Paul Gamino's Parlor Rollers
After a nineteen-year hiatus from showing my Parlor Rollers, I decided it was time to show the world what I had developed in my Parlor Rollers.
First year back since the 1982 Pageant of Pigeons…
A dream season come true…
The Gamino Loft Acquires Three Parlor Roller World Records
In November of 1981, the Pageant of Pigeons was the site for the first Parlor Roller to go beyond the one hundred foot mark. This barrier was shattered with ease when a young grizzle hen, band number 947 that was later name "Priceless" had to be stopped at 128’ 10” {39 Meters} for lack of adequate grass area to roll on.
It’s only fitting that the Great Pageant of Pigeons be the same site to bare witness to an event that some believed could never be done. On November 15, 2001, the Pageant of Pigeons was the site for the first Parlor Roller to go beyond the two hundred foot barrier. This two hundred foot barrier was elapsed when a young Almond hen, band number 08, rolled 204’ 2” {62 Meters}. Both Pageant wins being done in dramatic fashion with a come from behind win. At the 1981 Pageant, the late Great Norm McMurray and the reining World Record Holder at 95’ 7” was in first place with a roll of 78’ 4”. Priceless, the very last Parlor Roller to roll for the day had an incredible final roll of 128' 10" before having to be stopped by her owner from rolling off a curb into a parking lot and possibly being injured.
During the November of 2001 Pageant of Pigeons, there was just as much drama as Richard Rangel's little red hen, band number 3240, had posted the longest roll of the day at 115’ 3” and look to be the next 2001 Pageant of Pigeons Parlor Roller Grand Champion. This all changed when on the final roll 08 which now goes by the name of "Betty," named after Betty Peters the widow of the late great Merrill Peters, had an incredible final roll at 204’ 2”. Paul Gamino’s young Almond hen band number 08 is the first Parlor Roller to roll beyond two hundred feet. In doing so, “Betty” establishes a Pageant of Pigeons record, National Pigeon Association record, and New World Record for distance at 204' 2" (62 Meters).
That’s why they call this show the “Great Pageant of Pigeons”, the pigeon show where the greatest people and pigeons in the world come together.
At the granddaddy of them all, the National Pigeon Association (N.P.A) Grand National that was held in my mom’s home state of Birmingham Alabama, Paul Gamino's Almond cock band number 186 turned in a winning performance of 320’ 7” and recaptured the World Record for a third time. Jan Galley, Lennie Mefford, and Paul Gamino witnessed the event and yours truly captured it on video. If that’s not enough to put a small tear in your eye the little Almond cock band number 186 I affectionately call “Pete” named after my close friend and mentor the late Great Merrill Peters of California, was still rolling and almost went out an open gate before hitting a chain-link fence and coming to an abrupt stop.
The World Record set at the N.P.A Grand National in Birmingham Alabama of 320 feet 7 inches (97. 75 Meters) after rolling the length of a football field and hitting a fence stood for less than two month.
The New World Record was established by a DeRoy cock band number 223 during a competition held at a soccer complex in Lancaster California March 27, 2004.
The Former World Record
(116. 36 Meters)
New World Record Page
662 Feet 1 Inch (201. 8 Meters)
Former and reining World Record Holders were bred, performed, and owned
By
Paul Gamino
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