PIGEON FLYING
BLENHEIM CLUB RACE The Blenheim Flying Pigeon and Fanciers’ Club flew a young bird race from Wellington on Saturday afternoon, a distance of 46 miles by air line, 28 birds taking part. The race was the first ot a series of four for the Patchett cup, and also for a miniature cup donated by Riverlands supporters. A The birds were liberated at. 12.60 p.m. from the t.s.s. Tamahine and had a strong side wind to contend with, which probably accounted for the velocity not being very high. The winning bird came from the loft of R. T. Bright, who won with a blue clieq. cock in 1 hour 33 minutes 7 seconds, putting up a velocity of 867.521 yards per minute. Following are the detailed results:— R. T. Bright’s blue clieq. cock JU’azzle,” lhr 33min 7sec (867.521yd5), 1; • Patchett’s pied hell, lhr 33nun 40sec (861.626yd5), 2; R. Simmon s mealy hen, lhr 40min 18sec (827.58uyd5), 3; G. Maitin and Son’s pied cock (821.989yd5), 4. R.. Mills’s clocked in sth and b. iBright 6tli.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 31 March 1936, Page 8
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175PIGEON FLYING Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 31 March 1936, Page 8
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