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Form to be returned no later than 28th February 2012
Federation................................................
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Price Quantity Total Price Office
Use.
1. Handbooks. (Each) £3.70 .......... ......... ..........
2. Race Registers. (Each A3) £5.80 .......... .......... ..........
3. Race Rubbers. (Per 1000) £38.00 .......... .......... ..........
4. Seals. Clock/Basket (Per 1000) £22.00 .......... .......... ..........
5. Clock/Basket String. (Per Ball) £2.50 .......... .......... ..........
6. Clock Wire Ties (Per 100) £1.00 .......... .......... ..........
7. Clock Envelopes. (Each) £0.10 .......... .......... ..........
8. Prize Cards (Set of 1,2,3,4) £0.60 .......... .......... ..........
9. Blank Prize Cards. (Each) £0.10 .......... .......... ..........
10. Rolls
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65mm. Benzing /STB £0.90 .......... .......... ..........
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4. Seals. Clock/Basket (Per 1000) £22.00 .......... .......... ..........
5. Clock/Basket String. (Per Ball) £2.50 .......... .......... ..........
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9. Blank Prize Cards. (Each) £0.10 .......... .......... ..........
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An Interesting Article
A Real Gentleman From The Old School
meet mr. cfee m ~orc!
By W. R. HEFNER
•
For many years I have noted that at most
gatherings of pigeon fanciers, the name Lee
M. Ford is almost invariably mentioned at
some point. Always. too, I have heard only
complimentary things mentioned in connection
with this name. I have also lived long
enough to know that such as this is most
uncommon, as it seems everyone has his
critics no matter how hard he tries to
please. Often times the criticism may only
he a statement of jealousy, but at any rate,
still a negative voice. In this one instance,
however, that being the gentleman Lee M.
Ford, I can unequivocally say I have never
read or heard any adverse or critical word
of any nature regarding him. I have heard
only tributes.
The name Lee Ford has always been associated
with the finest. As to the racing
pigeon fancy, his name has always been associated
with the Curnays. In fact, here in the
United States, I believe it could be unquestionably
stated that at one time Lee M. Ford
had the finest stud of pure Curnays direct
from Renier Curnay that ever came to this
country. While this in itself was an accomplishment
and commanded a great investment,
the even greater achievement and
tribute to this was that from this wealth of
stock the offspring poured in many directions.
In reality, Mr. Ford was a philanthropist
in disseminating this stock.
I doubt if very many individuals would
have made such an investment and then in
turn been as generous in spreading the good
from the source with very little thought of
ever regaining or recapturing any part of
the enormous investment. And, "Ilormolls is
the correct word in describing the investment
made by him. Mr. Ford, over a span of
a very few years, actually invested thousands
of dollars in the best Curnays obtainabi'e
from the champion himself-Renier Curnay.
Mr. Ford didn't do as most fanciers would
and purchase the offspring from Curnay's
ehampions-no, he purchased the champions
themselves.
His first importation from Curnay was in
1920 and he imported additional champion
stock from Curnay each year from some six
years. So oqtstanding were these birds, that
Gurnay himself even later acquired birds
from Mr. Ford to revitalize his own stud. At
Curnay's own request, Mr. Ford raised
youngsters for him and shipped them back
to Belgium. Curnay desired these as they
were descendants from the best of his own
strain and due to the fact they had been produced
in another country, he felt he would
get the same benefits as an outcross by using
this same blood.
Through these business dealings, Lee Ford
and Renier Curnay became good friends, and
Curnay more than once invited him to come
to Belgium and stay with him at his residence.
Temptee! as he was, however, he was
not able to make the trip. Mr. Ford told me
in one of his letters that today he certainly
regrets not having accepted one of these invitations.
However, with business pressures
and a family to consider, he felt it best at
that time not to accept Curnay's in\'itation
to make such a long trip. A trip of that
length, before rapid commercial airplanes,
would have taken a good deal of time. Mr.
Ford, in his reminiscences, though, has referred
to this more than once and has also
repeatedly stated that these early years with
his Curnays and this friendship with Curnay
are among the happiest years in his memory.
