PIGEON FLYING.
WHANGAREI CLUB. The AVliangarei Homing Pigeon Club flow a race from National Park on Saturday. This event was confined to yearlings. Each member was allowed to send three birds and had to clock two in. Mr. 1). Wilson's entries won the race, the velocity being 1293 yds per minute, with Mr. W. Griffiths' birds a good second (velocity, 127(iyds). The next club race will be from Huntervillc. AVONDALE CLUB. The Avondale Pigeon Flying Club flew the first race of its second scries from Huutly. Result: — Mr. B. Norris' r c c Areil Cintra, 1355ydi 1 Mr. F. Lupton's w p li Koyal Alice, 1348 yd* 2 Mr. T. Nash's r c c Cohen, 1347 yds . 3 Mr. H. Akast, jun.'s b c p c Yi.nkee Doodle, 1345 yds 4 WAIHI CLUB. The Waihi Racing Pigeon Club held a race from Taihape, an airline distance o£ 158 miles, on Saturday. Result: — D. Merry's Miss Barbara, ll!)U.4yds . 1Corne's Ken's Own, 1192 yds 2 ... Thorpe's Blue Dawn, 1109 yds .... 3 D. McDougall's Going Gay, 1155 yds ... 4
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 244, 15 October 1935, Page 16
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