PIGEON-FLYING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17348, 20 December 1919, Page 7

PIGEON-FLYING.

afc. NORTHERN PIGEON CLUB. DUNEDIN TO AUCKLAND. The . Northern Racing' Pigeon Club re--1 cently held a race from Dunedin to Auckland, an airline distance of approximately i ! 700 miles. The birds' were liberated on i Friday, December 5 in good weather at 3.50 a.m., the birds making due north-east. 1 They encountered rough weather before a | reaching Cook Straits, and so were set a dif- , | ficult task. Tlw inly bird to arrive in 3 I Auckland within the 10 days' limit was 1 I Messrs. Watson Bros', blue cheq. cock i Nightwatch, which regained its loft on the 9 seventh day, December 11. at 5.42 p.m. In 1 the club's race from Christchureh in 1917 . I Nightwatch was the first bifd to reach home, i The club will hold a flying competition 1 ! from Invercargill to Auckland to-day. The 3 i race will be more valuable to the winr | ner- than any other race organised in New I i Zealand. Tfc,3 flight from Invercargill is the longest distance attempted by _ any club a in Auckland. The Crown .Clothing Com- - I pany has offered a special prize to the value > of ten guineas for the first bird that homes 1 I within 14 days. The club is offering a cash 3 I prise, and Mr. Stewart Black, of Sydney, > has also donated a cash prize. ' ! The club will shortly fly a championship i J handicap from Palmerston. 245 miles, I | entries closing on Friday. - i ======