A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . at the Heir to the Throneappeared was not to be thought of, and he (thesecretary) insisted on the flight being there was no time then to write explainingto the Belgian competitors, Tegetmeier hastenedoff at an hours notice, without even going homefor his luggage, to Brussels to make the necessaryarrangements for postponing the race. It cameoff on June 24th, 1871, and was a great success,afterwards wrote the organiser, who added: Ibelieve His Royal Highness was annoyed at itsbeing deferred, for he soon after became a
A veteran naturalist : being the life and work of Tegetmeier . at the Heir to the Throneappeared was not to be thought of, and he (thesecretary) insisted on the flight being there was no time then to write explainingto the Belgian competitors, Tegetmeier hastenedoff at an hours notice, without even going homefor his luggage, to Brussels to make the necessaryarrangements for postponing the race. It cameoff on June 24th, 1871, and was a great success,afterwards wrote the organiser, who added: Ibelieve His Royal Highness was annoyed at itsbeing deferred, for he soon after became a flyerhimself, and had many good birds at theSandringham lofts. Tegetmeier had his revenge,for in time the pastime became not onlypopular but highly respectable and was indulgedin by the highest in the land, and he oftenhad the pleasure of witnessing the flight ofRoyal birds sent by the late and the presentKing to flying matches at which he as late as 1900 he reported in the Fieldthe sending to a horticultural exhibition held at A DERBY OF 1. The Pouter. 2. The Tumbler. 3. The Short-faced The Turbit. 5. The Trumpeter. G. The Helmet. 7. Interestingspecimen of cross between The Beard and The Baldhead. 8. TheSwallow. 9. The Barb. 10. The Common Carrier.
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