PIGEON FLIGHT
The Dunedin Homing Pigeon Club flew a ' Hock race _ last Saturday from Taihape, an airline distance of 518 miles. The weather conditions were fair, with a light head wind, and the birds put. up a good fly, the winner doing the distance in 13n 59min. ‘ The station master liberated thirty-one birds from. eleven lofts, with the following results (in yards per minute) : J. Hardgrave’s Shadow', 1,084.4, 1; A. Stevenson’s Whizz, 1,083.1, ,2; R.. Parker’s Blue Boy 11., 1,082.3, 3; C. Oliver’s Serenade, 1 035.6,. 4; J. Secular’s Countersign, .809.1, 5; D. Murray’s Battle Knight,: 783.6,, 6; L. Tonk’s Rene Mavis, 768.1, 7 ; L. Barnett’s Darkest,-655.8, 8: Conley ano Ranger’s No. . 267/654.8, 9. ,
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Evening Star, Issue 20019, 9 November 1928, Page 3
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114PIGEON FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 20019, 9 November 1928, Page 3
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