assing Yes Si ih caves meee cae P'you find this ls too much Gr 5 Bi Jack, Pat and Diane Ehli wheat, led the barley, as above out- Record Flying Strains Birds flown into the teens of hours, this loft. Pid actee e Ween ee 5559 N.E. Prescott, Portland, Oregon, 97218 continued on page 181) os For September, 1971Training and Breeding of the Flying Tippler By ERNEST LOACH, Derby, England ‘The first thing anyone must do if they_wish to be successful with Fly. ing Tipplers is to buy stock from a good fancier and also see his loft and the way he handles his birds. This You must do. When you have done This, Start your first breeding season in time for your younasters to be 14 weeks old on the first young bird Hiye This, means six days for, pairing up and laving, 18 davs to hatching time and the rest of the time to the fy day. This means if the first young bird fly is August Ist, vou pair up on March 3ist. ‘This will allow for any mishaps in laying on the part of your "stock birds "Your next step Should be to buy some Fantail White hens if possible, about three will do. Feed them light so that, they are al. ways ready 10 pick up the com that you throw them on the loft top. Re- member this, you are going to rely fon these Fantails to drop your birds at the right time, dusk, and if you Engiand. Page 480 do not have them under control they wail fly up. and" drop all over the place and spoil your youngsters. This is most Important, your bird must not Gropon the house roof, only on the Tort top. Nove we are ready to stat training cour young birds First, make sure they Gain food. themselves ‘before. taking thom ‘twvay. from. the old pal Put them of the fot top with tue Fatale crory day’ wnt they begin to. Hy bout the loft. Now isthe ume. (0 Start feeding ‘them ‘on’ moult bariey teheep thet sharp 20 that when 9k {Brow ttle barley‘on the tafe top they'll come runfing into the trap Don't"forget allthis’ ime you are atching” tents 1¢ anything “startles Tens throw’ ile barey* about to make the “droppers move’ about to Sutract their ettonton fo corn being Eirown to them: Nowe comes the tans Shen You have to nk Tosing ail your Young’ birds in one fy aay. Pest put Sout droppers. andy, teady ts put ou the mtoment you ant them, Men Tee your youngsters walkout of the trap oor on tothe Tote top. Do this Very gently so that they come out ice aad tends: With a Bi of ck they sal stay put. Throw a ite com ontop and walle down’ your garden with one eye on the tas. ait the time. H'they ‘do stay put Tor half an aU, put your droppers ott te them. Leave the on fop another alt hour then et them in the trap. If they fy Upon this fire Umme, dont get 100 sonnel wore your Urioners abet by throwing litle ‘cor No. mace ie Groppers fly abnut the Jest top ntl far atract tie birds down, Keep dor ing this until you think they are set ted to your loft. ‘This will take a fortnight’ because you will let them fly longer each time you have them out, If you have been successful up to this point, all is ready for training, them to fly’ to your command, we hope. Now put your birds in_ separate boxes, about” 14” square. Give. them % egg cup of barley each bird. Lot them out every other day early after oon if possible and find out’ how Jong they will fly on this feed. You will soon, know when they aze ready © come home, they will Hy low and spread their tails, looking down. to See if you are putting the droopers out for them to drop. This. will be good training for them, teaching them fo come to the droppers when you want ther. They could fly “ane” oF ‘wo hours on this feed. Now ig the time to let them go. Give each bird one ege cup of barley, tum them out four hours before du: Don't worry if they want 1 come down Before the time dusk. Hang on as long as possible hefre putting the droppers out, ‘because they. will fly longer every time out unt! you reall have them’ under control. All thi time, give your Kkit_on. Wednesday nights each Week one small teaspoon Of linseed with the feed with one teaspoonful of Epsom salts inthe water to drink, Give clean water next morning. to drink and keep them in for aday. Turn them out again oF the Friday. Do this for three week« and watch them carefully all the time They should be flying. five to ss hours every time out. Now for the first tial fly. We star feeding them on a change of com four days before the fly, starting tron the fifth night, because We have flows them that day. One ege-eup of moul barley, one teaspoon of, linseed. wit! Epsom sults to drink, clean water b the morning. Fourth day, always fee it night, ° eag-cup of wheat. 