PIGEON RACING.
ONEHUNGA AND NORTHERN CLUBS.
The Onehunga Racing Pigeon Club held! its sixth race from Paekakariki. a (lis-1 tance ot_ 1183 miles, which the winning bird 1 Hew in 7h "in. averaging 40 miles per hour. Result:—W. Sargent's Blue Light, 1170 yds,! 1: J. Wallace and Son's War Boy, 1109 yds, ! 2 ; Redwood Lofts' Redwood Sunbeam, I lHi.»yds, 3; F. Glass' Marshal Silverton, . 1103 yds. 4. i The Northern Racing Pigeon Club held a race from Marton, 1!25 miles airline. 100 birds, representing 17 Jofts. competing. Result: —R. Pickey's b p c Kaiser, 1127vds, l! R. navies' in c Searchlight. 112.».Syds, 1 '4 i R. Warner's b p e Waverley. 1 l'JS.Oyds, i 3: Brown Bros.' be h Vjilley Queen, 1125.3yd5. 4. The priae for the first norai-1 nated bird was won by Bro-wa Bros. 1
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 214, 11 September 1939, Page 11
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137PIGEON RACING. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 214, 11 September 1939, Page 11
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