photo) a direct son of the
immortal Kanibaal of Dirk Van
Dyke. The stock team must have
cost the partners a small fortune
as there were direct children of
all the very best of the new
sensations – the Dr Frans Zwols
including children of Eagle Boy,
King and Queen of Rekkem,
Amor, Prince of Rekkem etc, etc.
It really was a feast of superb
pigeon flesh with pedigrees and
physiques to match. The Zwols
pigeons were all of a type, just
on medium sized with good
muscle development but
certainly not “muscle bound” as
in many sprint pigeons. In fact
they handled more like middle
distance 350-500 milers and I
feel sure that they will do 500
miles on the day in good
conditions. Almost exclusively
they were blues with some being
on the dirty side of smokey with
slight pencilling to the feathers
and excellent long wings with
narrow end flights.
Also housed here, as they have
been for the past 20 or so years,
are the best of the Leen Boers. I
can tell you they were perfect
specimens with looks and
handling properties to match
their prepotent ability to breed
top class prize winners in
successive generations.As I mentioned in the opening
paragraphs, both David and Kim
have been fanciers for many
years. David competed initially in
partnership with his father,
flying under the banner of R
Davies & Son. At the same timeOB racing loft and stock loft nearest, then YB loft and at the far end the second stock loft.Son of ‘Kanibaal’ with his hen (see text).