20 peat hird night. # egg cup small maize ¥% wheat. 30 peas. Second night. + fares. 1 maize. i canary” sec Fourth, third, second night ive table spoon ‘of Parishes Chemical Food i two pints of water, add a pinch ¢ Citrate of ‘Iron, stir well and. giv them to drink ‘Alter the first. nigh save the water, fill up again to mak the two pints."On the last night bt fore the fly, give one egg-cup full « mixed seed’ canary, clean water { drink, If you have trained them we they will fly their heads off for yo Remember, this feed will mot mak them fly without a good strict trait ing. If you have not done this you a: wasting my time and yours. Thave no doubt some budding fa: ciers will say how do 1 know if have got them just right for fly da ‘You don't, this is something you lea by error.’ Stick tit, try again, ye will succeed. I never feed my bir the same for each fly. You must ta) the weather conditions into this bu: ess. Remember the wind plays a ve dig part in flying “Tipplers. It ¢ wind is very light, give a light fec let your bird rise’ up in the cloue don’t feed heavy, chis will hold the Gown on tie roof tops and they W be down in a few hours. But a hea feed in a strong wind will give the more energy to fly through It ur the food has passed through, th luck could be on your side. The wi American Pigeon Jour:may drop a litle and up will go your pir to finish the day in grand sie member fanciers ail_zood.Tipplers fly into the wind and sal back on ie They ‘will do. this for hours on end it You have given them a good train- ing. If your. birds will not face the wind, part with them because they are no. 200d. Now, we will go back to breeding. ‘Of course, all this is no good if you do not_know how to make a loft of thers. You will be surprised at. the number of fanciers who Just trust to Tuck anda big, stick. First of all, buy 2 good dry loft. Always Keep "your floors clean, give plenty of rit and good corn. ‘A lot of flys are won in, the. loft. management. — Reprinted from ‘December 1966 Pigeons and Pigeon World Basic Training of the Flying Tippler (Continued from page 473.) able and not barley, feed str wheat Do not get the impression that tt wheat and. barley diet is to be the only food your birds will receive as Jong, as. they are flyers. You must check the condition of each bird your kit and if vou find they all seem to fare well this is fine. If you find all or any of the birds seem to be too fat, cut down onthe wheat, If they seem to need more energy, that is, If you have them fed down to the point ‘that they are’ about to. become listless, feed them up with alittle breeders mixture until they regain a par with the other birds ia your kit, Not being “able to. obtain smafi amounts in pounds of either wheat ar barley in-my area and having only three birds to work with, [have many limes “taken” breeders ‘mixture and hand picked the wheat and kafir (heavy'on the wheat) and fed this to my. fivers, ‘This conditioning feeding. above is to work the baby fat off of your birds. Tt also is for the purpose of keeping. them fed down to the point that an exercise of from three to four hours, every other day, is all) they want. It has been said that a Tippler in good flying condition will Fe your hand. something like an empty beer can, firm and light. ‘Your feed-up, s0 (0 speak, is to be ikea shot in the arm. Let's "say you are either to race your birds or try them out for a long fly, ona Sunday.” Wednesday you exercise them and at feeding time instead of darley and/or wheat, you feed them a mixture of Canary bird seeds, all they can eat. Feed them the same ‘Thurs day. Friday, another exercise with ie feeding. Saturday, same feed- ing and no exercise. Saturday night, or early Sunday morning, let_ them have all the Canary bird mix-grit and fresh water they want. Release Sun- day at given time, ‘This feed-up varies ‘with flyers. Some have a menu. Some put a bit of wine in the drinking Water Saturday night, but in general iis @ feed-up to. put them ‘in the mood to fly and fly Some more. Trial and error are your best teachers in this final feed-up process. After this Dasie outline, if you have any specific questions, please ‘contact the ‘writer. Good fly ht For September, 1971 It Is My Pleasure To dedicate this space to one of the nicest per- sons | have ever known, a tenacious contender and truly great and humble sportman held in highest es- teem by all fanciers. Holder of the World Record P of 20 hours for High Flying Tipplers. Mr. Wilf Lovatt 65 Kelvin Ave., Sneyd Green, Stoke-on-Trent, England Pere Hagan Box 101, Travelers Rest, S.C., 29690Flying Tippler