PIGEON FLYING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 643, 22 December 1932, Page 17

PIGEON FLYING.

Christchurch Premier Club. The Christchurch Premier Pigeon Club conducted races from Clinton and Invercargill during the past week-end. Favourable conditions prevailed for both races and good times were recorded. Following were the velocities: — CLINTON RACE. South Section. Yds per min. A. Fransden’s Red Sun 1024 L. Newell’s Crash 1023 L. Gay's Fiji 1023 A. Pegley’s Arabond 1020 H. Woods’s Consuer 1020 B. Pegley’s Lady Jane 1020 P. O’Grady’s Mite 1011 A. W. Jones’s Grand Light . . 1000 W. Drury’s WLoopee 981 S. Mallard’s Peertoi 078 O. Manson’s Yoko 971 P. Smith’s Blue Bird 063 W. Gray’s Eaglet 795 North Section. H. Evans’s Fast Passage .... 1023 G. Anderson’s Rara Avis .... 1017 P. Crooke’s Silver Flare .... 1009 A. O’Brien’s Tinopai 996 A. Green’s Sky Raider 067 F. Iggo’s Baldy 778 A. Fransden won the nominated bird prize. INVERCARGILL RACE. North Section. P. Crooke’s Rolex 081 G. Anderson’s Pard 081 11. Evans’s Tea Queen 97G A. O’Brien’s Milky Way .... 949 South Section. A. W. Jones’s Pepso.dent .... 9SO W. Grey’s My Mistake 080 A. Pegley’s Dum Dum 9SO B. Pegley’s Tommy Logan .. 970 L. Newell’s Star 07 6 H. Woods’s Wenderoe 974 L. Gay’s Spartan 968 W. Drury’s Fly Faster 947 S. Mallard’s Wee Gull 944 A. Fransden’s Fanny 940 P. O’Grady’s Le Fleur 928 A. W. Jones won "the nominated bird prize.