The Black Horemans - Corneel Horemans with the Immortal Wegge Strain - DPC

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Corneel Horemans was a game-keeper in Schoten, Belgium; his name is not well known to most modern racing pigeon enthusiasts. Obviously when I say this I am including myself in this category. Now this fact is not hard to understand, given that if Corneel had lived he would now be almost 140 years old. The major Belgian racing pigeon publications of the time ranked Corneel Horemans with the immortal Wegge as the greatest of that era. During the 30 and 40’s the Horemans, were officially acknowledged as the finest all round racing pigeons in Belgium. Though he is long gone the genetic line that he cultivated seems to be with us still, to greater or lesser degrees in lofts in Belgium, Taiwan, China, Mexico, the USA and yes even in Canada. Leading pigeon journals of the time (1914-1944) when speaking of Horemans went as far as to say, and actually did say that:
“With the Wegges the Horemans are the best pigeons that ever existed.”
Some history and key dates are in order to help understand this statement. The founder/creator of the racing pigeon was one Mr. Ulens. In 1866 Mr. Ulens, sold all of his racing pigeons but four that would end at the home of Mr. Salmans. In 1883 Mr. Salmans sold all of his pigeons (Ulens) to Mr. Vekemans .Some time in either 1884/5/6 Mr. Karl Wegge acquired all of the pigeons of Mr. Vekemans. In 1890 Karl Wegge puts on his very first major auction. In 1897 Mr. Wegge undertakes his second and last major auction, breaking all previous sales records. Without a doubt these “Wegge” pigeons were the most famous pigeons of the time. Van der Espt, Van de Velde, Bricoux, etc., all made use of the bloodline of Wegge. Given this history one can now better understand the true significance of the statement made above by the most respected racing pigeon journals of the day! The Horemans were in fact Wegge/Vekemans/Salmans/Ulens or rather they were the pigeons of Ulens that were passed down to Vekemans and then down to Salmans and then to Wegge who dispersed them more widely then to Mr. Somers and finally from Somers to Horemans.
The Horemans pigeons were subsequently cultivated extensively by fanciers of the caliber of Hector Desmet, Valeer Docker, George De Jaegher, Van Spitael and a host of others including the Cattrysse Brothers who added to the strength of their line by adding the line of Hector Desmet as did Charles Vander Espt.
Many in Belgium had an opportunity to acquire stock directly from Horemans during his long career as well as at a public auction held on January 11th 1948 and a final disposal of the remaining Horemans stock by his son Louis in 1967.
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