PIGEON RACING
MASTERTON , SENIOR CLUB.
The Masterton Racing Pigeon Club (senior), fIeAV the second race of the season from Te Kuiti on Saturday, an airline distance of 190 miles. TAventynine birds Avere liberated and flew against a strong soutli-Avest Avind. The first five placings Avere: —F. Harding’s “White Tail,” 943 yards per minute, 1; W. Steer’s “Red Pied,” 942 yards per minute, 2; F. Pool’s “Xerophthalmia,” 936 yards per minute, 3; C. J. Douglas’s “Highland Lassie,” 869 yards per minute, 4; J. A. Bock’s “American Beauty,” 837 yards per minute, 5. The next race Avill be from Frankton Junction, 232 miles airline. JUNIOR CLUB. The Masterton Junior Homing Pigeon 'Club fIeAV an old-bird race from Taumarunui (a distance of 150 miles) on Saturday, under very bad Aveather conditions. OAving to late liberation the birds did not arrive until early the next morning. The first eight places Avere filled as folloAvs (12 members competed with 29 birds)C. W. Adams’s “Speed King,” 1; M. C. Cole’s “Blue Dash,” 2; G. Chapman’s “Nigger Minstrel,” 3; W. L. Orsborn’s “Iron Duke,” 4; R. Hintz’s “Speed,” 5; W. H. Johps’s “Pinto,” 6; J. Wickens’s “Lazy Daisy,” 7; I. Wickens’s “Demon,” 8. The next race Avill be held from Petone on Saturday.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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206PIGEON RACING Wairarapa Daily Times, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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