Ruby's job is to keep rodents numbers down and Scarlett is used as a dropper.
In 2008 both Ruby at 13 yrs. and Scarlett at 9 yrs. will be retired to be replace by fantails and mice traps. Scarlett
has been dropping her cousins for 8 years. They both think they're real people. Great Job
"Girls."
Born July 19, 1995 and Passed away July 9, 2008
at 8:45pm
Thank you so much "Ruby" for all the pleasures you brought to my family, friends and
to myself. I'll never forget you. We here will miss you so very much, we will love you to the end of time. There is no words
to express the pain we are feeling, there is no other animal out there that will or can replace you. We all will miss
you, and love you forever "RUBY".
I'm a member of the Borden Racing Pigeon Club, which I have been racing since 1984, but have kept pigeons since I was 9 years
old. Started racing in 1972, together with the West York Racing Pigeon Club with very little success of winning any positions
in the top 16. My racing career abruptly came to a halt, because marriage became a reality in my life, and after moving to
an apartment, the life of keeping pigeons, was not allowed. In 1984 I move to Gilford Ontario and there I decided to set my
roots for a new pigeon loft.
Well with the assistance of some good friends, and purchasing better pigeons, I came a long way since then. The feeling
of being on top of the race sheet is a reality now, but staying there is another story. Now I'm at a stage in my Pigeon career
that, its time to get serious and find a winning family which will respond to my management techniques, and win constantly.
John's Loft
Valente Loft
Loft Under Construction
2007
I'm still currently flying with the Borden Racing Pigeon Club which consists of 20 paid members which I also belong to the
Up North Combine, which has 180 paid members with bounders of 80km by 120km. I have never experienced as many birds on a drop
as I have this year with the Evans birds. In previous years, I would loose a lot of pigeons from the long distance races.
However, with the Evans birds, the returns are phenomenal even in the last leg of races. I'm currently winning 5 club races
and 1st and 2nd U.N.C. North Bay Race. Thanks to the Evans family that was introduced by John Marles (Sylvan Loft). I was
overwhelmed with excitement, race after race knowing that I'm now beating top fliers in our strong combine. The Evans birds
showed that they can be raced week after week without any rest, and still remain extremely competitive. I noticed that the
Mark and Dick Evans pigeons showed no weakness in their health and hardly any losses no matter how hard the race was. Thank
you very much, John for setting me up with these world class pigeons. I was telling my wife Lucy, that before I pass away,
the only thing I ever wanted was to obtain world class pigeons and be very competitive. Through my good friends, also partners,
John Marles and Joe Ferreira's guidance, I was able to become a well respected pigeon flier regarding my results. I'm very
happy with these new Mark & Dick Evans Pigeons, and many thanks goes to John Marles that made my dream come true and made
it happen for me.
