The King of Rome

from Monday Matinee · host Jack Ward

A pigeon race, as every fancier knows, begins with a basket. But with a hundred different finish lines, each one a backyard loft, when does a pigeon race end?In 1913, Charlie Hudson entered one of his pigeons in a race from Rome to England. On the day of the big race a storm blew in and a thousand birds were swept away and never seen again. Apart from one…Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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