Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 February 1903 — Sparrow Carriers. [ARTICLE]

Sparrow Carriers.

A man in Georgia some time ago caught some sparrows and trained them so that he can open their cage and they will fly back again without any other inducement than the love of their home. This trainer watched the birds carefully and made up his mind that sparrows could be trained to do the work of carrier pigeons and that, as they were smaller, they would be more valuable in case of war. He gave one of his sparrows to a friend who was going a distance of 150 miles and told him to free the bird when he had reached the end of his journey and at the same time to telegraph him when he did so. The bird reached home and went directly to its cage, making the journey in a little over an hoar and a half.