PIGEON FLIGHT
The Dunedin Homing Pigeon Club Hew the final race of its young bird season on Saturday from Timaru, an air-line distance of 196 miles. The birds had a fine day, and showed their appreciation bv putting up last times. The station ‘master liberated seventyfour birds from nineteen lofts at 12 noon, and the winning bird timed m at 2.15 p.m., completing the distance in 2h 15min. Results in yards per minute: —
J. Hargraves’s Master Bill, 1,375 ... 1 0. Buxton’s Prince L. Tonks’s Len Wood, 1,370 ... ... 3 W. Hargreaves’s Boa Chance, 1,369 4 J. Scoullar’s Sun Maid, 1,367 ... 5 Birds entered by G. Coutts, H. Millard, A. Stevenson, S. Lynn, A. Gillam, F. Jones, W. Douglas, i. Frost, R. Parker, J. Still, L. Barnett, C. Conley. G. Moffatt, and D. Murray also liew.
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Evening Star, Issue 20167, 6 May 1929, Page 5
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134PIGEON FLIGHT Evening Star, Issue 20167, 6 May 1929, Page 5
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