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fanciers on the Show Homer I think it very fortunate 

 that I am able to include this article from his pen. 



The Exhibition Homer. 



This is really a sub-variety of the Show Homer. I 

 remember years ago large classes of the breed at the 

 Crystal Palace, and, speaking to Mr. Crosby, the judge, 

 on the subject, he frankly admitted that the Exhibition 

 Homer was the result of using the Show Homer as a 

 cross with other homing breeds. 



As a matter of fact, the Exhibition Homer, in my 

 opinion, is a bird of exactly similar type to the Show 

 Homer of twenty-five years ago. 



So far as workmanship is concerned, the Exhibition 

 Flying Homer is a hopeless specimen for flying pur- 

 poses. The chief points for breeding are hardness of 

 feather, shape, head, eye, and carriage and condition. 



The Exhibition Flying Homer has a club standard, 

 and it was contended at one time that it was a thorough- 

 bred worker, but of late this contention has been entirely 

 abandoned. The adoption of this course led to the for- 

 mation of a new club, " The Genuine Flying Homer 

 Society." I have been to shows where these two varieties 

 were exhibited side by side, and came to the conclusion 

 that it was beating the air to suggest that there was a 

 difference or distinction between the pretensions of the 

 Genuine Flying Homer and the Exhibition Flying 

 Homer. Neither of them has any pretensions to being 

 a genuine racer. So long as the Show Homer is as popu- 

 lar as it is I do not think these offshoots are likely to 

 make much headway. 



The Show Homer. — By J. Higham. 



This variety is without doubt the most popular of all 

 varieties of pigeons, with its ever-increasing army of 



