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This article is a rough draft and has not yet been published
Parlor Rollers: A New Trend
To add more integrity to the breed of Parlor Rollers, I’m starting a new universal trend. When authors of published works report show results of Parlor Roller contests, they need to include detailed information about the course and it’s location. Some of you may be wondering why it is necessary to know more about the course in question. Sadly enough, some of the rich Parlor Roller history is tainted with misinformation or lack of a truthful or accurate description of the grass area in question. Whether this is intentional or not, an honor system has to be put into place that will ensure the integrity of such publications is verifiable through a few simple statements. If a person is going to write an article with any type of information about distances of a Parlor Roller competition or is planning a contest and is trying to encourage fanciers to come and participate in such events, a brief description of the contest should include the following: the location of the course (preferably the address). The type of course (flat, slop, hill, cliff, free fall off a side of a mountain) the Parlor Rollers are being rolled on. Finally, rules being implemented during the contest (APRA competition rules and guide lines, International Parlour Tumbler Club 40, 60, system, or what ever was used to determine the longest roll). With such detailed information, it will insure the integrity of the breed because now anyone can see for himself or herself what the conditions were during a contest and what procedures were implemented. I hope that with such checkpoints in place this will discourage the intentional or non-intentional misinformation being reported at such events or lack of an accurate description of the course being reported.
In closing, the main premise is not to worry about what has been written in the past, because I’m not going to lose any sleep about what happened in 1985 or what happen in 2001, but of what will be written in the future. Imagine the disappointment if he or she comes to find out that the type of course used to roll “Betty” is a three hundred foot fairway that is completely on a steep downward incline. Believe me when I make this statement, it is extremely easy to breed a Parlor Roller to roll longer and straighter if that Parlor is being performed on a slope, hill, or any downward incline that offsets gravity and resistance from contact with the ground, wind, and any other obstacles that might shorten or worse yet lengthen that Parlor Rollers performance. No one can find a perfect course to roll his or her Parlors on. Believe me I’ve tried. If that’s the only course available to roll on then so be it. What’s more important is the honest description of the course producing the distances the Parlors are performing on at that contest. If someone makes the statement band number 007 was rolled on a flat course and rolled 301’ 2”. I’d like to be able travel to the corner of 1401 Himalaya Mountains Ave, and see a pancake flat course that was described in that piece of writing.
Someone should start a Website rating these courses all over the world being use to perform our little acrobats. For example, a rating of an A would be pancake flat, a rating of B would be given to course with a 1% gradient, a C would be given to a course with a 2% gradient, a D would be given to a course with a 3% gradient, and finally a F for anything used to perform a steeper than a 4% gradient.
Coming soon! A Website giving detailed information about current and past historical sites used during performances. You can be the judge because a picture is worth a thousand words.