Mr. Ford today is in his 80th year and still
lives on the same ranch in Montana where
he was born. His father, as he told me, was
a bull whacker on the Santa Fe and Oregon
trails and later a wagon boss or wagon
master. He brought in twelve wagons of met'chandise
with bull teams to Deer L.odge,
Montana Territory in 1863 and also trailed
the first herd of cattle to come north of the
Missouri River in 1870 from Colorado. Later
in Montana he bred horses and cattle. Lee
Fore! has told me that in years past he too
has also bred registered sheep, horses and
cattle as well as his racing pigeons. As his
profession he became a banker and is still
today. For many years he was bank president
and today is Chairman of the Board of
'a large 70 year old Montana bank.
Do you begin to see just what a colorful;
interesting and diversified gentleman that is
Mr. Lee M.. Ford? Knowing just a part of
this ha"d intrigued me for years and the more
I heard the more interested I became. Finally,
toward the end of last year, I decided
to locate Mr. Ford if at all possible, and so
set out to do so. Fortunately, a good friend
of 1nine living in Montana, as it turned out,
not only knew of Mr. Ford's wherabouts, but
knew him personally. This friend supplied
me with his address and dis'cussed with Mr.
Ford the fact that I wished to contact him.
My friend again bore out what I had always
heard of Mr, Ford and wrote this of him, "I
have known Mr. Ford since I was a boy and
have had many opportunities to enjoy his
company over the years. He is truly a gentleman
of the old school."
I can certainly attest to t his personally as
Mr. Ford has truly been kind to me in my
quest for information. Not only did he answer
my numerous questions about himself,
but in addition, he supplied me with priceless
quantities of information about the Curnays
and Renier Curnay himself. So kine! WriS
IO THE AMERICAN RACING PIGEON NEWS OCTOBER, 1962
Mr. Ford, that he sent to me m:ln~' of his
treasured and irreplaceable possessions, including
priceless old photos, correspondence.
pedigrees, periodicals, etc. He assembled an
enormous amount of information and sent
this all to me as well as taking the time to
outline practically the entire history, as he
knew it, of Renier Gurnay and the Gurnay
Strain here in America and in Belgium. To
me the possession of this information is
priceless and at a future date when I am
able, I will compile this and share it all with
you through the columns of the A R P N.
For now. I'll give just a brief history of
Mr. Ford's most famous Gurnays-Mr. Ford
had raced pigeons for many years before
1920. He had purchased birds from several
outstanding lofts in the United States. He
had subscribed to the publications of the
time. both American and English, and had
read many articles about the amazing gentleman
Mons. Gurnay and of his achievements.
These articles created for Mr. Ford, a desire
to acquire some of this Gurnay stock. His
tirst purchase of these birds was in 1919 and
these were Shaw-Gurnays. Mr. Ford states
that he did not like these birds as the quality
was not up to his standards and so decided
to contact Gurnay and purchase direct from
him. This he dirl and made his first importation
in 1920, purchasing yearlings for $150
per pair. It was soon after this that he began
purchasing Gurnay's champions. Such champions
were Chequererl Excellence anrl mate.
for which he paid $550 for the pail'. For First
Prize Vierzon and mate he paid $350, and
also $~50 for La Tache and mate. Among
other famous champions he imported were
Noyon, Telephone. who was a brother to several
of O. 1. Woorl's winners which he purchased
from Gurnay as youngsters; Twelfth
Prize Bordeaux, a son of Chequered Excellence;
and the Dark Hen, sister of four of
Gurnay's great champions anrl who produced
excellent specimens no matter which cock
bird she was mated to. These are but a few;
for between 1920 anrl 1926 Mr. Ford imported
30 of Gurna~"s tinest. Mr. Forrl became known
as an authority on the Gurnay strain, of
Gurnay's methods and also about Mons. Gurnay
himself. In face, he was inviterl to write
an article about Gurnay by the editor of the
British Homing World to appear in their
25th anniversary issue. Fred Shaw wrote him
and told him that he believed that Mr. Forrl
had as fine a loft of Gurnays as existed anywhere.