History in the U.S, and Flying Records By ROBERT B. FUNK, Hialeah, Fla. It has been suggested that I might a I fully intend to try. However, it might first be pointed’out that no Sin- gle individual could possibly cover Such a wide scope in one article nor give justice to full coverage to his- tory and/or records. Therefore, I shall only relate, in part, what I per sonally know from my ‘memory and records, At this time it is also im- portant to make note of the fact that no such history could poss be written without taking into considera- tion the English and the Canadians ‘The origin of our breed is the Eng- lish Flying Tippler. It is a manufac- tured breed, the ingredients of which ae widely, speculative, Regardless, it is very safe to state’ that the Tippler is of Tumbler origin, with the tumble or roll either bred out or culled out, breeding birds for endurance flying, rather than distance homing or acro- aties in the air. ‘The fever of these beautiful flyers spread from England to Canada and to the United States. The United ‘States is so vast in its Pigeon Fancy that it is impossible to just say the birds were imported from England to Canada and then to the United States, for in some cases this is true, but in other many frequent cases the breed was imported by us (breeders in the ‘United States) directly from England. ‘Types and breeds, or strains, if you ‘will, are also important to any histor So, let me please relate to you at this ime just one of the very Interesting aspects of bringing the ‘ippler here. Thave written a short, stry called, whe Story of the Storey" The Storey igva stam of Fiving ‘tipoler of the Macclestield type or variety” bred many years ago by Me, Storey of Eng. land. His birds were both show and fly record” winners. It is. his. prime Possession “Westering. Prince”” vat ‘the ing TAD, ler Association of America has Adopted as its trade aatig so 10 speak ne bird's piewsre ‘vas lifted from a British publleation, 2'Seut" made, and itis now on letter: Heads. of thi American’ Chub, ets go. back to. the. “Roarin ‘Twenties the ‘Reverend Graham, ol Canada imported atleast one’ palt from Nir. Storey. This “was approx mately fh the gear 1927, Willam 0. Harvey, of Liile Rock” Arkansts, a Birmingham and Tater Senso Koller fancier, became interested in this ‘ippler eat the Rev. Graham (also & Roller fancier) ad’ Urought 40 this “ofits Harvey Bought the pair of i, Harvey bought the pair of Eng lsh ‘Tipplers from the ‘Rev. Graham Band ha them shipped to him at Lite Rock. A point of Taterest i the fact that at" dhat ime, a certain. gentle: tan in ‘Toronto, ‘Canada,-who" later became , known "world-wide" for his Famous “Butterfly Wing Action Cana- dian “Flying Tipplers" was also. in- terested in the, Storey "strain ‘This Zenileman was Douglas Pradomme ef Toronto. Doug. Prud'homme tad one slight problet. ‘The birds bad already been sold. to Bill Harvey. But, romance ever to wang, even with, pigeons, there was one faint ray’ of hope: MF. Graham's: Storeys were on ees. Now in thas aye was Ho pce tical to consider shipping both birds find egus olf to Arkansas from Cant: day ad. besides, “Mr. Hervey had Bought the" birds, not the eggs. So, Mr.Prud'homme, through itor pur? chase, winked. the eggs ‘of to" his fofts'rlaced them under a setting pair Ot birds he already had, brood “un Known. by me, and hatched the ege5 ot and aised them. Te‘was from this’ beautiful Storey ught prin ‘tae i, Pruomie, at Teast fr part, began his strain of but- terflys. Bersonaily T-do, not know. if Mir "Prudhomme imported edditional Storey strain Tipplers or not, but the Birds were famed Nelson Balmer of Toronto took the game birds, in fact he and. Mr. Prud- Tomme ‘interchanged stock as ‘need be, and Mr. Balmer became he most cofsistent long-time fiver in the. an- Sale of Canadian Tippler lying. While Mir. Prudhomme int the final snalysis of the Canadian fying recoras wound Sp ‘with top honors i time, Mr Bale Bes" ae onehelegs tho not on Sistent long-time flyer. ‘They Housed the samo bloodliies. ‘As an anecdote to all of this, Mr. Harvey of ‘ittie Rock went off to Pharmacy. School and biy birds” were cared for by pares, oe and wen fe finished school, after ‘Tipplers hed been sent ott tn diferent directions, there ‘was one Storey child hen eft inthis Tot Now, in the year 1932 there was a boy that camé along by the name ot Bobby Funke He purchased. a pair Of Silver Tipplers from the son. of a Ghiry ‘farmer’ in North ‘Title Rock, ‘Ananens, and from then on was it: ten. by the Tipper bug, Mr. Harvey took’ the Funk boy under wing. and ave him, the