Summary

of

The *$20,000.- One Loft Alberta Classic

First Prize: (45% of total pay-out) for first ** Ace Bird

Second Prize: (25% of total pay-out) for second Ace Bird

Third Prize: (15% of total pay-out) for third Ace Bird

Fourth Prize: (10% of total pay-out) for fourth Ace Bird

Fifth Prize: (5% of total pay-out) for fifth Ace Bird

Race fees for the year 2000: $100.- / bird to be paid no later than at the time of shipping the birds. Enter 5 and send another one free! 100% of your entry fees are returned to you as prize money. There are no perch fees yet. Birds will be accepted in the month of May only. No exceptions! Since we have only 250 perches, it would be prudent to reserve your perches early for the year 2000 by sending in the non-refundable entry fee. All Sportsmen who have entered in 1999 can reserve their perches until March 31, 2000. All newcomers can reserve their perches after that date on a "first come - first served" basis. All birds entered become the property of Sportsman's Open R.P.O. except those bought back for an additional $50.- at the time of shipping. Return shipping expenses are the owner's responsibility! All other birds finishing the race program will be auctioned off to the highest bidder right here on this site. The proceeds of this auction will be used entirely to cover the costs of organizing and conducting this race program. All fees paid are non- refundable in case of the loss of the entry regardless of the circumstances surrounding this loss. While visitors on race days are welcome, direct access to the birds cannot be permitted to anyone until the final auction. Updated results will be published here within a few hours after each race is closed .

To summarize, the birds fly to one loft, are timed in with an electronic "tauris" timer and graded according to the total time used in all 4 races.We use the darkening system

Race schedule for the year 2000:

July 29, 2000: ca. 150 miles or ca. 4 hours on the wing

August 5, 2000: ca. 220 miles or ca. 6 hours on the wing

August 19, 2000: ca. 300 miles or ca. 8 hours on the wing

September 2, 2000: ca. 400 miles or ca. 10 hours on the wing

The race direction is from the SE, which generally makes this a head wind course. The race dates are tentative at best as birds will not be liberated into unsuitable weather. The race distance to any of these races may also be increased due to tail winds or decreased due to strong head winds. We are trying to make this a long distance series and would like to have the birds work for ca. 10 hours in the last two races.

*based on an entry of 200 paid birds.