PIGEON-FLYING.
NORTJffIERN RACING CLUB. The Northern Racing Pigeon Club's sixth 1922 old bird race was flown on Saturday in stormy weather from- Palmorston. a. distance of 24,'J miles. The fastest time was put ud by Messrs. .Watsons' pied c. Man-o -war, It reached it? loft fn Kmwland after flying 7b. Mm., with a velocity of 905 yds per minute. The results are as j follow:-Wat-son Bros. Man-o'-wnx. 905 yds. 1: E. W. Laurie's Counter. 892 yds. 2; J. G. McFarfee : zg a a ;d\ T cTftofn»s S L& 7- A. Porter's Sunflower. Bl7yds. 8.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18222, 16 October 1922, Page 5
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