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The
Meyor Tumbler By
K.D. Spurling The
Meyor Tumbler is an obscure breed of relatively recent American origin
originating in the city of
Salt Lake City, Utah. The
origin of this breed begins in the Summer of 1968 with the death of
William H. Pensom of Canoga Park, CA
(formerly of Birmingham, Britain)
who while best known as a fancier of Birmingham Rollers, was also a noted
fancier of Tipplers, Modenas, Thailand Laughers, Parlors and Racing Homers.
Upon Pensom's death in June of that year, his neighbor, the late Howard
McCulley (formerly of Portland, OR, but who in 1955 moved next door to
Pensom) managed Pensom's estate sale. A
Mr. Meyor of Salt Lake City purchased a fair number of Pensom's Tipplers
(these birds originated with the famous George Storey of Newcastle,
Britain during the 30's) and relocated them to his loft. Meyor bred
several birds from these pigeons which executed singular tumbles which is easily
explained by the fact that the British Tippler is technically an endurance
flying tumbler; in fact, the origin of the name "Tippler" stems
from the word "tipple"
which was part of the old Sheffield dialect and meant "to tumble".
Consequently, in the old days, Tipplers which exhibited varying degrees of tumbling ability were not uncommon
and it is generally understood that the Macclesfield fanciers crossed in Cumulets to their birds in an effort to
stamp this ability out. Meyor, opposed to culling these tumbling Tipplers
as any good Tippler fancier would do, selected and cultivated them into a
tumbling strain of Tipplers
which became the Meyor Tumbler. In
type and markings, the Meyor Tumbler is identical to a common Tippler, but
roll distances of 5 to 10 feet
while flying at extreme altitudes
for 8 to 12 hours endurance. This
breed is one of the genuine unknowns of the Tumbler family and has only a
small handfull of followers.
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