AUCKLAND FLYING CLUB.
The members of the Auckland Flying Club held their seventh young bird race of the season, from Ohakune. on Saturday last. The birds were liberated at 8.30 a.m., and with good weather conditions accounted for the distance of 188 miles in npproxlniutely 5} hours. The details are ns follows: . Billings' b.c.h. The Wolf, 1114 yds per minute; IT. McQuoid's b.c.c. Sunshine Uliiyds; W. Snrgent's r.p.c. Tvanhoe, 1110 yds: C. Ryan's b.c.h. Soft Goods, JJSS 3 "? 81 „ W ' H ' B »"ngs' r.ce. Cloister llOOyds; C. Turner's b.c. Kitchener II.; 1104 yds; Watson Bros.' r.h. Conqueror 1103 yds; F. Bowman's b.c.c. Firefly 1067 yds; C. Splnley's b.c.h. Once Agaiii' 1009 yds; R. Hunter's b.c.h. Esperantlst' 984 yds. '
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 72, 25 March 1918, Page 2
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118AUCKLAND FLYING CLUB. Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 72, 25 March 1918, Page 2
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