A Different Kind Of Racer (OT)

From my Pigeon List:

"The race is over and "Sessink" is home but not in winning time. I sent 20 birds to the 500 and at 16:53 I have 13 out of the 20 home and expect the balance yet today. This race was 487 miles (785 km) to my loft and it was a fast race. The birds were coming off the side (from the east) and back to us. Once they began coming they kept coming but all were out of the east. Some had even flown past and then had to come back.

Any way, the good boy ("Sessink") is back and will be watched closely but his race season is not over. Now it is for me to observe what he is doing and then continue to try and make an ace pigeon or AU Champion out of him.

I also have an old boy that is 6 years old and he always comes home but has slowed down. He is my hope for the 600 and should it be a difficult race with few birds early, I expect he will keep me in contention within the club. He just never gets lost but it takes a race that is slower for him to place high. I will also have some new and younger potentials for these races so hopefully we will have our bases covered.

Thanks for the interest in today's race and our pocket is a little lighter as we were so sure that "Sessink" would be here and bring us home some special prizes but it just won't happen this week."

"As mentioned on an earlier post, I have "Sessink" home but he was no
where close to the prizes so now it is for me to evaluate what his next
steps will be. The race was very fast and we shipped 20 to the race and
had all 20 home on the day from the 500 so I am satisfied that I have
pretty good homing pigeons. However, the trick is for them to race home
thus the name Racing Homers which was not our case today."

These homing pigeons started the race in Tennessee at 7AM, and all were home, 500 miles, in Florida, the same day, arriving eight hours after release!

It's an exciting sport, but if I had just one bird not make it home, I would die, so that is why I don't participate...

Nanci