HOMING PIGEON CLUB
The second race conducted by the Dunedin Homing Pigeon Club from Parnassus was flown under completely different conditions to the first. A strong southerly wind was blowing over the greater part of the journey and gave the birds a fairly stiff test One hundred and one birds from 15 lofts were released by the station master at 8 o’clock The winning bird timed in at 3.43. after putting up an excellent performance under adverse conditions The first six places were filled as follows (velocities given in yards oer minute):— C Ruxton’s Hyde Scamp (901.4) I J. Scoullar’s Bright Star (090.3) 2 H Millard’.- Half Note (989.8) . . 3 A Esquilant’s Cavalier (989.3) . . 4 D Cunningham’s Buster (988.5) 5 C. Watson’s Scot (986.2) .. 6 Next Saturday the club will fly the first of the North Island races, from Wellington.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23332, 26 October 1937, Page 3
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