Musgrove Persistent

 

Musgrove Persistent

MUSGROVE PERSISTENT taken after her 4 times Barcelona International flight in 2016. All the top lines of the Emerton marathon strain to 879 miles in the BICC. Now her fifth International race having been to Agen 500 plus miles as a yearling. We may send her for No. 5 from Barcelona next year when she will be 6. This marvellous endurance bird was bred and raced by N. Harvey in the west. My thanks to Wetherley @Obrien, J.Williamson and Chris Booth for their influence on the cultivation of this lovely big hen. She is inbred with 4x brother to sister mating in the ancestral tree since my originals in 76. The race was the hardest I have studied in 25 years.

Musgrove Persistent

Pedigree
Gdtr. of Joe's Delight 11th Section K Tarbes 700 plus miles-this cock was from a brother x sister mating of pure lines of 879 MILES Barcelona Dream, Dedication, Diabolos, Dots Delight, all my strain bred down from my 7 foundation pigeons, the dam’s side is down from 4 birds in the Emerton stock loft, all related in my strain lines of Eric, Dark Velvet, Dark Enchantment, Velvet Destiny, Mystical Queen, Sister Damien, The Dutchman, Diabolos. All these are inbred to my No1 pair DARK DESTINY x Dr.t of Darkness. See The Evolution of the Emerton Strain. 40 years of distance, dedicated breeding and racing has gone into Champion Musgrove Persistent-a lovely big, inbred hen, prime for stock to enhance the Barcelona Family of the great Nick Harvey of Taunton.

Jim Emerton