Storey hen, also there fas acquired a light pring cock from the State of Kentueks, defintely out of the original Harvey imports: The Birds bred well and law well Not to be daunted vt just one aie of Fiying Tipper reedars, 1 import from Toronto in the year’ 1984, addi- tiontl Tipplers from the burns Broth fers. Soon the Macclesfield and Shef- field types were intermingled as. in most Tippler lofts United States. While we still have the two types, you never know to this day, just what to expect in color out of @ Tippler ‘mating, unless you breed to color only, which is a deterrent to good flying, just as is to breed to good Style Or appearance. You breed to flying ability only. Fred Erbach, of New York, in what year I do not know, imported’ the Ren- ison strain from England. These were the Macclesfield type bird. 1t has been Said that the Macclesfield light color- ed bird was bred in the area of Eng- and to be light of color to be able to see in the very high sky. Further, that because of the Sheffield steel’ fac- tories, the Sheffield type was bred In darker colors and to fly at lower al- Glades to ‘contrast against a azier Sky. 1 say, it is said, as most Flying ‘Tippler leg . red Erbach took his birds and also took. the North American Old. Bird Record away from the Canadians. in the year 1987, the year prior to the orpanization of the Flying Tippler ‘Absociation of America. "The New York Club was called the ‘American “Flying Club, “or for. short, the AFTC, Erbach’s record of 17 hour fand 18 ‘minutes broke the Canadian record by ten minutes. Te is needless for me to go into the problems that followed. Let it suffice {o say’ that the only. way. the. cana Stans could contest Mr. Erbactys ree. ford, was {0 break it. Regardless, to this day inthis year of 1971, "Mr. Exbach’s record fly on May 25,'1937, of 17:18 is the long-time flying record ‘m these United ‘States of America. His Hit was “released at" 3:25am. and dropped at 8°49 pum. This information in print” inthe “American. Pigeon Tournal as placed there by article ‘rom the Secretary of the AFTC, the late W. AL Liesum, Since the aforementioned facts were happening in the 1920's and. 1890's inthe United ‘States there’ is “abso- Intelyno doubt in anyone's mind that such happenings were multiplied many times, by many people. Tipplers ‘were being’ bought tram Canada and England. Later from Wales and Hol- land ‘and Germany, all of which ‘had their origin in England. vals, pot aah it tis article to be labor ‘the many, Tippler club aspects and related problems that evolved In ihe United States. during ‘the times of developing the Tipplet here, Te is enough to say, to my’ personal knowl. edge, that aside from the AFTC in the New York area, 2 Mr. Frank Hagen Of Philadelphia organized at least. two ational clubs, the ATC (Associated Flying Tipplet_ Club of America) and the NTU" (National Tippler Union of ‘America), & take-ott from the English ATU" elub. Twas a member of these Tet’s face it, because of personal differences, a gentleman by the name of Ervin €. ‘Grube of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, organized in the year 1938, the Flying Tippler Association. of ‘America, On his invitation T accepted the appolttment asthe. FTA frst presidene This has been the only Flying “Tippler_ club (0 endure “the many year as a truly national on zation for our breed. Sn "To generate national flying compe- tition ind general interest, a race, oF fly it-you will was scheduled "for September 17, 1939. While ather flys possibly had ‘happened, this was to Establish a club record for the ETA. ‘There were only’ two contestants in this race, Mr” Grube. nd Sa of 12 hours and 35 minutes to set the first FTA’ club record with such gentlemen as Fred Erbach, Charles Spieser, George Miltner, Fred De Bion, Gene. Scorzello, Victor Walezak and Danny’ Sasso in atiendance and wit- ness to the fly. Tt was a four bird kit, three light prints and one dark print, young. ‘American Pigeon JournalIn. keeping with my theory that consistent long'time flying denotes a Fel ‘Tippler breeder and flyer, here is anole appearing in the “American Pigeon Journal under the ‘heading: oF “Americon Fying Tippler Chub". “he record for Tippler fying for the 1888" ig “now hela: by 'F. Erbach of Maspeth, el, New York, His record is'14 hours and 10, minutes, made on April 19,1866." This wes signed and sent in to the API by James LW. Hiesum, “908i “Y9eh” St, "Jamaica, Li, Nw. ss far 28 world records are, con cemed, for’ many, many. years fime of 19: hrs 30’ mins. was held in England. My latest kmowledge fs that time is-now