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My family is
made up of the Old Line Stassart/Sion/Fabry. Years of trial & error has
produced winners @ long, short, fast & slow races, from100 thru 600 they
win @ every distance. (This is truly a family)
This family is
winning for a number of loft in this area and all over the USA Placing
3 of the top 5 places in 1998 concourse
600mi. by 3-different guys.
Started; 1966 with
two young scrubs from the railroad tracks. 1969 Started
racing young birds. I Never missed a season of racing.
420 AU71SSS; 1972 10th Concourse 200mi 1028 Birds 65 lofts, 1973 2nd
Concourse 500 mile 402 birds 57 lofts. His first Youngsters was 2nd
200mi Auction $$$ race special. 275 AU79STP was given to Cleo/Wife by
our good friend; Julius Ganzer
other
birds, and always came back to these 2-cocks. 420 & 275 are the
Foundation, This blood runs throughout the family,
a lot of inbreeding/line breeding.
Placed in top ten, young & old birds Combined average speeds, throughout
the 80's. Now
in my5th decade; of
being in the top ten every year, excluding (83,84,&98)
Starting 1980 6th
Average speed young birds Concourse. 1st Average speed
O-B & YB,
1981-3rd, 82-4th, 83/84 relocated 85-4th,86-3rd, 87-3rd, 88-2nd, 89-4th.
1990 1st
Average speed O-B & YB, 91-1st, 92-1st, 93-1st, 94-2nd, 95-no
report, 96-6th, 97-6th
& 1st Short Average speed, 1998-illness
birds, 99-1st.
Winning 1st Long Average speed 91-92-93-99 Winning
1st old bird combined Average speed 90-91-92-93-992000 8th
Average speed O-B & Y-B, 3rd-01,
7th-02,
3rd-03,
2nd-04,
1st-05,
1st-06, 1st-07, 2nd-08, 3rd-09, 1st-10, 1st-11, 1st-12, 1st-13, 1st-14,
1st-15,
1st-16,
1st-17
2000 8th
Long Average speed, 3rd-01,
7th-02,
6th-03,
3rd-04,
3rd-05,
1st-06, 1st-07, 4th-08, 5th-09, 1st-10, 3rd-11, 1st-12, 1st-13, 2nd-14,
1st-15, 1st-16,
1st-17,
Young Bird Average speed, 91-4th 92-11th 93-20th 94-2nd 95-5th 96-11th 97-7th 98-7th 99-22nd 00-11th 01-11th 02-12th 03-29th 04-23rd
05-4th 06-11th 07-8th 08-10th 09-3rd 10-8th 11-1st 12-2nd 13-6th,
14-6th, 15-16th, 16-3rd,
17-10th,
"FAST EDDIE" 3234-AU98VIK
on 6/12/99 19th
500mi.379 Birds only 28 day birds, his sister 3235 was 23rd that day.
"FAST EDDIE" 6/26/99 1st
Topeka 432mi 778-Birds,1st 400mi.section 2284Birds 177Lofts 1st Midwest
National Classic 15-States 444-Lofts 5,715-Birds and only 6-Days Later
7/2/991st
600mi 593-Birds,Concourse! 1998-2014. I named this bird after my Father,
(Edward) who saw him that day come in from 600 miles race. 3-days
later he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, Passed away (1999