PIGEON FLYING
WANGANUI CLUB RACE FROM ASHBURTON The Wanganui Pigeon-flying Club held a race from Ashburton over the week-end, an airline distance of 323.3 miles. The birds were liberated by the stationmaster at 7.30 on Saturday morning, but owing to adverse weather conditions no birds arrived home on the day and tho winning bird arrived at 8.48 next morning, doing the distance in 14 hours 20min. 3sec. The following are tho detailed results in yards a minute:— E. A. Carveil’s Young Buckley, 660.6yd5. a minute I A. Watson’s Heard Laddie, 655.2 . 2 L. Edmonds’ Consistent, 652.8 .. 3 E. J. Douglas’ Always, 648.18 ... 4 W. Sunbourn’s Rusty, 642.36 .... 5 L. Rosemergy’s Indian Scout, 636.12 6 N. C. Barstow’s Fascination. 590.4 7 J. Dow’s Prussian King, 586.2 .... 8 A. Hope’s Hard Luck, 528.3 .... 9 T. Liddell’s Red Rollo, 525 19 J. A. Cook’s Old Timer, 500.6 .. .. 11 W. Fenton’s Brummy, 490.4 .. .. 12 The club will hamper this evening for tho Now Zealand Federation Yearling Championship from Wollsford.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 259, 2 November 1932, Page 9
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165PIGEON FLYING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 259, 2 November 1932, Page 9
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