PIGEON FLYING.
' ■» OERISTCHURCH HOMING- SOCIETY. The Christchurch Homing Pigeoa Sooietf flaw of! a race for yearlings from last Saturday.- The birds were in the• cure r o£ the station- master, who liberated them I Hi 2.5 p.m., in calm weather end with fb« i nicy slightly overcast. As the. birds nearcd - homo tn easterly wind was blowing', ?whi{)i «u;ib!c<l fair times to be put up. The rec»j.' proved to' bo fairly close, only 3mih acsso dividing the first and last, birds. The winner was. P. Kingsford'fl Black Dix, which Hew tho. distance of 73 miles 1150 yds cirJi.ro in 3hr drain Bsec. The following- is th« velocity recorded by each owner's bird:—F. Black Dix, 1167 yds per minute; P. Tcplinrj's Orleans, 1157 yds; R, Tajlor's Silver Bei!e, 1153 yds* F: Smith's Gm", 1153 yds; .T, Shipton's Eclipse, 3152 yds; . Pucks'o Glory, llSOydn; C. WoodhouEq's Fiat, 1147 yds;' J. Barter's .Kilhoy, IMSjrdi; 1). Spencer's Fairy, 1142 yds: w* Terr?'* King Core, 1140 yds; G. M'DougaU'is Rvi Charm, 1135 yds.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 11828, 13 October 1916, Page 2
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