PIGEON RACING.
ONEHUNGA CLUB. The fourth race in ■ the old bird series was contested t'rom Hunterville Oti Saturday. The birds were liberated at S a.m. and just succeeded in rcachinc home at o p.m. after a hard day. IMAtann-. 21V> miles. Results:— Wilson, and Son's bIU c c Shildon Wonder 098 yds per rain ] J. .T. Taylor's b b h. Nelson Sunset. 60i> yds -z W. Teng's b c h, Diamond Bingeh. nii-i yds 3 Prentice and Sons' b b c Aerial -Triumph, 60?..4yd5; Brown and Sons b c h, ICnierald Keystone. 603.2yd5: Langton Bros.' r c Koyal Salute.' OftS.lyds. Twpltc lofts competed, entering 93 birds, about 'So per cent homing on the day. NORTH SHORE CLUB. The race of the newly-formed Nortn Shore Racing Pigeon Club from Te Awa mtitu to Auckland for old b'pvls, airline distance S4 miles, resulted:—H. Pumper's b p c Shore Surprise. :ib 23m. 1: H. Crowhurst's wo White Prince. :.!h 49im, 1\ .1. A.PlCkPring'S b C c Celtic, -lIJ. ;i. Seven birds competed. ELLERSLIE CLUB. The. Ellerslip Club flew irs third old bird race from Te Kuiti. After a hard fly, on account of tbo high wind. Mr. Redman's Silver Pioneer won with a veliocity of SSO yards per minute. Result : — Mr. Redman's Silver Pioneer (SSOyds) . . 1 Dug. Adkins' Royal I'uff (f>77.9) '1 Mr. Bardy's Triumph (577.2) 3 Messrs. Wallace (572). Hughs (STT), Kemp (S6S). Wilkinson (565). Chapman Brothers (8.">3). Shiels (823), Ching (7!) l). Glees (7RB). Langton (78">). McEvoy (749). McDonald (T:18), Muncaster (.000). Irving I. Don (VM)). Sixteen lofts competed, representing !J5 birds. DOMINION HOMING CLUB. The Dominion Club held its second race from Te Awamutu on Saturday, an airline distnnce of So miles. The birds were liberated in a head wind find heavy rain and after two and three-quarters hours, the winner arrived at Mr. F. Potter's loft. recording a fair velocity of S7l yards pe:minute. Results are as follow: — IT. Potter's h c c Destiny. STIydS per minute l [.. Canteli's b c h Miss EvPlynn. 7»lyds 2 W. Brown's bb c iloke, 777 yds ...... 3 J. Hipwells li c h Freckles. 7."iHyda: G. Jackson's b c i: Blue K.ißle, 750 yds: Parkes and Rowe's b c c. 700 yds: Cole's blk c ensytis.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 211, 7 September 1925, Page 10
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PIGEON RACING.
Auckland Star, Volume LVI, Issue 211, 7 September 1925, Page 10
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