Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 255, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1925 — Page 5

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AN OLD-FASHIONED GIRL

Carrier Pigeon Will Do Most Anything to Get Home, Says Indianapolis Owner of Champion Birds

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BY ROSS H. GARRIGUS r— — I HOMING pigeon Is a “flapI/V per” in only one sense. L**l flap her wings. Otherwise, her characteristic® are old-fashioned. She loves her home and will fly a thousand n. to get there. And a homing pigeon isn’t a sheik either. Ho has but one mate. Turn him loose among the fairest of the bllls-arid-coos, and he loses no time In flying home. An Ideal traveling man, is he. I learned all this the other ~day from Harry M. Goold, 3202 N. Illinois St., and Charles Schwert., 350 W. Thirtieth St., proprietor of Rainbow Lofts, breeders' of racing pigeons. Schwert recently returned from the International Congress of Pigeon Fanciers, where his birds won championships in the 1,000, the 250 and 150-mile races. Asa sport, pigeon racing is one of the cleanest and fairest known, according to Schwert and Goold, who are endeavoring to enlist Indianapolis citirens in an effort to give othir cities, such as Milwaukee, which has more than 100 clubs, keener competition. How They Run Thenfr The sport: Mr. Pigeon is tom away from his home and fireside, shipped to some faraway point, turned loose with others in competition. The first one home wins. Goold states that the old story of the pigeon fancier who stripped a rival’s bird of feathers and it arrived home, but with corns and broken arches, is not so far etretched. “In fact,” said Goold, "I believe one would really walk home. I had

one bird shot through the wing and i\e arrived safely. Last Sunday, a I rd we turned loose four years ago, jame tack. He evidently had been capture*!.” Goo’.d has paid as high as SIOO for a pig>on. Ancestry dates far back. He breeds the birds and trains them. When s.x weeks old, the young ones are taken five miles and turned loose. Then the next trip is ten; then twenty-five, fifty and a hundred milts. When a bird returns from 100 milca away he is safe for any distance. D/scum Valentine Idea IJke most folks, my idea of a racing or carrier pigeon was obtained largely from Valentines —a gorgeous white dove with a message in its bill. I learned that they carry the note in a capsule strapped to a leg. Racing pigeons, according ' to Gould, have been used for centuries. Man first gjt his idea from an owl who liked to stick his feet under hi* home table every evening. The owl was crossed with dragoons, tumblers, tipplers, barbs and about twenty other breeds, until the present ideal homing pigeon was ob tained. Schwert stated that the United States Army is training birds to fly nights. The experiment Is not meeting with much success. All owners, he said, in computing time pigeons make on their trips, count from sunrise to sundown. , The best bird Schwert and Goold own is “Otto Whi-.:.” Otto, who is nearly 8 years old, is ‘he father of four 1,000-mile bi.ds which have won prixeu. Speaking of Otto, a pigeon's life has ;?me advantages, but— If I v ero* one, I'd dread old age.

You should see ©ttc. He has warts on his nose.

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DOUBLE FUNERAL SET Wife'. DnUi h Fatal Shock lo James E. Bandy. Double funeral services will be held at the home, 2:30 p. m. Saturday for Mrs. Sarah M. Bandy, 57, of 2428 N. Talbott St., and her husband, James E. Bandy, 64, who died twenty-four hours after his wife’s death. Burial in Crown Hill Cemetery. v Mrs. Bandy died Wednesday afternoon following a long illness. .Nervous shock of her death caused Mr. Bandy to suffer acute indigestion which resulted in his death. Mr. Bandy was a motorman for the Indianapolis and Cincinnati Traction Company. He was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose. They are survived by three children, Mrs. Edward Tabert, James V. i.’.ndy and E. G. Bandy, all of Indianapolis.

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