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Horemans International Loft
Bill "The Book" Richardson
Welcome to my site. When I get the pigeons mated up this year, I will try to add more pictures to the site. If you have any interest in Jiu-Jitsu, please see those pages below. Also please feel free to see the Articles Page, which contains close to 80 of the 120 or so articles I have written.
(Please scroll down to see the entire page.)
(new Jiu-Jitsu developments!)
World No-Gi Jiu-Jitsu Championships 2009 On Page 3
Updated Introduction (12-25-10):
New Aricles:
For the first time in a while, I visited with a number of fanciers at an auction over in California. While there, I was repeatedly asked why I have not been writing articles for the Digest. The short of it is this. When you contribute article for a long period of time as I did, it sometimes becomes difficult to continue to find topics to write about.
Some would say, “Then don't write for a while and maybe a topic will come to you” but, unfortunately, it doesn't really work that way. Writing really isn’t about writing; instead, it is about committing the time to write. Lot’s of people can write better than me but, unfortunately, they never seem to allocate the time to do so.
Unfortunately, I have a very limited amount of extra time and energy available these days. For may years, I devoted my Saturday mornings to writing articles about pigeons because that was the only practical time where I could spend writing articles. As time passed and topics became more difficult to come by, I sometimes wrote about topics partially or completely unrelated to pigeon racing, such as my son’s jiu-jitsu achievements. Instead of just skipping over those articles that didn't interest them, one or several fanciers decided to complain to the Editor of the Digest, and consequently the Editor of the Digest decided to complain to me. As a result, I decided to complain to myself about the amount of time I was putting into writing articles and voila, with very little effort, I have not written an article for over a year.
Within several weeks of my last article, my Saturday mornings had been reallocated to a more enjoyable and healthy pastime, hiking. Frankly, I really enjoy hiking as it improves my strength and makes me feel better in many ways, so I am very unlikely to discontinue it any time soon. So now, in terms of writing pigeon articles, we are talking about my “extra time” of which there is very little, and this is why I say that writing is about time allocation not about the writing itself.
Probably the Editor of the Digest should have realized my plight, as I am sure he must experience a similar situation when scheduling time for the publication of his magazine every couple of weeks. As with my articles, not every issues of the Digest is as well received as every other, but I guess the difference is that he is getting paid to hear the ensuing complaints, where I am not.
About six months ago, I worked out a deal with the Australian Racing Pigeon Journal to write some articles for them but, in truth, I have enjoyed the freedom of not writing at all. Probably, I will eventually get back to writing a little more consistently for either the Australian Racing Pigeon Journal or for this site but, right now, I prefer to use my Saturdays to go hiking.
This isn’t to say that I do not plan to write any articles or that I do not plan to keep this site updated over the coming year. In fact, I am disappointed with myself for not doing a better job with this site recently, but I hope to rectify this situation in the coming months.
A picture of the top German racer "The Book". As a young bird, he was 3rd, 7th, 9th, 10th and his nestmate also added a 2nd and a 6th. The pigeon was bred (and named) by the super fancier Dieter Siebert of Germany. The pigeon also happens to be the full brother to my pigeon "The German"
(see picture below).
"The German" - Bred by Dieter Siebert of Germany.
The nestmate to "The German" finished 182 in the South African race and should be shipped here shortly.
Eye of "The German"
Inbred Horemans off the great racer, The Mealy Cock -Recently Sold
Eye of the Mealy Cock
If you look very carefully, you will see four yellow dots in this eye that look something like a tiger paw. This is a very good picture of a very small cluster. Clusters tend to get bigger with age. I have always wondered if the number of spots grow or if the existing spots grow in size, but this particular cock is two years old and the number of spots has not changed.
The Daughter to the Mealy Cock
If you look very carefully, you will see that she also has a cluster that is not as pronounced as the father's, but it will eventually be bigger than his as the beads of the cluster grow.
The Qualls Hen - Placed well in the Snowbird Race - Part of the Survivor Pair
Eye of the Qualls Hen
The Survivor Cock - Son to the Survivor Hen which won the Survivor Series as a seven year old. Also Mother to a 600 mile winner.
Eye of the Survivor Cock
The Super Cock (Right), was recently sold.
Son of Ed's 550 Mile and Championship Points Winning Hen,
which is the sister of Silver Streak and Quick Silver
Currently mated to:
The Super 973 - Recently Sold
The entire Pete Lorenz (The B Family) and Silver Streak lines have recently been sold.
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