{"id":966,"date":"2015-12-01T19:09:14","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T18:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silverwings.eu\/en\/louis-van-loon-immer-einen-einsatz-wert\/"},"modified":"2017-05-10T09:19:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T07:19:42","slug":"louis-van-loon-always-worth-the-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverwings.eu\/en\/louis-van-loon-always-worth-the-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"LOUIS VAN LOON: Always worth the investment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sports fan Louis van Loon departed in 2012. This legend of carrier pigeon sport created a pigeon breed that easily wins competitions all over the world. The breed became particularly famous for being held in top pigeon lofts of, e.g., G. & C. Koopman, Hans Eijerkamp, G\u00fcnter Prange and many others.<\/p>\n

At the basis, we see the JANSSEN pigeon from Arendonk. For the last 20 to 30 years, it was essentially the two pairs \u201ccouple 1\u201d and \u201ccouple 2\u201d as well as combinations among themselves winning competitions.<\/p>\n

The best pigeon ever to win in the Million Dollar Race in South Africa – “BIRDY\u201c – descends from the same line. It was sold for 100 000 $ after its splendid career. Another precious product of this breed is the \u201c261\u201d of G\u00fcnther Prange, who won 10 first prizes. But this is just a small extract.<\/p>\n

The \u201cBLAUWE VAN \u00b484\u201d, with his six first prizes, is regarded as the foundation cock, representing the male part of \u201ccouple 1\u201d. By the way, his click hen came from Karel Schellens and was none other than a daughter of the world-famous \u201cNATIONAAL I\u201d.<\/p>\n

Following this brief information, I would like to direct attention to the pigeons shown below. The likeable breeder Jan Keen began his successful career with the introduction of the Van Loon pigeons. His founding hen (B-029) is still from the direct offspring of the combination \u201ccouple 1 x couple 2\u201d and also the grandmother of these \u201cnew pigeons\u201d in my breeding loft.<\/p>\n

Their fathers are full brothers. But only one of them was competing in events like, e.g., the 1st<\/sup> National Etampes vs. 9.679 p., 1st<\/sup> vs. 9.092 p., 3rd<\/sup> vs. 17.929 p. This was good enough for Jan to create a breed that was able to lead in the range between 100 and 800 kilometres. In the crossbreed with long-distance pigeons, he was able to deliver a convincing performance in the 1250 km overnight races. (By the way, G\u00fcnther Prange also had a Jan Keen hen pigeon, a B-029 daughter. His \u201cRINGLESS\u201d was paired with the daughter to breed the mother of the 1st<\/sup> ACE Pigeon BRD\u00b412.)<\/p>\n

\u201cSPEED ARROW\u201d, \u201cMR. AD\u201d and \u201cTRIPLE CROWN\u201d are cousins as well – they were the flagships of Jan Keen\u2019s racing pigeons. During their times in the racing loft, the three pigeons have been warrantors for top prizes and competition victories. Their recipe was simple: Never fail! Together they won countless awards and 47 prizes 1:100 (!) in big competitions.<\/p>\n

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Among others, SPEED ARROW<\/strong>\u00a0won:<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> ACE Allround
\n3rd<\/sup> ACE Allround
\n3rd<\/sup> Internat. ACE Europa-Cup
\n4th<\/sup> ACE Allround\/Prov.
\n6th<\/sup> ACE Middle Distance\/Prov.
\n1st<\/sup>\/10.666 p.; 1st<\/sup>\/3.060 p.; 1st<\/sup>\/1.263 p.; 2nd<\/sup>\/12.246 p.; 3rd<\/sup>\/14.139 p.; 3rd<\/sup>\/2.665 p.; 5th<\/sup>\/8.543; 5th<\/sup>\/1.808 p.; 6th<\/sup>\/11.933 p.; 9th<\/sup>\/5.212 p. etc.<\/p>\n

\"NL<\/p>\n

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Among others, MR. AD<\/strong> won:<\/p>\n

1st<\/sup> ACE Allround
\n1st<\/sup> ACE Long Distance
\n2nd<\/sup> ACE Long Distance\/Prov.
\n3rd<\/sup> ACE Overall
\n4th<\/sup> ACE Long Distance
\n1st<\/sup>\/358 p.; 5th<\/sup>\/894 p.; 6th<\/sup>\/1.189 p.; 6th<\/sup>\/643 p.; 11th<\/sup>\/12.698 p.; 11th<\/sup>\/1.888 p.; 12th<\/sup>\/3.776 p.; 15th<\/sup>\/13.597 p.; 15th<\/sup>\/6.612 p.; 23rd<\/sup>\/\/21.955 p.; etc.<\/p>\n

\"NL07-5725772_mr_ad\"<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Among others, TRIPLE CROWN<\/strong> won:<\/p>\n

49 prizes; he is a full brother to ACES like \u201cTARZAN\u201d and \u201cBULLET\u201d
\n1st<\/sup>\/662 p.; 4th<\/sup>\/1.350 p.; 7th<\/sup>\/7.292 p.; 14th<\/sup>\/14.139 p.; 15th<\/sup>\/9.727 p.; 17th<\/sup>\/18.072 p.; 28th<\/sup>\/12.111 p.; etc.<\/p>\n

\"NL-07-5725737\"<\/p>\n

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Looking at the mother side, we find \u201cGOUDKLOMPJE\u201d, a Prange pigeon, in all of them. The mother is a sister of Dirk van Dijck\u2019s \u201cKANNIBAAL\u201d, the father comes from Andr\u00e9 Bellens – from the pigeon loft that is co-responsible for the 330 line of G\u00fcnther Prange.<\/p>\n

Let me finish with a little anecdote. \u201cTRIPLE CROWN\u201d was originally held by Jan Keen under the name \u201cMr. K\u00f6ln\u201d (since he once lost his way as a young pigeon and flew to Cologne).<\/p>\n

Following the purchase, I went to pick up the pigeon from Jan\u2019s place. There, it was confirmed to me that the 2011 SUPERCHAMPIONAT of the DE DUIF magazine was won by G\u00fcnther Prange in Germany, by Dirk van Dijck in Belgium and by Jan Keen in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

These 3 breeders were the best that European pigeon sport had to offer in 2011. They all had their share in the success of \u201cTRIPLE CROWN\u201d. So this name change seems appropriate to me.<\/p>\n

Dear sports fan, I hope you have enjoyed this newsletter and the information contained herein.<\/p>\n

Good flight!<\/p>\n

Yours,
\nEugen Schnarr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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