My name is Doug Brown and I live in the town of Norco here in Southern California. I have been raising competition rollers now for over 20 years. I got my start from a man here in town named Kyle Symmes. His birds were very deep and fast with nice style even way back then. He also had dilute in his birds which made it easy for me to get started. Many of the cocks carried the factor, so I got dilute right along as I bred them. His birds are descendants of the "Old Pensom" families. Just which ones I am not sure because I did not get many pedigrees. But they rolled well and that is what counted to me then and now.

Years later a friend, John Vanden Broek, took me on a trip to Northern California where I saw some of the fastest and smoothest birds I had seen. These birds were from Joe Kiser and Joe Borges. These two men had obtained a whole lot of Pensom birds and had kept them pure over the years. Many of these birds were down from a Pensom bird called the "Clay Hen" Due to the generosity of these men I was able to acquire some of these birds and they really helped my own strain at the time. Their blood is still in my family to this day. Another man named Ralph Wheat also had some of these birds and he really helped me a lot also.

From my friend Tim Decker I was able to get some of what we call "Stewart" birds. These birds were created by a man named Stewart Forsythe. They are really nice small birds with good type. They are very frequent and have helped in putting frequency in my family. There are a lot of grizzles in the family which makes for some interesting combinations.

Five years ago I met Randy Gibson. At the time Randy only had a few pure rollers. He was breeding lots of color and had some really unusual birds. He subsequently disposed of most of the birds he had and got into the competition rollers. He was very interested in the color and we studied very hard on the colors and how to make the various ones. We met a man in San Diego named John Jones and were able to get some of his birds, which are very good in the air. Amongst these birds we acquired our first Dominant Opals. Soon we came in contact with James Turner of North Carolina through a tape that he and his partner put together. He sent us eight birds of color and from them we have what we have today. In this group were Andalusians, and these birds are terrific.

Randy and I compete in the CPRC (California Performing Roller Club). Our club is in the Riverside area and we have 20 flying members. The club is a kit flying club and is very competitive. We have many very successful flyers in it, and have one winner of the World Cup. Randy and I have been successful in the club flies. This year Randy had a year that will always be remembered. He won five of the seven flies. His kit sported at least six birds of color. So those from the past and even the present that say color birds cannot do it are wrong. Randy flies birds that he has created from basically the same sources that I have, and has been very successful in a very short time. He has the nack.