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Pigeon Racing in Humor with First Birds' Inn - FBI BS, Texas
Description
It is an aerial race with thousands of competitors, and no spectators. It is a sport with one of the worlds most amazing creatures and one of mans oldest feathered friends, the Homing Pigeon.
Like many of natures creatures, doves and pigeons have innate abilities to return to their nesting places from great distances. For centuries this has permitted them to fly far from home in search of food and return to their young. What makes the pigeon unique is how comfortable they are with humans. Whether one accepts a Biblical or scientific bases for life on earth, pigeons predate man. In the Bible, Genesis has them created by God on the fifth day, man on the sixth day. By evolution pigeons are at least 30 million years old, significantly older than humans.
The words dove and pigeons describe the same family of birds. Before recorded history they lived with man. In early history they were a source of food and their droppings provided fertilizer for the fields and later on their droppings were used to make gun powder. Their gentle ways and soft cooing made them a symbol of peace and love. In the Bible the dove are a symbol of the Love and the Holy Spirit. But pigeons grew to fill another roll, man discovered the bird could carry messages home. This instinct made the birds essential to civilization as early as 5000 years before the birth of Christ. Noah's dove flew over the horizon to find land and by its nature it returned to Noah after it found the olive tree. Ancient Egyptians developed a special paper to permit the birds to carry more information. Athletes at the first Olympics carried pigeons from their villages to the games. If they won they would tie a strand of the finish line to the birds foot, it's arrival home signified the local athlete's victory. The release of pigeons is still a part of the opening ceremony. In the 12th Century the Sultan of Syria had dove lofts built across his realm, and this early air mail system brought messages to Baghdad.
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