MELLINGER & MCKNIGHT AUCTION STARTING IN LATE OCTOBER
AUCTION OF MULTIPLE BIRDS EACH WEEK ON THE ALWAYS SUCCESSFUL NEW I-PIGEON WEBSITE. YOUNG WILL BE AVAILABLE FROM THE BEST OF OUR STOCK BIRDS, DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED PROVEN BREEDERS.
AS I PREPARE FOR THIS AUCTION I THINK OF ALL THE OLD AND NEW FANCIERS I’VE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEAK WITH AND THANK ALL OF YOU SINCERELY FOR YOUR KIND COMMENTS ON THE PREVIOUS BIRDS PURCHASED.
OVER MY 55 PLUS YEARS WITH OUR GREAT SPORT OUR BEKAERTS HAVE INFLUENCED MANY TOP LOFTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY SUCH AS THE ALL TIME BEST IN SAN DIEGO HISTORY MR. B.J. BRED BY VIRGINIA KRUFT & FLOWN BY PAUL DEBOO AND CONTINUED WITH MANY GREATS OF THE AREA SUCH AS THE LATE RON STEINBRENNER. MR. B.J. SIRE WAS BRED BY ME FROM A BROTHER AND SISTER MATING OF THE OLD LINE WATERHOUSE BEKAERTS.
THE FAMOUS “SURE BET” OF VICTOR VALENZUELA WHO ALWAYS SAID I WAS HIS MENTOR PURCHASED TWO SUPER HENS FROM ME TO MATE TO HIS FOUNDATION BREEDER THAT MADE HISTORY OVER HIS SHORT TEN YEARS COMPETING UNTIL HIS PERSONAL HEALTH ISSUE AND EARLY RETIREMENT FROM OUR SPORT. THE TWO HENS WERE MS. 1213 OLD LINE BEKAERT AND MS.1309 A MEULEMAN/BEKAERT BOTH TRULY REMARKABLE REPRODUCERS STILL WINNING TODAY.
OUR BEKEARTS HAVE BEEN PERPETUATED FOR OVER 55 YEARS, AND AFTER BEING THE LOFT MANAGER FOR WILL WATERHOUSE FROM 1969-1974 AND KNOWING THE GREATNESS SINCE COMING INTO OUR SPORT, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE THE BREEDERS AFTER HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN 1975. THIS FAMILY IS TRULY AN AMERICAN TIME TESTED WINNING FAMILY FOR MANY AROUND THE WORLD.
SIRE TO OUR 2018 S.D.HOLIDAY CLASSIC SUPER BIRD WINNER “DIRECT FROM THE FAMOUS BEKAERT COCK” “THE FRILL”.NOTE; EYE-SIGN.
MEULEMANS KEPT FOR OVER 25 PLUS YEARS ALSO PROVED TO BE A TIME TESTED WINNING FAMILY FOR MANY ACROSS AMERICA. “KARL MEULEMAN & HIS FAMOUS “GOLDEN COUPLE” I BELIEVE TO BE THE ALL TIME BEST BREEDING PAIR IN RACING PIGEON HISTORY. THE MALE WAS OF THE VANDENBOSCH BLOODLINE AND HIS KEY MATE A JANSSEN AND ONLY BIRD TO RETURN FROM A SMASH RACE FLOWN BY A. WOUTERS THEN GIVEN TO KARL TO BREED AND IN-TURN BRED WOUTERS BEST OVER THE NEXT SEASONS AND BEYOND. WE ACQUIRRED AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO THE FAMOUS PAIR ALONG WITH GERMAN BIRDS FROM W. WULFMEYER AND H. NORDMEYER ALSO ALBERT BABBINTON AND GEORGE LITHERLAND OF ENGLAND, ALONG WITH THE BEST OF HERMAN BEVERDAM OF HOLLAND INCLUDING THE FAMOUS “PERFECTION” “CHOCO FLASH” “PLATINUM HEN”
TOP BREEDER & LINE BRED TO THE “GREEN EYED HEN” GR SIRE TO 2018 ARIZONA CLASSIC 300 MI WINNER, GR SIRE TO BREEDERS FALL CLASSIC WINNER, GR SIRE 2018 SPRING BREAK TOP BIRD FOR R. GALE.
