2013 Jan Feb Bulletin-1 - American Show Racer Association

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To The Membership of the ASRAD-14-13I was very disturbed by some remarks in our lastbulletin (Nov. Dec. 2012) about East Coast West Coastpeople. I don’t know about that. I know that some of us aredisappointed by the out come of the recent ballot on themargin to pass on by law by 51% approval. Get over it. Wedon’t need division. It only fosters bitterness.Joe PellettieriP.S. I would like to see an editorial page in our bulletinlisting the officers with their addresses and more info.ThanksJoe Pellettieri34
Building A family Of Show RacersBy Richard BrooksAmerican Show Racers date back to the late 1800’s. Little is known about many who started then, butwhat little information we do have indicates several were in progress. Perhaps chief among them was C.E. Twombly Sr. Mr. Twombly imported several groups with beautiful type. He wrote a book concerninghis efforts. If others wrote I find no record. At any rate, by the 1930’s there were several families ofbirds being shown with considerable success.This was happening primarily along the North Eastern seaboard from about Washington to Boston.World War two caused many young pigeon fanciers to serve in the military and see service in variousEuropean countries as well as spending time in various areas of our own land with which they had notpreviously been acquainted. I was one of those involved in this and I was among those who sawbeautiful birds and after we were discharged at the end of the war, bought or were given birds fromthose we had visited and admired.Within ten years from wars end the work toward developing a show racer type, while not wellorganized, was well under way. The American Racing Homer News (National magazine for pigeonracing fanciers) had advertising emphasizing the looks of certain families of birds, as well as the flyingability. In short the original effort was directed toward a multi purpose bird. As was to be expected,within a decade some fanciers found more pleasure in showing than in flying. Among these were thosewho found more pleasure in winning at the show, rather than at the race. Perhaps this could be betterphrased by saying that they found more success at the show than in the race. Some few did well in both.By the 1960’s some few were being recognized as having better show birds than the rest of us. Soontheir birds were in greater demand, although at that time the sense of competition had quite a fewworking diligently to “develop a better mouse trap” or in this case a better family of show birds. Manyof these were former soldiers and their brothers and classmates who had migrated from all over thecountry to the West Coast in search of better jobs, more security for family finances and a legendary35
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Page 3 and 4: District DirectorsDistrict One: Jim
Page 5 and 6: Code of SportsmanshipPurpose: The A
Page 8 and 9: PRESIDENT’S MESSAGEJeff AdairWell
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Page 12 and 13: ASRA District 6 News - Jan 2013Gary
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Page 16 and 17: Anna CiceroJeff Adair & Fred DuffyF
Page 19 and 20: Judge Ralph Whitson Congratulating
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Page 38 and 39: THE BIRD OF DIGNITYThe ASR, in my o
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Page 47 and 48: Luhrs, John&Beverly 1083 Pine Dale
Page 49 and 50: SSchlieper, Bill 5240 Jensen Rd. Ca

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