A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . ited at the AlexandraPalace. The race and show attracted muchattention in the press. Although, even in the pre-wireless telegraphydays, the Army would not take up the pigeon post,Tegetmeier found support from and achievedsuccess in other directions. He succeeded ininteresting Trinity House in his scheme forestablishing a service of pigeon messengers betweenthe lightships round our coasts and the shore;and in 1876, after repeated demonstrations, hehad the satisfaction of seeing his plans in practicaloperation. It is due to the B
A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . ited at the AlexandraPalace. The race and show attracted muchattention in the press. Although, even in the pre-wireless telegraphydays, the Army would not take up the pigeon post,Tegetmeier found support from and achievedsuccess in other directions. He succeeded ininteresting Trinity House in his scheme forestablishing a service of pigeon messengers betweenthe lightships round our coasts and the shore;and in 1876, after repeated demonstrations, hehad the satisfaction of seeing his plans in practicaloperation. It is due to the Brethren of TrinityHouse to record that from the first they lent awilling ear to his project, and gave him everyencouragement and assistance. Tegetmeier, asusual, chose his time wisely for pressing hisviews. There had been numerous wrecks roundthe coast during the autumn and winter of 1875,and in some cases at least there had been loss oflife which might have been prevented had helpbeen more promptly forthcoming. The wreckof the steamer Deutschland on the Kentish. I EH p IB S5 K S C l«S| ri LFamif/ p. 63 FATHER OF PIGEON-FANCIERS 63 Knock, on December 6th, when some seventylives were lost, appears to have been the incidentwhich most inclined Trinity House to adoptTegetmeiers scheme. The Brethren placed at his disposal a disusedlighthouse at Harwich to serve as a pigeonstation, and there he established a loft of thebest Belgian homers he could procure. Hisplan was to rear at this lighthouse loft the birdsrequired for distribution among the lightships ofthe adjacent coast, to the end that they shouldbe released by the lightship men in the momentof need, and return to the Harwich lighthouseloft with their messages. A cede of signalswas arranged by Trinity House—a series ofgroups of letters which could be stamped uponthe wing feathers of the birds and interpretedby the men at the lighthouse. By the year1878 Tegetmeier was ready with a large stockof birds which had been trained ov
Size: 1236px × 2021px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910, bookpublisherlondo, bookyear1916