The late George Greenshields of England,
the famous exhibitor of racing pigeons.
contacted Mr. Ford several years ago and
tried to arrange a meeting with him just to
rliscuss the Gurnays.
It is not known if Mr. Ford was the first
to import stock from Gurnay to the United
States, but it is unquestioned that he had
by far the best. Gurnay was at his prime
during these years anrl this gave Mr. Ford
the opportunity to purchase the tinest. Not
only did Gurnay sell his champions to Lee
Ford, but from time to time he also sent him.
as gifts, many of his outstanding yearling
hens and cocks. Gurnay rlid not just offer
MR. LEE M. FORD
certain champions to Mr. Forrl. but offered
to sell to him any hird in his loft no matter
what its recorrl was. Mr. Ford says of Gurnay,
that he understoorl his strain of hirds so
well and had such ability that he was able
to dispose of his greatest racers and still go
on winning just the same. Mr. Ford told me
in one letter that Gurnay had an almost uncanny
system, as he could sell his outstanding
champions of each season and still be
right back on top with new champions the
next season.
Not onl~' were they outstanding racers, but
also beautiful specimens in appearance. Gurnay
won consistently in the show pen too,
and knew that his stock was unbeatable.
When Lee Ford purchased Chequered Excellence
from him, he made this statement to
Mr. Ford. "This hiI'd is a tirst class breeder
and unequalled in the pen and if you show
him and he is ever defeated, I will send you
ten pairs of birds as compensation."
1. Gurnay had a strong desire to export some
of his stock to the United States and it was
through Mr. Ford that he accomplished this.
It must be remembere!:j that Gurnay was a
very wealthy man in his own right and he
did not need to sell stock. He sold of his
best for the love of his own stock and to
make sure it would be perpetuated. Gurnay,
however, put great value upon his champions
and asked a great price so they would go to
good hands to he appreciated and cultivated.
As I am sure you can see, this combination
resulted in the friendship and trust between
Mr. Ford and Gurnay; for when they dealt,
they were both mature and successful men
each in their own right-Mr. Ford being at
that time ahout 40 and Renier Gurnay ahout
GO.
OCTOBER, 1962 THE AMERICAN RACING PIGEON NEWS 11
•
The late MONS. RENIER GURNAY
Mons. Gurnay was also very generous with
his knowledge of ra~ing pigeons and passed
this on quite freely to Mr. Ford. Gurnay supplied
his widowhood methods, his feeding
methods and selection and dozens of other
important facts. As Gurnay did not speak
English. this was all done through an interpreteI':
Mons. Gurnay dictating to a French
interpreter who translated the material and
sent it on to Mr. Ford in English. An interesting
fact mentioned at times by the interpreter
in his notes to Mr. Ford was that "the
material was very techni~al and difficult to
translate from Gurnay in it's exa~tness.'·
Mr. Ford put Gurnay's widowhood method
into practice quite early and did well with it.
He flew with a small club which raced from
the south. They flew from Utah up across
Wyoming and into Montana. I am sure thiit
while flying, Mr. Ford won more than his
share of prizes, but in his letters to me he
always tried to minimize this fact. On one
400 mile race, for example, I know that when
flying widowhood he sent nine birds over
this southern course traversing the Rocky
Mountains. The birds were liberated early in
the morning and late that afternoon the entire
nine birds returned together being the
only day birds in the club. As generous as he
was with his stock, however, it took very
capable handling on his part to win, as most
memhers of his club were flying birds from
his own stock. They too had become fascinated
by the Gurnays which Lee Ford so
generously supplied to them.
\Vith business pressures and the problem
of there not being enough hours in the day,
Mr. Ford after flying the Gurnays very successfully
for several years, finally ret ired
from active flying. I will always believe that
he actually loved his hirds much more than
he did the actual racing part of our hobby.
As he had the best which were already
proven, it was ~ertainly not necessary to
re-prove their abilities.