an. even 20 hours. In Sheltild, England, World's iid Record was set ae 17 hrs 2 mins, in the year 1060, iin the Year 1959 Mr. Lovatt had upped. the Worlds Old Bled. Record fom 19:30 to 19:42, Suly 1, 1901, Me Lovatt. (Stoke ‘on’ Trent,” England) broke the World's Young Bird Record sith a time of 17-30, George Maniowe of Sheffield. England. could ‘not be launted and’ in 1960 flew an-Old Bird Kit"tor ‘845 to take away Mr. Lovett’ 19:42 record: made’ the pre ‘vous vest. Mr, Lovate countered with iis. 1963" world shattering record of am even 20 hous. ; extremely” long, summer. day light hours in England coupled with the linac ondftons st tat tine take i possible for these very. long Tvs, Of Gourse, do not overlook the fxcallent stock, breeding. training and feeding. The ‘British, the originators of the breed, are sill their masters Others ‘have Tearned quite. well, A few conde trom the Butch Fyne Tippler Club: ‘de Hass, Young ‘Birds is on duly §, 1931. Old Birds, John Van der Wel, 1727 oa Sune 19” 1961. "The Canadians: ‘The ‘most popular and publicized Old. Bied Record. was Set by Arthur De Cite of Toronto in the Year" 19#4 with a time of U7 hrs. 18 mins, flying’ two Nahe prints and ine dark blue chee: Affer Mr. Erbach St New York broke ‘his record. with as Tai eae Combe and Jabs that. upped the figure to 1720. ‘With: fut digging for Hours ‘and hours, for the sul existing North American’ Old Hird Record, T think it is now, sil @ Canadien record of 1728 “The. North" American” Young Bird Record Was kicked around & bit als. Nelson Helmer etd teat one. time. D_ Mt Prudhomme flew'a iit in the Ihie' 1950's for’ 13. hours 58. minutes, and is stil the Canadian Record for Young Biras ‘Our Red Dubuc, on May 29, 1960, rouse the North Ameriean Young Bird Record to the United States wit avlime of 16 hours 25 minutes. So. we fave" split’ the difference," Canada hide the Old Bird Record, the United States’ the Young. Bird Record, as of Setoher in the Year 190. The eld is still open, gentlemen There have been many Tippler breeders and. flyers” inthis. cou fanage’ some ‘wonderful. times wit their birds. 1, myself, have flown Lt hrs. 12% ming."with birds. previously mentioned: Wiliam Hoffman of Balt Tore once held the FLA" club record (Continued on page $88) For September, 1971 Frank P. Catri High Flying Tipplers 81 Almy Street, Warwick, Rhode Island, 02886 Wilf Lovatt Strain Of Flying Tipplers Bill Conboy 7 Oakleigh Ave., Patchogue, N.Y., 11772 Compliments OF Hinz and Curley Light Print Flying Tipplers of Fly and Show quality 12 Elmont Ave,, Baltimore, Md, 21206foture shows a portion of the loft of Mr. Mernstder, TESEETE Seen) My Method in Training Tipplers By E. R. HERNANDEZ, New Orleans, La. The strain of Tipplers 1 have are Lovatts,. Lovatt. and. Prudhomme erosses” These birds were ‘purchased from, Pere. Hagan, Actually "it was @ sie trom my wile. 1 must Say that ‘his was the dandiest gift T ever re- Geived. Tam’ very proud. of these binds ‘As for the training method, 1 hope 4s docs not sound repetitious but this is what T- found. successful. select three to five healthy birds’ for each team, ‘They. are removed from the breeding section es soon es they can fend for themselves. 1 put them in the. flying. section in thelr individual compartments, ‘The first night they arongiven "barley (o_o ‘aval Whether they” eat “or not. they are ven Epsom salts. After they érink, we Epsom salts is removed. ‘Barley remains until Urey. learn to eat it, which is a matter of a couple fof days at the most. Alter they start eating barley T start breaking’ the birds. in. Tet the youngsters out very day for about fo weeks, de: ending on their fying. progress, They don’t take to the sir'within that period. T force. them to" fly, always Iwith “droppers out and hungry, (This consider the most critical step. I have fost-many teams in. their Initial flights)" When I" get_ three or four drops. from the young Tipplers 1am ‘confident that they. know thelr home find. thelr training” begins "The birds are released twice a week from navi on, always in the evening, ‘working them backwards in time, 7 BB, @ pms 8 pm 4 pm, and’20 orth, Before I feed my flying teams I always throw my droppers, a white Fantail, before T enter the flying sec- Te does not take long: for the ters to associate the white Fan- tall’ with food. I feed barley every night (I use a measuring cup. from a bottle of Ny- quil cold medicine, which measures fone ounce). T give each bird a level cup of barley one hour after dark- ness. When they finish eating they Page 484 are given fresh water. Once a week T give