PIGEON FLYING.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 925, 21 November 1933, Page 2

PIGEON FLYING.

Somerfield Club Holds Races. Jf acin S Pigeon Clubs flew the first of a series of north races from Culverden, when 105 i f ds, i«l epr * sentin& thirty-one lofts, wfnrt at , t-- 53 to a north-east wind. The birds had the advantage of T- lnd and with some fast velocities. Results:— yds per A. Walker’s Mounty I*44*l* 1 J. Hamilton’s Old Soldier 3 34S'o W. OclcweU’s Swift Cloud 1340^04 S. Wright s Blue Bart 1337 6 R. Hale’s Halo 1336.4 J. Mowbray’s Carry On 1332 3 M. Hammett’s White Streak . . 1321.09 r. Darling’s Surprise 1320.9 Cooper ?nd Henry’s Lancaster 1319.07 Brittan Bros.’s Rascal 1313.9 J. Golding’s Red Ensign 1253.8 The nominated bird prizes were won by W. Ockwell and Brittan Bros. Second Race. On Saturday the club forwarded 125 birds, representing thirty-three lofts, to Parnassus. The birds were liberated at 12.30, with a light north-west wind. Results:— ___ min. s. Wright’s Blue Bart 1309.1 .1. Mowbray’s Winsome 1244.1 R. Hale’s Halo 1235.7 A. Willcock’s Lucky Star .... 1233.9 A. Thomson’s Grunter 1219.1 T. Darling’s Surprise 1218.3 S. Plumridge’s The Rake 1216.4 B. Stewart’s Foghorn 1212.4 A, Walker's Limerick 1201.2 Cooper and Henry’s Aussie . . 1194.5 R. Blackmore’s Call Boy .... 1191.4 A. Adam’s Blue Boy 1183.2 F. Ockwell’s King o’ the Mist 11. 1179.1 S. Wright won the nominated bird prize.