Homing Notes.
The New Plymouth Homing Club held the annua! Derby Pace from Foxton on Thursday. The birds were liberated by the station-mas-ter in favourable weather, the winner flying the distance of 119 miles (air-line measurement) in 3hr 47min, only 30sec separating the lirst three birds. The results are as follows :
First, W. 11. Phlpp's Cnity, 3hr 47 mln., vtlocily per minute, 924 yds 2ft Oin ; 2nd, C. Lister's Dartmoor, Mhr <l7inm, 921 yd 7in ; 3rd, (i. A. Corne.v's Whetu, 3hr 47min MOsec, 921vd Oin ; 4th, R. W. Dixon's Toledo. !Shr 49min 15sec, 915 yd 81n ; nth, C. Dixon's Awn-Rose, Bhr Slmin, 901 yd 2ft 8 In ; 6th, S. Pipe's Phantom, 4hr. llimln, 828 yd lft, :
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 18 March 1904, Page 2
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116Homing Notes. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 63, 18 March 1904, Page 2
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