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nicksiders
1779 posts
Jun 17, 2007
9:47 PM
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There are those that believe a competition kit is different from any other kit of rollers. Basically, you cannot have a kit of birds with many doing 50 to 70 footer rolls and have enough scoring breaks to win. He have developed medium depth birds the roll simontaniously and are fearisly kitted close.
Pensom wrote(here we go again with that ancient fellow): ......."This bird is noted for its ability to roll in good style for several feet, and without stopping......""A kit of these pigeons, when performing simultaneously, present an amazing spectacle which even the most prejudiced of fanciers could not ignore or fail to give a lot of credit to".
This is some of the things he said in describing THE MEDIUM ROLLER. He described seperately THE BIRMINGHAM ROLLER; he also described THE PLATE ROLLER; THE TUMBLER; and THE TWIZZLER.
I feel the NBRC has compensated with the 11 Bird Kit Competition to allow a way to demonstrate the performance of THE BIRMINGHAM ROLLER more adequately.....UH HUH, I do damn it!
So, do you see what I see in the WC and NBRC 20 Bird Kit Competition......kinda, at least?
What do you find wrong about THE MEDIUM ROLLER? What don't you like about THE MEDIUM ROLLER? What don't you like about THE BIRMINGHAM ROLLER?
"THE BIRMINGHAM ROLLER in a few words is noted for its exclusive ability to turn over backwards and rotate with inestimable speed for considerable distances downwards. This is the only aerial perdormer which can boast of a standard. The most talented of them all...........The standard reads as follows: The true Birmingham Roller which turns over backwards with inconceivable rapidity through a considerable distance like a spinning ball....."
He also states that this standard should never be allowed to be lost sight of.
I know many of you believe that Pensom is just old hat and we need to move on. I ask you, move on to what? Is there more and better expertise being said or written? I don't believe so and you will have to prove it........buster(LOL)
If we aren't careful we may be pulled too far away from our roots as fanciers of THE BIRMINGHAM ROLLER with our rules and scoring in competition............maybe, huh?
Nick ---------- Snicker Rollers
Last Edited by on Jun 17, 2007 9:47 PM
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DeepSpinLofts
112 posts
Jun 18, 2007
3:02 AM
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Good morning Nick....
I too am an avid pupil of Pensom's glorious writings and truly believe there is not much we can do to perfect the Birmingham Roller for competition outside of William Hyla Pensom's guidelines for breeding, training & flying these magnificent acrobats of the sky.
I think it is quite important that we acknowledge the origin (introduction) of the "Pensom strain of Birmingham Roller Pigeon" into the North American Continent from Europe. It's one thing to have a family of good rolling pigeons with good genes and all that, however, it's another thing to have a closely related family of rollers that are direct decendents from the Black Country strain which evolved in and around Harborne and Birmingham England.
Hmmm.....
These particular rollers (Black Country) in my opinion is where we might find some of the best birds for flying, kitting & rolling.
Below is a passage that brings us closer in relative detail to the origin of the competition birds many of us breed, train & fly today.
==THE RISE OF THE PENSOMS==
In 1932 a Catholic priest who loved pigeons imported rollers from a young man named William H. Pensom, born and reared in Harborne, England, but residing in Smethwick, England, along the borders of the Black Country.
Father Schlattmann of St. Louis imported 8 Birmingham Roller pigeons from Pensom and began breeding kits of rollers that were the envy of all who saw them. Other importations followed, and the good Father shared his stock with others. The "Pensoms" became a craze. These new English imports represented the best of the bloodlines of the best ten to twenty fanciers Pensom had become acquainted with in Harborne and the Black Country.
The Whittinghams and other pre-existing Birmingham Rollers soon became called "American" rollers to distinguish them from the new English imports, which were called "Pensom" rollers. These New English imports distinguished themselves from the traditional "American" rollers by flying lower, usually 200 to 600 feet; by rolling shorter, from 15 to 30 feet; by rolling with much more impressive velocity; and by flying as kits for only twenty minutes to a maximum of about one hour. Little did Father Schlattmann know, he had dropped a snowball that would trigger an avalanche of change in the North American roller fancy.
NOTE: The Black Country comprises parts of the city of Wolverhampton, and the towns of:
Aldridge, Bilston, Blackheath, Brierley Hill, Brownhills, Coseley, Cradley, Darlaston, Dudley, Gornal, Great Bridge, Halesowen, Kingswinford, Lye, Netherton, Oldbury, Quarry Bank, Rowley Regis, Sedgley, Stourbridge, Tipton, Walsall, Warley, Wednesbury, Wednesfield, West Bromwich, Willenhall and Wordsley.
{P.S} It's about 3:28 a.m. (PST) and I need to get back to Becky Quick, Joe Kernon and Carl Quintanilla on CNBC Squawk Box. Preparing for another wild day of Stock Market activity.
Later....
Marcus Deep Spin Lofts
Last Edited by on Jun 18, 2007 3:28 AM
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Missouri-Flyer
610 posts
Jun 18, 2007
10:11 AM
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huh? A bird that rolls constantly 70 to 80 feet will be left in the dust by the rest of those that are medium rollers. The deeper the bird, the longer it takes to rekit... I think I read somewhere where Scott said that this years W/C winning kit will be a more active kit versus a deeper kit..That says it all....I enjoy watching really deep birds, but at the same time, I like to watch them roll more than once every 2 minutes or so also.. I guess MY goal would be to have a nice set of birds in the 40 foot range that roll every 45 seconds to a minute....Yep, thats it.
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Jerry
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