OUR RECENT ACQUISTION IS FROM THE FAMOUS LOFTS OF ENGLAND KEITH & LINDA TURNER FROM DAY ONE OF THERE INTRODUCTION IN 1989 FROM DEAN PALLETT WHO PURCHASED THE ENTIRE LOFT FROM THE LEGENDARY STAF VAN REET. THE FIRST YEAR BRED THE FAMOUS “CHAMPION RED DANIAL” WINNING 19 TIMES FIRST IN HIS SHORT FLYING CAREER, THEN HIS OFFSPRING NAMED “DANIAL-SON” WON 33 TIMES OVER HIS CAREER AND BECAME THE FOUNDATION OF THE LOFT AND NOW OVER THE PAST MANY YEARS MY PARTNER HAS PURCHASED MANY OF THE KEY FAMOUS CHAMPIONS AND BREEDERS. THIS IS THE OLD LINE OF THE VAN REETS AND IS A BLEND OF 2/3rd JANSSEN & 1/3RD HOFKEN LINEAGE. A TREMENDOUS PERFORMANCE FAMILY AND LINE BRED FOR NOW 30 YEARS AND STILL WINNING TODAY IN THE TOUGHEST OF COMPETITION IN ENGLAND FLYING THE SOUTH COURSE INTO FRANCE ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL AND WINNING THE LAND RACES WITH REGULARITY. “THE RED DANIAL LINE WITH SPEED AND TENACITY”
4 TIME WINNER FOR KEITH TURNER DIRECT FROM HIS HIT PAIR NAMED THE “31 PAIR” WHICH BRED 26 WINNERS. “RED DANIAL LINEAGE” JUST IMPORTED THIS YEAR, ALONG WITH 3 WINNING SIBLINGS.
PERFORMANCE AND LINE BREEDING I BELIEVE GIVES YOU THAT DOUBLE EDGE NEEDED TO WIN IN TODAYS RACES. THE GENE POOL IS STRONG IN OUR THREE FAMILIES AND ARE A GREAT CROSS FOR YOU FANCIERS TO GIVE YOU THAT HYBRED VIGOR AND REMEMBER THE MEULEMANS ARE HALF JANSSEN FROM THE ORIGINAL PAIR AND THE VAN REETS ARE 2/3rds JANSSEN AND 1/3rd HOFKEN BLENDED SO YOU FANCIERS WHO LIKE THE IDEA OF KEEPING THAT JANSSEN TITLE ON YOUR FAMILY OF BIRDS THIS IS PERFECT FOR THAT CROSS ON TO YOUR BIRDS. OUR BEKAERTS ARE OLDER THAN THE JANSSEN FAMILY FROM THE EARLY 1900’s SO PERFORMANCE WITH LINEBREEDING IS THE KEY TO A LONG SUCCESSFUL CAREER. “I CALL IT A DUAL EDGE IN BREEDING”
ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE EMAIL GREGMCKNIGHT92804@MSN.COM OR CALL 714 469 2557 (PACIFIC TIME ZONE) THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR PURCHASING. SINCERELY, GREG MCKNIGHT & DICK MELLINGER.
I’M THE AUTHOR OF ARTICLES TITLED “RAMBLING MEMORIES” AND
“SEASON REMINDERS” AMONG OTHERS ARTICLES IN THE RACING PIGEON DIGEST, AUSTRALIAN PIGEON JOURNAL & RACING PIGEON PICTORIAL MAGAZINES AND THE CANADIAN RACING PIGEON MAGAZINES.
OUR BIRDS CONTINUE TO WIN OUT OF TURN FOR MANY FANCIERS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA AND MEXICO IN THE STRONGEST OF COMPETITION IN ALL TYPES OF WEATHER & WINDS.
