PIGEON RACING.
The members of the Christchurch Racing Pigecn Society recently flew a race from a new race point, namely Waiau, a distance of 70 miles. The race was a success ir. every way. Fortytwo birds were liberated by the stationmaster at 1.30 p.m. Mr R. A. Cooke's “Red Boa” flew the 6S miles 1563 yards airline in exactly two hours to win. The respective velocities were:—R. A. Cooke's “ Red Boa ” 1010.3yds per minute, X. M’Neish’s ” Ladycourt ” 998.3, Ilau L>rury's “ Silent Flight ” 994.6, T. V. Cooke’s “ Shot SiJk ” 989.7, C. Barker’s “Some Boy” 871.6. A. Trotter's “ Raylena ” 752.7, T. Thompson’s
“Red Duke” 672.2, T. Darling's “My Own ” 665.0, J. M’Lean’s “ Silent Flyer ” 667.2.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 708, 8 March 1933, Page 2
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113PIGEON RACING. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 708, 8 March 1933, Page 2
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