PIGEON FLYING
The third rnco of tho young bird Reason was flown by tho Onobungiv .Racing Pigeon Club from Ohaknne to Onohunga. The alrllno distance. 170 milos, wiis covered by tho winning bird in 4 bourn -10 minutes, nn averago of .'l7 miles an hour. All tho birds 'reached homo safely. The results were:—F. K Glass' Reliance, 1000 yds per irtln., 1; T. Kemp and Son's Perseverance, 1005 yds, 2; W. Sargent's Granite Spell, 1000 yds. 3; Redwood Loft's Redwood Sunset, 1080 yds, 4. ...
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23592, 28 February 1940, Page 16
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84PIGEON FLYING New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23592, 28 February 1940, Page 16
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