HOMING NOTES.
The New Plymouth Homing Club's second annual Oiks Race from Marton, > 100 miles air line, proved a very fast race. The birds were liberated by tbe stationmaster at 7.4 a.m., the ■winter 2 ving the distance in 1 hour 52 minutes. Bestiu : —W. Taylor's Lenore, velocity 1562v<te Sin per minute, 15 G. A Carney's Tis K«ramf, isssyds 2ft lio, 2 • R W. Dixon's Idas,. 1554 yds Oft 7in, 3; W. H. Pbipps' Daisy Ball, 1551 yds 2ft 10in, 3; C. Woodham s leda, 1523 yds Oft llin. 4. An Interval R»™ from Waverley, 58 miles airline, on Easter Monday, was woo by W.H. Pbipps Melba.vtloeity 788ydff 2ft lin p <=r minuU',l; C. "Woodham's Siege Gun, ' 37 y^ s lf j n "?> 2: R. W. Dixoo's Imp, 731 yds 2ft 9ii>, 3; W. Taylor's AUtema, 704 yds
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 92, 16 April 1903, Page 4
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138HOMING NOTES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 92, 16 April 1903, Page 4
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