each bird'a level teaspoon of flaxseed. Also once 2 week I give them a ‘tonic, ferrous sulphate, just enough (0 color their water. They have grit before them at all times except the day before the race. Now for my feed-up. Four days be- fore the fly day T start my feed-up. Assuming I fly’ Sunday: ‘Wed. — Last exercise fly, about an hour after darkness 1 feed them one ounce of hempseed, after they finish, mild Epsom sails (one tablespoons pet Pint of water), gat "Thurs." — One ounce of millet, wa- ter, grit, ter tigr One ounce canary seed, wa er, grit, ‘Sat, — AM. Teaspoon rape seed, no rit. ‘Sat, — PM. One ounce rice, after they finish I wait one hour then give water, ‘no grit. ‘Sun. — ‘The birds are released. Our club's demanding flying season contributes to the success of my birds, ‘This fact along with the train- ing gives ‘me best results, Our flying season may ‘sem unor- thodox to you. We fly in the winter because our winters are mild, As for our summers, they are too hot the humidity’ is too high. That’ is taboo with Tippler flying. Three Requirements in the Flying Tippler By ANDREW H. KOPP, Baltimore, Md. Trea hae segues maces sayin Ge fv, tier Bee tay SoUun ovig pi Se ining "iney abou fae mina fal hour baley th Sven se days Aer” a pliner” feskp “ty sd Gubie Bette ea? mee Beem they’ shouldbe gh Mere Sood thoples ‘Reatenty Ho Sit ceyPare tnvlibe Wo the naked 5, Li tnd vary iott hey Shoad ig With He Be Pacey wig aciin“eapendia'y Oia Tiel en thease ‘other three requirements 1 vould add a fourth this is that hey HOU SES ABS Fi opens thee ak desire tipple partes area mostly ited kolo highs a tere, "heer wee tablet thon Avg breed ot 9 ene BR mun uo sow thd fost_ of your best Flying’ Tipplers et dodo Sa tae Show Mere mahy ‘thet 15 loge an Sole Tooae feathered, open ck and wide vase! Tee ot too difficult to bresd for me ning fast mate your eng Hilag' pals ‘opether” Yours. ape" aitbife ese aes "Bote Ris oP & toa pir Hylng ie cemimct ore os tea ena er ie be ick roped oe ths Tit ck dere wens oe cea bce that "Tefieed to 'Grop. Very fhequenty itase longer “Aloe” ware (hota Uitds, Whale are’ these f° path BS breuding ih iy tol beng to ts Tope tan cit “rod be" pogtt a fare gen, 2 Tee coe Mow Tonga’ nt Hing ao fore custgh feted the" aye'in the show tage. Ske peti Be obit ‘eight ov sine Sinoss Feats ers would be hard and broad which Should cover. ‘the rump when’ the Wings are folded. Aone Feather or Teather" and one-half ‘tail would. be desirable. ‘Vent bones should be tight fand close to the end of the Keel, Legs Should be short, body should be eobby with an up-on-tocs stance. Head Should be round with absence of any ilatness,” Neck “should. be thick and breast feathers should hide wing butts when wings are folded. Tt goes with= Sut saying that the Tippleris a cean Wage bit ‘The, Gye should be pre erably pearl or at least a light grave Beak, eve cere and toenails should be black fa blues and lacie marked "i plers. Beak and. toenails’ should. be hom color in reds, yellows and silver duns. A light eye cere is unavoidable in these dilute colors ‘The show points, listed above are flying points. Ifa. Tippler is a. good Continued on page 487) ‘The Paychology of Tippler Flying (Costinaed Irom page #77) Release them to be" flown ‘with an absolute minimum of handling. ‘Tip: Dlere whieh are frightened. through Ehasing or Tosh handling before fy ing associate “this” treatment with their loft and many times develQp habit of not dropping on the loft at the conclusion of their fight. [ have seen poles so frightened because of rough handing that they would at- ‘empt to land on the fott but because of fear hower over ita couple of feet, take ‘it again, and return the follow ing: day. “If Your. Tipplers associate the loft with” gecurtey and food this well not occur and control of the team Sin be maintained ‘The Peed-op Tiaving successfully arrived at this American Pigeon Journalpoint, the next question is “how do Pget'them to fiy for times up to ten foleventeen nour In order (0 ae: complish fiying. times of this magni- fude the team must be placed ona Second diet known among Tippler fiers asthe “Teed-up™ It should be realized and appreciated that the re- fected diet together with th routine training the youngsters have’ com- ieted “has prodused. «dean, hard, ‘muscular bird which can fly tpwards Gf six hours oF more on a minimum mount of food. As. Bob Funk, the President of the Flying Tippler Asso- mn of ‘America, recently stated in {letter to. me. “the Tippler in good flying’ condition should: feel like “an empty beer can when handled, light but