Sentence examples for racing homer from inspiring English sources
"Carrier pigeons have served honorably in World Wars I and II and, besides, those little messages on their backs--I mean, how can you get angry at that?" A different reaction came from Mr. Piddles, a seven-year-old Racing Homer pigeon, who briefly worked for Clinton in 2010 and claims the Secretary of State used him to secure donations from the Algerian government to the Clinton Foundation.
Despite being separated by thousands of kilometres, these animals were genetically very similar to each other and to the classic racing homer breed.
They have been known to come home from farther locations but usually this is for extraordinary birds only.A true racing homer will return from hundreds of miles.
The candidate he backed in the open 10th District council race, Homer Broome Jr., ran second to former State Sen. Nate Holden in a field of 14 candidates.
During the final race, Homer stands up in the crowd to cheer on Bart and his body is silhouetted against the sun, a reference to a scene in the film The Natural.
He hangs out on Brooklyn rooftops with a die-hard who breeds "homers" (as racing pigeons are known) as if they were thoroughbreds, prepping them for a West Virginia-to-New Virginia-to-New Virginia-to-New York
Afterwards, Homer and Bart prepare for Duncan's retirement from racing to start a new life as a stud.
After Homer is paid less than expected for his Department Store Santa work, he and Bart receive a dog racing tip from Barney.
The sequence where Homer races alongside the carriage in Central Park was a reference to a similar scene in the film Ben-Hur.
He pumped his fist, raced around the bases and celebrated the three-run homer that sent the Mets on the way to their third consecutive win.
