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The game below is now part of history and was enjoyed by all participants. New games will begin in the summer of 2001. Please participate and see how well you can play them.

Some interest in eye sign was expressed in the Racing Pigeon Discussion Forum. It appears that some of our colleagues like David Rodgers can successfully pick the best birds out of a basket and may therefore be gifted with a special talent. My question and the question of many skeptics is whether David and others use only the bird's eye sign to judge its value for racing or breeding or whether other cues may be used. To eliminate any other possible cues, only pictures of the birds' eyes are supplied and it is my hope that many eye sign enthusiasts will try their hand at the following game:
Below you will find thumbnails of a number of eyes: 22 of these eyes inserted at random come from the birds of my friend Frank Cesario, the fancier to beat on race day for the past 20 years! (please note that we only fly 10 old bird races per year due to climatic conditions)

You will find the eyes of the following of Frank's birds:
• 88 - 2003: bred 4 first place winners at 400 miles
0
• 90 - 1061: won the 360 mile race. All his sons won a race, 5 of his sons were never out of the prizes!
1
• 92 - 222: 3 X 1^st ; twice 1^st ace cock
7
• 93 - 3027: 3 X 1^st ; excellent breeder
9
• 96 - 4291: 4 X 1^st ; good breeder, still on the flying team
11
• 83 - 20671: Never raced; has bred prize winners from 100 to 500 miles, including a 1^st from 500 miles;
13
• 92 - 209: Numerous prizes from 100 to 500 miles; 7 times in the top 12 from 500 miles; excellent breeder;
15
• 95 - 28497: Super breeder from 100 to 400 miles;
17
• 94 - 1338: Super flier; first ace cock; 6 prizes as a 6 year old;
19
• 92 - 277: Steady flier and very good breeder;
21
• 95 - 1704: 1^st ace cock; excellent breeder;
23
• 3984: 1^st ace cock; still on flying team;
25
• 90 - 2533: excellent breeder; bred 1^stace young bird;
27
• 4206: 1^st 500 miles; still flying;
29
• 1794: 1^st 500 miles; still flying; very good breeder;
31
• 43992: Excellent yearling; brother to 2 2000 ace young birds, one of which was 1^st twice and the other 2^nd twice;
33
• 1918: Excellent breeder; never flown;
35
• 92550: prize winner as a yearling from 400 and 500 miles;
37
• 2519: 6 prizes as yearling;
39
• 2518: 6 prizes as yearling;
41
• 2554: 7 prizes as yearling;
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• 2669: 6 prizes as yearling; son of 3027;
45

Procedure:
• Clicking on any thumbnail will give you an enlargement of it.
  
• Your challenge is to select the eye images of as many of the birds listed above as possible and write them down on paper. Copy it later here to this page and please add any additional comments.
• You would be expected to be correct in 50% by chance alone. Anything better than 60% would be significant and would show that you can use eye pictures to select for flying or breeding ability.
• The image number will be added at a later date to each bird in the list above to allow you to see for yourself how well you performed.

0	1	2	Please click here for an excerpt of the pedigree for bird #2, the eye that fooled many!	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
20	21	22	23	24	25	26
27	28	29	30	31	32	33
34	35	36	37	38	39	40
41		43		45

I know that I learned something and it certainly has been fun for me. I hope that you can say the same for yourself.

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