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The Other SION Specialist 

3/5/2015

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The Other SION Specialist in the Picture


Meet the man standing to the the right of Charles Heitzman
in the picture featured on the World of Wings website.



In 1974, E. Lowell Robbins, Jr. aka "Robbie" or "No Sweat" became the youngest racing pigeon breeder ever to win the National Show in New York; a feat that still remains to this day. In 1978, he won the top three shows in the USA and was the first man ever to do this thus setting a new bar in excellence. Over the years some of the major shows that he has judged have been THE NATIONAL YOUNG BIRD SHOW, THE SOUTHERN RACING PIGEON SHOW, THE SOUTHERN RACING PIGEON--DIXIE SHOW, THE MIDWEST OPEN SHOW, THE LOUISVILLE COMBINE SHOW, THE KENTUCKY STATE FAIR SHOW, THE BELLVILLE, ILLINOIS SHOW, THE CHICAGO COMBINE SHOW, etc. He has been throughout the United States and inside many of its premiere racing lofts. The best racing man he ever knew was Charles Heitzman. In showing, his lifelong friend, Jim Isselhardt was always his best competition. At the National Young Bird Show in Louisville when Douglas McClary from England flew over to judge more than 500 young bird racing homers divided into 18 classes, Robbins won 17 of those classes; Jim Isselhardt won one class that he did not and in that class the judging was extremely "flip a coin" close as was so stated by McClary. This class was the BBYC class in which Robbins placed second. That one BBYC went onto win the show and became one of Jim's favorite show birds of all times, "NATIONAL LEGEND." When Robbins entered THE SRPA SHOW each year throughout the southern states in the USA it was quite arguably the most competitive and prestigious show in all of America. Robbins entered this show seven times and won the show each and every time. No other fancier in the United States has ever replicated this feat. In racing, Robbins dominated his club during the years he flew with them winning average speed every season and never being beaten from any race 300 miles or beyond. Across the USA he set a new money winning record in 1971 in THE TWIN CITY GOLD BAND FUTURITY; he also bred the winners of THE BLACK HAWK FUTURITY, THE CONRAD MAHR FUTURITY, THE WALDO HOTCHKISS FUTURITY, THE LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY FUTURITY, THE CHARLES HEITZMAN MEMORIAL 500 MILE RACE and large races in New Orleans, Cincinnati, New York, etc.. Altogether in his more than 58 years experience with racing pigeons Robbins has accumulated over 800 first places. Today, Robbins is partners with John Hayes; they maintain approximately 250 racing homers kept in four lofts. Just last year they had a young bird blue Bar Sion hen that flew 750 miles, setting a new long distance record in Kentucky.


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Charles Heitzman & E. L. Robbins, Jr. standing in front of Heitzman's main racing loft. NOTE,  Robbins returned back to this exact spot on October 11, 2015. He was emotionally upset with everything having totally disappeared. That same day he wrote an article, RETURN TO NOTHING and sent it to his editor friend GENE YOES; It is now to appear in THE RACING PIGEON DIGEST sometime in the furure.


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Intense pigeon handler & Heitzman Sion Specialist, E. Lowell Robbins, Jr. aka "Robbie" or "No Sweat" while dining with wife, Chesteen. They have been married for 45 years; throughout the marriage Chesteen has always greatly supported  No Sweat in all of his many pursuits. Chesteen is a retired school principal. "Without her," states No Sweat, "I am nothing."  


3 Comments
Patrick Bowes
11/22/2016 10:10:07 pm

Hello No Sweat,

Enjoyed reading your recent article in the Racing Pigeon Digest,and am very much looking forward to the "to be continued" portion. I found Parts one and two to be authentic and very well written....my hat's off to you! I knew Charles many years ago but not nearly as you did.....Patrick

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lance
6/10/2018 03:47:50 pm

truly inspiring, i have big shoes to fill

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Lance fuller link
9/2/2020 10:17:12 pm

My grandfather is Robbie Robbins also known as no sweat. He is the man who raised me. He is the finest person you could ever imagine. I will always love him. His racing pigeons are an intergalactic part of his life. He has had them for over sixty years. When I help him feed and water he talks about each of them as they they were his children. Which in a sense I guess they are. I am proud to be his grandson. There could never be another person like him.

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