RACE FOR YOUNG PIGEONS CONDUCTED.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 31 March 1931, Page 5

RACE FOR YOUNG PIGEONS CONDUCTED.

The Christchurch Racing Pigeon Society conducted a young bird race from Studholrne Junction cn Saturday last. The stationmaster liberated 147 birds, representing seventeen owners, in an easterly breeze. The winning bird, Atlast, owned by Mr .T. Hitchings. flew the distance of 112 miles 66 yards air line in 3hr 37min 19sec. The following were the velocities: — . Yds. per min. J. Hltchings’s Atlast 907 Cannell and Stobart’s Southern Star 906 A. Duffield’s Dispatch 905 H. J. Woc-ds’s Wenderee 902 H. A. Pearson’s Lothian Maid . . 599 Dr A: C. M’Killop’s Brigadier . . 579 Dr M. Brown’s Gartsherrie .... 853 A. Willoughby’s Some Night .... 847 L. Gay’s Regular 847 R. Bradley’s York 842 W. Newell’s Howiek S3S W. Hepburn’s Runie 532 F. Patterson’s Arf and Arf .... 827 E. A. Goslin’s Bluey 817 •T. Hitchings won all the nominated bird prizes. Junior Section. The junior section of the Christchurch Racing Pigeon Society flew a race from Studholrne Junction in conjunction with the senior section. The winning bird, Black Admiral, flew the distance in 3hr 40min. The following are the velocities: —- Yds. per min. S. Walton’s Black Admiral 902 J. Stammer’s Blue Glen 901 It. Thomas’s Tourist 893 L. Harland’s Southern Express . . 857 N. Haig’s Black Bess . 808 M. Kirk’s Lindbergh 797 F. Platt’s My Own 796 N. M’Neish’s Sure Thing 789 I, Mountford’s Blue Line 759 A Hobson’s Black Prince 750 .1. Hartland’s 731 ue Ensign 710 F. Darling’s Black Wattle 703 L. Harland won the nominated bird prize.