hard”. Tt must also be appreciated that the four to six hours our young team’ flew was’ done on a. minimum mount of food which in turn result- ed ina ‘minimum ‘amount of ener from’ that food. Any Increase in the amount or the caloric content. fed wil result_in ‘an inerease. of energy ‘which will manifest itseif s Increased fiying time. ‘Assuming that a race will be held on a Saturday, change the food to What is known ag Racer-Breeder food gn the previous. Sunday night. Allow the ‘team as. mich as they can clean up. Repest this on Monday and Tues. ay, On Wednesday release the team Sie hours before dark and drop them at nightfall, Repeat the same feeding on Wednesday snd Thuraday evening, Gn Friday evening feed them one half the amount which was normally Ted during the preceding days. Again on Friday, ‘at_ midnight, feed them only polished rice, as muchas they will Brean up. Rice is normally not recom. mended as a pigeon feed and it should never be fed in-any. great quantities part of a daily ration as it-contains fo vitamins, only’ seven per cent pro- {eln, A per cont fat and 4 per Bont fore Te dots however contain an exceedingly high amount of carbo: hydrates, approximately 80 ‘per cent. Carbohydrates are the energy ‘pr ducing foods for most. living things ‘including "pigeons. ‘A pigeon's diges- tive system is) such that the ‘blood sugar, produced by carbohydrates and which Supplies energy, is at a maxi- Tum five hours after eating. Tt re. {urns to normal in approximately six teen’ to twenty-four hours after eat- i Assuming’ the release ime to be five ‘am, ‘Saturday mporning the, ad- vantage of feeding a hight carboydrate food such a3. rlee, five hours before release time can be readily ‘apprecl. ated. ‘Tpplers which are “right” when re- leased will fly high and route, being gut of sight for periods of time be: fore being seen again. This is usually sign that ood. fiving. time. willbe achieved. if they fly at only moderate inetght and contiauatly circle the Toft, without routing, something” is amiss anda good performance’ can not normally’ be expected. Uf, however, you started with a good strain, trained them. correctly, You should ‘be privileged. to observ 2 flying performance. reserved only for the Fiying "Tippier fancier. "No other breed can equal it. im For September, Crescent Flying Tippler Club Ralph Verges, Pres. Elton Touchet Ed. Hernandez, V-Pres. Melvin Wells Mike Delatte, Sec.-Treas. Don Plauche Alvin Muller Ill Ronnie Touchet Michael Dubreuil Douglas Greer Ignatius Diecidue Gene Moor Extends Best Wishes To All Members Of The Flying Tippler SportHow The Tippler Got Its Name By WILLIAM G, HOFFMAN, North Linthicum, Md. Some years ago I had the pleasant privilege’ of exchanging quite a few otters with one John Van der Wel, who at that time was the Secretary of the Netherlands Tippler Club. He used to write about, every conceivable opie conceming Tipplers. Like. al Dutchmen, he was a very serious person, but not entirely without a Sense of humor. He once wrote: “You Americans have an international repu- ‘ation for coining catch phrases and trick words. Why don’t you think up a more fitting name for the Tippler pigeon? Homers are expected to hor Rollers must roll; the Flying Tum- Dlers are supposed to tumble, but the oor little Tippler, who dares to tip- ple, winds up in the soup pot! Why don't you give it some thought and see what can be done about 102” All Of this, of course, leads up to the title question, How the ‘Tippler got ts Namo? For many years the Tippler_ was easily distinguishable from other breeds by its own peculiar markings, black-tipped flights, black-tipped tail, Black beak, black toenails, black eye cere and black ticking in the head and neck, Some fanciers insist that it was from these markings that the breed derived its name. I recall the late Ralph Reoves explaining to me twenty years ago when he threw out my Deautiful yellow prints at a tawn show: “The Tippler must, be black- tipped in all its extremities, flights, tail, beale ‘and toes, That's where if gets the name, from the tipping!” ‘Many present day fanciers still hold to the same opinion, and some of them kent ‘Tipplers tone before T was born. Could be they are right. ‘History reveals that the name “Tip: pler” existed for some time before it eame to be applied to a specific breed of bird, and instead was used to de- scribe the flying stvle of one branch of the Flying’ Tumbler’ famfly. “Lud- low, ‘the celebrated fancier, “painter and author of the chapter, “‘common and Flying Tumblers.” in Robert Ful ton’s “The Book of Pigeons”, enu- merates