PIGEON FLYING
CANTERBURY CLUB The Canterbury Pigeon Flying. Club held a young bird race on Saturday, from Blenheim. Ninety-four birds competed frbm 19 lofts. Although the birds encountered a fairly strong southerly wind, and the velocities recorded were slower than usual, the prize-winners’ times were exceptionally close, especially second and third. The winning bird, owned by Mr D. Broad, covered the 150 miles 1670 yards in 4 hours 45 minutes 30 seconds. Mr Broad also won the club's weekly trophy prize, nominated bird priae, and the Blenheim trophy fund prize (outright). _ Probable results are as follows:—D# Broad's No. 156’(1000 yards a minute) /I, H. Gascoyne’s No. 746 (997.187) 2, J. Hartland’s No. 500 (997.181) 3, R. Bell’s No. 60 (994) 4, E. French’s No. 1301 (990) 5.
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Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25449, 22 March 1948, Page 9
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