22 JUNE 1907, Page 18

CARRIER-PIGEONS.

pro THE EDITOR OP THE °sPEcTAYOB.1

believe that carrier-pigeons are sent off on occasions by the thousand. Some North Country clubs despatch a couple of vanloads to Bournemouth and other places. My belief is that the birds lost are not worth powder and shot in the sense of not being worth the space that the Spectator gives to them in its columns. They are sent off to take their chance, and the trial eliminates the worthless ones from the home