M J Beat / 04 Mar 2010 17:51

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...and yes of course, we are asking for the 'breed' to be that which was
cultivated / created in England since the late 1800's. I too am opposed to
crossing the 'English' Flying Tippler with other flying breeds such as
Pakistani's highflyers whether Serbian or Iranian etc. Otherwise, if I did,
then I'm just flying pigeons.

I personally believe that a lot of emails on this forum could have been
avoided if posts were understood better. I did not read the same
implications from Frank's emails the way that others seem to have. From the
context that I can see, which Frank clearly explains himself, he is talking
about all of the heads being EFT's. Hence, whether or not they are
'outcrosses', highly inbred birds, or F1's (as Dave B mentions) or any other
"mixture" of EFT's, the fact remains that as EFT's they will walk away with
the cup if they fly to the rules (and I still like the simple way Frank
broke down the main rules). For me, it was a nice post and certainly not
worth jumping all over. If anything, I think some courteous clarification
might have been asked for first but that is all. Frank is an advocate of the
EFT. He is adamant that no Pakistani's be flown in the ITF. I support him in
this decision 100%.

I personally think that we must stick to the breed of 'English' Flying
Tipplers. Such birds must prove themselves in the air under the guidance of
the rules set out by the aforementioned clubs. If we don't then we're just
judging the birds of our lofts (English Flying Tipplers to be specific) by a
piece of paper called a pedigree. We all know what that's worth!

Anyway, I don't think I will have more to say on this subject. It's been
pretty well beatten to a pulp over the last several months. I am very
anxious to see good results in the competitions that will be starting up
very soon.

Submitted by M J Beat on 3/4/2010 5:59:26 PM