PIGEON FLYING.
AVALON CLUB. The Avalon Pi<*eon Club held a race from Hunterville on Saturday for a trophy donated by the patron, Mr. lE. 7>. Bnddiley. Nine lofts competed. Results: — Messrs. McGregor Bros.' r c h Ambition. HS2.2yds per min. I: Messrs I>. ar>d .TWilson's b c p h Pixie Gold. llSl.Tyds. 2: Messrs. Keardon and Sons' b c p lx Emc;'cilcl Queen, 1181.2 yds, 3. THE HIKURANGI CLUB. [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDEN T. ] WHANGAREI, Saturday. The Hikurangi Ilomins: Pigeon Club be!J its Youns Birds Derby from Ohakune under very unfavourable conditions. The birds* were liberated at 7 a.m. in mist, which eventually tonrned into rain, and thera was also a head wind. The airline distance was 201 miles, and at 6 p.m. J. Scott's Siivermine arrived and at about. 6.20 AV. Parson's Merry Day was clocked in. These wero the only two birds to reach home the same day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21160, 18 April 1932, Page 7
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