284 
The Illustrated Book of Pigeons. 
“ In the race from Blois, the last but one mentioned in the list, the number of prize-winners 
was 248. Of these we have selected a few, giving below the order in which these selected birds 
came in, and the speed they attained, to show how near they come together. The speed is in 
metres, as showing the exact classification by the Society organising the race : — 
No. 1 attained a speed of 1,095 metres per minute. 
2 
)) 
9 9 
1,094 
99 
99 
3 
99 
99 
1,092 
99 
„ 
47—53 
99 
99 
1,050 
9 9 
» 
54 
99 
9 9 
1,049 
99 
„ 
203 
)) 
9 9 
1,012 
» 
99 
204 
9* 
99 
1,011 
9 9 
,9 
238—248 
99 
9 9 
1,004 
9 9 
,, 
“ In the race from Orleans (last but three on the same list), flown on the 5 th June, 1875, the 
birds were timed in as follows : — 
1,445 birds, 243 miles, thrown at 6 a.m. 
No. 1 arrived at 10.51 a.m. 
2 , 
. 10.53 
3 
, 10.53 
4 . 
. 10.54 
20— 25 , 
, 10.58 
3i 
, II. 0 
2<4 
> II. 14 
thus the 214 birds were all in within twenty-three minutes. 
“ Some of the races arranged for July and August, 1875, were as follows : — 
A gen to Liege ..... 
00 
miles. 
Tarbes to Malins ..... 
554 
9 9 
St. Sebastien d’ l’lndre to Malins . 
337 
9 9 
Ambazac to Malins .... 
365 
99 
Montauban to Brussels .... 
476 
99 
Agen to Malins ..... 
487 
9 9 
Bayonne to Ghent ..... 
. 560 
9 9 
Bordeaux to Liege ..... 
• 478 
9 9 
Lourdes to Liege ..... 
565 
9 9 
“ The following return of the races, the results of which were published in L' Epcrvier during 
the years 1873 and 1874, is of great interest, showing as it does the increase in the number of races 
from year to year : — 
1873. 
1874. 
Provinces. 
Races. 
No. of Prizes. 
Races. 
No. of Prizes. 
Brabant ..... 
287 
5,126 
334 
6 .S 59 
Hainaut ..... 
206 
4.424 
230 
5.487 
Flandre, East. 
147 
3.232 
Il6 
3.898 
Li&ge ..... 
134 
3.637 
»§3 
3,917 
Flandre, West 
1 33 
2,227 
155 
2,535 
Anvers ..... 
74 
2,763 
90 
3.250 
Namur ..... 
64 
>,247 
75 
1,548 
Foreign Tlaces 
95 
2,114 
115 
3,026 
1, 140 
24,770 
1,340 
30,520 