From then on what time he could spare
was spent solely in the personal enjoyment
of his birds. In one of his letters to me he
wrote, "La Tache was my favorite bird, a
wondel'ful specimen. When I came into, tbe
loft he descended to the floor and pulled my
shoelaces. A Belgian friend of mine, who was
a crack on eye colOl" using a magnifying
glass, found that La Tache's eyes glowed like
molten metal. We examined hundreds of
Gurnays over the years but never found all
eye like bis."
Throughout every letter Mr. Ford always
speaks affectionately of his birds. His memory
for recalling minute facts about his Gurnay
champions is fantastic. His ~hampions
had been proven by Gurnay. Many of them
wen' purchased by Mr. Ford while at tbe
pinnacle of their winning careers. He retired
them and they became his pets and so remained
with him. It was their progeny who
became so widely dispersed and were flown
so well by Mr. Ford, other club members,
and fanciers in many other areas of the
United States. I have personally corresponded
with several fanciers who acquired stock from
Mr. Ford. All speak highly of both these
birds and of Lee Ford, praising each resoundingly.
One fancier acquaintance still
has offspring which he can trace to stock
purchased from Lee Ford in the mid 1920's.
This same Gurnay stock is still performing
dependably for him with recent old bird wins
up to 500 miles over a tough Northwestern
course. Others have lamented, however, of
the tragedy of let ting these birds slip
through their hands over the years.
This stock at one time was tested throughout
most of the United States. I have heard
of numerous fanciers all up and down the
Pacific Coast flying them with enviable' results.
Others I know, flew them with success
in the' east and in several parts of the midwest.
Undoubtedly there were many others
unknown to me.
Mr. Ford disposed of some of his stock in
the later 1920's, but retained a nucleus of the
st~1 he loved so much until the end of 1937.
By that time the old champions had passed
away and he had retained 16 sons and
daughters from them. Witly· increased business
responsibilities, the problem of an impending
loft relo~ation and an antagonistic
city council thinking about a zoning ordinance
prohibiting the raising or flying of
pigeons in his city, Lee Ford decided to dispose
of the remaining colony.
A Los Angeles fancier had shown a strong
desire to cultivate a colony of C;urnays and
had approached Mr. Ford seeking a foundation.
Again, Mr. Ford demonstrated his generosity
and presented the remaining 16 Gurnays
to this fancier in December, 1937. They
remained with this fancier from that time on
and t heir progeny were flown by him until
12
'"
THE AMERICAN RACING PIGEON NEWS OCTOBER, 1962
his death sometime after. Where the survivors
went is unknown.
Ironically, all within this span of less than
two. years, 1936-1938, Gurnay too, disposed of
his stock. Most were disposed of in a Christmas
1936 sale and only a few pets were retained
until his death a year later. So ended
one of the greatest fountain-heads of racing
pigeons with Gurnay's death, and also one of
the greatest colonies of Gurnays ever established
when Lee Ford disposed of his last
stock in 1937.
Mr. Furd has mentioned in several of his
letters, while reminiscing about his birds,
that he often wishes he still possessed some
of those marvelous Gurnay spe~imens. We
probably all wish the same and would equally
be ecstatic with just the possession of one or
two pairs. Because of Mr. Ford's generosity,
however. some of these birds' descendants
are still with us and still winning, which I
think is a tribute to both the founder of the
strain and the man who was really the
pioneer founder in establishing the Gurnay
Strain in the United States: Mr. Lee M. Ford.
BOWEN'S SURVEYS
PAUL CROCKm. Mgr.
AIR-LINE DISTANCES
IBM COMPUTATION
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APPROVED BYTHREE
GENERATIONS OF FANCIERS
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SPRINGFIELD. OREGON
Now for the first time ..•
YOUNG BIRDS BY PiEr DE WEERD
acclimated to our climate - $25.00 each,
G. R. SCHENKLER
Piet De Weerd's sale agent in USA
1500 E,lrving Boulevard Irving, Texas
NOT SOLD OUT YET
54-3309 Blk. Ch. H. 1st dip. 100m.. 1st dip. 200m.
as y.b. (Hard races I and
58-24 L. Red Male. Ist dip. SOOm. smash as a
yearling. Hen ped .. pair dips $40.00
52-1423 Blue H. 1st dip. at 400m.
