The Sport of Pigeon Racing
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The Sport of Pigeon Racing

  1. 182 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Sport of Pigeon Racing

About this book

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to racing pigeons, with information on breeding, pigeon types, notable historical fanciers, housing, nutrition, and much more. "The Sport Of Pigeon Racing" is highly recommended for those with a serious interest in the sport, and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Pigeon Racing", "The Armadale Lofts", "My First Visit to Belgium", "Leading Belgian Fanciers", "English Fanciers I Have known and Visited", "A Method of Founding a Loft of Racing Pigeons", "Notes on Racing Pigeon Types with Special Reference to Superficial Anatomy", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on pigeons.

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Information

Publisher
Parker Press
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781445512129, 9781445515960
eBook ISBN
9781473394308

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Foreword
  5. Preface
  6. Contents
  7. I. Pigeon Racing
  8. II. The Armadale Lofts
  9. III. My First Visit to Belgium
  10. IV. Leading Belgian Fanciers
  11. V. English Fanciers I have known and Visited
  12. VI. A Method of Founding a Loft of Racing Pigeons
  13. VII. Notes on Racing Pigeon Types with Special Reference to Superficial Anatomy
  14. VIII. Condition
  15. IX. Breeding
  16. X. Heredity and its Application to Improvement of Stock
  17. XI. Widowhood (or Veuvage)
  18. XII. The Study of the Eye and the Eye Theory
  19. XIII. Old Belgian Strains or Families
  20. XIV. Orientation
  21. XV. Pigeon Shows
  22. Long Race Distances
  23. Winners of Scottish National Races from 1894 to 1947
  24. Conclusion