The
de Klak racing pigeons that are housed in Mark Raubenheimer’s Mount
Moreland lofts are of a classy pedigree.
Named after the fancier who
bred them, Jos van Limpt-de Klak, these racing pigeons are great
champions. Hailing from a the small village of Reusel, de Klak was a
fancier who achieved great performances right until his death.
Jos de
Klak was a man completely devoted to his pigeons, who concerned
himself with their health first and foremost. He lived by a
philosophy of always striving to do ones best in any conduct of
sport.
Born
and raised with pigeon racing, de Klak took followed in the footsteps
of his beloved father, who was one of the first people to experiment
with racing pigeons, before the Second World War.
de Klak’s father
was able to get the very best racing pigeons by working at the very
same cigar factory as Arjaan Janssen.
de
Klak had to start his own racing pigeon collection from scratch, as
keeping pigeons was outlawed during the Second World War.
It was de
Klak’s mother who encouraged him to seek the help of the Janssen
brothers, and because of his interaction with them, he never wanted
any other racing pigeons beside theirs.
de
Klak’s greatest passion was using his racing pigeons for medium
distance flights and did not show much interest in any other types of
races. His creation of a type of racing pigeon for medium distances
was unmatched.
de Klak’s motto was: work with a good pedigree,
eliminate inbreeding, race a lot and select strictly.
When
asked on how he came upon de Klak racing pigeons, Mark Raubenheimer
had this to say,” After my trip to Belgium, I was introduced to a man
from Holland by the name of Arjan van Diest. His
father was the manger of the lofts for Jos van Limpt, who goes by the
name of de Klak. Due to de Klak suffering from deteriorating health,
van Diest starting managing the birds. After the passing of de Klak,
van Diest took the birds to his own house and continued his work with
the best. It is through my relationship with van Diest’s son that I
acquired these phenomenal Janssen based birds, the de Klaks”.
Contact Mark on+27837901708 or raubenheimerl.m@telkomsa.net
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