57-71 Blk. Ch. H. 4th dip. at SOOm.smash. Both
hens, with dips., for ~ $30.00
ALL OTHER BREEDERS(OLD BIRDS) PRICED AT
$5, $6, $7, $8 each, many flown, many unflown,
latter with pedigrees.
1962 Young Birds (never out). 36 going at 10 for
$30; 20 for $60, etc.; or $3 each on 5 or more,
Peds. anytime, 75c per bird.
DONAT ST. GERMAIN
51112 Furnace Street Danielson, Conn,
Florida State Assn.
The 1962 young bird racing season is now
in full swing throughout the Sunshine State,
and this year more clubs and more members
will be flying the largest number of birds
ever raced in the history of the sport in
Florida. It is the hope of your writer that
every veteran flyer will do all he can to help
the new and younger flyers in his club. I
believe it is the only way the sport will grow
as it should here in our State.
The annual meeting and show of the Association
will be held in Daytona Beach this
year on December 16th. Your show committee
is now hard at work to make this the
best show ever in Florida. Winners of the
Florida Hall of Fame Awards will also be
honored at this time.
Don't forget-if you had an old or young
bird with an outstanding flying record this
year to send in your application to Jerry
Pill us, Cocoa, Fla. Your club president and
secretary must sign it and mail by December
1st.
Now is the time to say (YES), I will be in
Daytona Beach; I will show my best birds,
and will attend the meeting. This is your
Association and you as a member., if possible,
should attend to help run it.
Flyin!:, Around the State: In the South
Florida Combine, Bob Williams of the West
Side Miami Club started where he left off in
old birds by winning the Combine's lirst 100
from Ft. Pierce with 1011.33; Hamilton of the
same club was second with 1000.17. The second
100 mile Combine race went to Britt of
tbe Broward Co. Civil Defense Club, with
1047.59.... D. Blackstone was on top in the
West Side Club's 100 flown September 1st,
with a speed of 1035.20.... The Jacksonville
Club flew a 100 mile special September 2nd
with 20 members shipping 179 birds-Bob
Bernard won it witb 1072.... In Missileland
at Cocoa, the annual young bird show of the
Gator Homing Club drew 114 entries, with
the Pillus' Loft winning best bird in show,
best grizzle and best black; MotHte - best
bronze and best AOC; Jack Keen-best red
check and Anchor Loft best blue check. The
judges were Arthur Wheatley and Harry
Maley.
Florida's \Vho's \Vho-Here is Waldo Hotchkiss'
candidate for this month: Sam Hansen
of Largo is one of the greatest pigeon men I
know. Sam and his former partner Morris
Gordon were All-American winners several
times. Great handlers they are with great
pigeons. (Strain is Osman and I love to hear
Sam say "Ossman:') Mr. Hansen is a great
pigeon judge-he judges on racing qualities,
not on showy appearances. He has visited
me two or three times and never has failed
to tell me which birds were the most likely
candidates for those long, tough 500 miles.
His wife recently had a dangerous operation,
but she is well now and Sam, who was
plenty worried, is regaining his lease on life.
We salute Sam and wish him continued
health and happiness in pursuit of the sport.
-Johnnie Johnson
Tenerife Derby Arona 1 Loft Race
TENERIFE DERBY ARONA ONE LOFT RACE
The Derby Arona has now reached the activation period. All of the birds that remain from the Up North Combine entries have been activated by their owners.
From the 19th January third party activation commences and this gives anyone the opportunity to select a bird that has not been activated by its owner and take over sole possession of it, i.e. all monies won by the bird will go to its new owner.
To compete for U.N.C. prize money, approx £5,500.00, with only 75 birds to beat, as well as the thousands of euros on offer from the Derby Arona all you have to do is forward £250.00 per bird to the U.N.C. office no later than 20th January.
A third party activated bird won €5,000.00 last year.
For an up to date review of all the birds from this years training events and to download the form to complete for third part activation go to www.derbyarona.com
For any other information please contact Pam or Peter on 01429 870263
Pam Grange
Secretary
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