PIGEON RACING
The Petone Homing Club held a racfli from Taihape (118 miles airline). This race is.put on the young-bird programme annually and is known as the ladies' race. Each lady makes art-entry of two birds and-has to clock otjie bird herself. The event, which is always keenly contested, is-flown for,^.trophy given by Mrs. W. Smith. The following were the first four placing'?':—Mrs. G. Woodward's War.tap (flying time 2h 48m 4s), 1; Mrs. G. Asplet'sVßoyal Spot, 2h 48m 495, 2; Mrs. J..Bolton's Sun Gleam, 2h 49m ss, 3; Mrs; W. Smith's Lady Gay, 2h 50m Is,; 4.:: Next week the young-bird season ty/i.ll conclude with ■ a two-bird interval race from Hunterville and a three-bird teams race from Waiouru. , ■;''
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 4
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118PIGEON RACING Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 4
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