pigeonpals.com

It is not every day that you hear of a Ludo Claessen aficionado and collector has put his entire private collection up for sale. It is actually a very rare event, typically one has to die or retire from the pigeon racing sport. As such, it did not seem appropriate that such an event be strictly regulated to the "For Sale" section of Pigeon Talk. After all, Ludo Claessen himself has seen and read some of the threads on this site, and to have some of the offspring down from his birds to be simply listed in these for sale sections does not seem to do either the man or his birds justice. And then of course, Dan Detweiler aka. "learning" has contributed much to these pages, and I think under these circumstances, the racing section is a fitting place to recognize these pigeons.

Dan's announcement can be found at : . See: http://www.pigeons.biz/forums/f8/get...-go-43246.html

I'm not trying to act as Dan's agent, only attempting to share with you, that if you seriously want to own some bloodlines which have done very well for me, then I suggest that you contact Dan and I would not beat around the bush. Let me suggest, I seriously doubt, that Dan will have the time to PM or email every interested party on this site, with all the particulars regarding 30 pairs of breeders. I alone received something like 19 emails from people on Face Book wanting me to email them various particulars. I did of course supply Dan with many of these pigeons. Some are 1st generation from originals, in other words the parents were bred by the Master, Ludo Claessen himself. These are the most rare, and the most expensive, a couple of GFL 1st generation may still be available. Dan also has a number of 2nd generation Ludo Claessen based pigeons in his inventory.

In addition, there are any number of SFL USA banded birds which are descended from what I call my "Duke of Earl" line. Duke of Earl for those who would like to know, is my ultimate foundation sire, grand sire, great grand sire, etc. for my Smith family line. Duke is the sire which produced my various Flamingo cash winners, my American Ace, and numerous club and combine winners. Ken Munson on this site as well as some others, have experienced some of the offspring from this line. "Duke of Earl" was produced from the lines of Theo Ijskout from Belgium combined with Piet Verbree and Geb De Wit lines. It was the Verbree sire which produced some very notable Gold Metal Winners. Duke's uncle is "Orlando" which was purchased by Mike Ganus and renamed "Super Champion". see : http://ganusfamilyloft.com/superchampion2.htm

It was this line, for which I acquired birds direct from the most famous middle distance Champion of all of Holland...the Master's Master... Ludo Claessen, in which to cross and then build one of America's premiere racing families. Dan shared this dream of building something very different and special. He spared no expense in trying to put together a loft and family of pigeons to make this happen.

I am putting this out there, because under the circumstances, I don't see Dan sitting down and sending out emails to every Tom, Dick and Harry who says send me an email and tell me what all you have. I am hoping he does not mind, but I will share his email address, but I am asking for his sake, that you contact Dan if you have some means and are serious in acquiring some of this stock. He's not real happy with having to give up this dream because of circumstances beyond his control, so don't add insult to injury by asking for freebies. Dan's email : dandet@windstream.net

I thought I would share this also. I don't want to embarass Dan, but just so you know, Dan did make me a very generous offer, which I will be forever greatful. Some members of the 9 Point Colony will be returning home to the Mother Loft in York, Pa.

Unfortunately, I lack the space and resources to acquire the remaining members of this breeding colony. My hope and desire, is that these pigeons will go to strong hands, and to those who can appreciate the heritage and legacy of these family lines. For those fanciers who acquire some of these SFL USA banded birds, and who wish additional backgrounds or information not available on the original SFL pedigrees, I will do my best to assist the new owner. Any individual fancier who invests more then $5000 into some of Dan's stock, I will be happy to provide, free of charge, a direct offspring from one of my Ludo Originals. Or, at investors option, some other pigeon which might best compliment the particular birds acquired from Dan.

I will be sharing this page with my friends on Face Book and the fans of Smith Family Loft.com on Face Book as well.

__________________
Warren & Karen Smith

As of 4/3/2009 all of my previously posted photo's were deleted by mistake, so if you read a post referring to a photo and it's not there, this is why

http://smithfamilyloft.com/


       I hope this sale lends itself to help grow our sport and I'm sure we will hear of these birds and their young in years to come.
         Thanks for tuning in!!
             Glenn West