the various air performers of that day according to style of flight and also according to markings. Of the latter, he lists seventeen cate- JACK ERLE AMEE ‘The Jacke tat family of Portand, Oregon ant utters Sipper rope eto eek, Pal, Pe the Ving’ Hipster ‘veocition Of Ax ‘BhousEriaFoek" Eh Prin, Oreo Page 486 gories of birds with dark flights and does ‘not mention anything that re- Sembles a light print. Of the Tippler ag a flyer, he writes: “Then there are Others (chiefly in Lancashire [ think) who believe the nearest realization of ‘merit is that of a flight of good “Tip- plers’, such as perform, in a compact ‘mass, their single evolutions with per- feet accuracy and uniformity; su fly high, are always busy, and endure ong. flights with comparative ease.” Job Ofield, in “The Flying Tippler,” quotes an elderly fancier, Mr. Pownall Of Macclesfield, as remembering the Dirds kept by his father fifty or more years earlier (1875-1880) "as being “blues, “greys “and bronzes. nearly black" Wedgewood, in “The Tipper for Exhibition and Flying,” presents a picture of the first Macclesfield Tip- pler introduced into Lincolnshire, but fails to mention the date. The bird is, either a blue or a grey with some jotting. In type as well as 1 it presents a more un ‘Tippler-like’ appearance than many of the more recently developed long fly- ing types. All-of this, it’ would seem to me indicates that the name “Tip- pier” predates all the characteristies Bf the’ breed as we Ienow it today. ‘There is still another explanation of how the bird acquired its name. This ‘one perhaps is bit far-fetched, but 1 like It According to the legend, there nce ‘ved ina small village. in the English Midlands, « fellow whose life was Tuled by two. all-consuming Bee erro a coer om "Barleycorn, In” an American own. of. similar” slze “he probably ‘would have been known as the village drunk. But, his fellow-townsmen, ‘bee Ing polite folle by nature, when they found it necessary to speak of him at al, referred to. him simply” asthe Upton One, day’ fancier trom ane otler part the country was passin through the village, and his attention wae Crug ys ee of pigeons of 3 Unfamiliar type Tiving in the vielnity. ‘Addressing @ nearby villager, he asi edt "Friend, what pigeons. are those Soaring above yonder heath? “The Nillager, thinking he had. asked “whos pigeons?” replied, “Oh, they are the ‘ippler’s "The traveler ob fained some of the birds and. took them back to his. own district where he Introduced them as ""Tipplers name that has stuck to this. day!’ — Reprinted from May 1959 issue, Importance of the Flying Tippler Standard By BOB HINZ, Baltimore, Maryland Each time that T write about the importance of the Standard Fm sure that T convince ‘a few. more people that, am advocating the breeding of the Flying ‘Tippler as a. show pigeon. Such Je'not my intention at al, so Twill keep on’ waiting. in the hope that some day my, line of thoug might be understood. ‘The greatest hurdle to overcome is the thought that exists with some fane ciers that flying abliity of a pigeon is fn unseen quality that cannot be con- fected with anything physical or ma- Tetial. These people compare the ability of a good fiyer with unseen uae ike the, homing” intinet of 2 Racing Homer. ‘They thiok that the only. way to breed good. flying birds {s by mating: the best fivers together in the hope. of etling @ double: dose ot the mystery ingredient. Such ‘hink’ng” proves. only one thing, that hein the ianorance of the breeder as to his knowledge of the. characteris- tics that make a capable flying pigeon. The late Bill Pensom (may. this great pigeon man rest in peace) was i'ma who’ walked into Roller lofts Gn numerous Qecasions and picked out the few best birds in the loft, ag testified to later by the owner, “and this wes done without seeing the birds fy. Here was proot positive that Mr. Pensom could’ see ‘and. feet » what Inakes a good flying pigeon and it was no mystery to him. 1t has been said that Flying Tipplers are not show pigeons, and it has Said that wide variation tn type exists today. ‘These are facts that cannot be denied, but when we consider. uni- ormity in breeding as desirable only to" showing Wwe are making a. great mistake, A recent article that 1 read Have wide variation In. type. as eve dence that the Tippler is & flying pic con, however, the samo writer, in fhe game article, went on to mention that some strains of Tipplers are 10- hour fyers, “others I?-hour “flyers, others 20-hows flyers, etey ete, Now Tet's think about this. Tf

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