PIGEON FLYING
OLD BIRD RACE FROM OAMARU The Canterbury Pigeon Flying Club opened Its 1941 old-bird racing season with a race from Oamaru. Taking advantage of a following wind, the birds put up fast times. Mr K. Hartland’s bird, No. 608, was the winner, covering the distance of 133 miles 1705 yards in 3hr 28min 33sec. Results were as follows:—K. Hartland’s No 608, 1130.5 yds a minute; F. M. Brownie’s No. 263, 1130.3yd5; R. Lumber's No. 656, 1129 yds; E. Grimes's No. 567, 1128 yds; A. H. Stone’s No. 446, ,1127.8yd5; Harper ’Loft’s No. 613, 1127.6yd5; J. Howatson’s No. 498, 1126 yds; W. Unwin’s No, 496, 1123.5yd5; M. Robinson’s No. 796, 1123.1yd5; L, Pither’s No. 56, 1122 yds; A. Bailey’s No, 552, 1113 yds; J. E. V. Maxwell’s No. 214, 1106 yds; G. W. Robertson’s No, 25, 1104 yds; J. H. Peterson’s No. 760, 1086 yds; E. B. French’s No. 199, 1053 yds; L. Shield’s No. 695, 959 yds; W. S. Roberts’s No. 192, 853 yds. Nominated bird prizes were won by E. Grimes, R. Lumber, and F. M. Brownie.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19410930.2.11
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23447, 30 September 1941, Page 2
Word Count
180PIGEON FLYING Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23447, 30 September 1941, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.