PIGEON FLYING.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20234, 12 May 1931, Page 7

PIGEON FLYING.

SHOW RACE. The Ghristchurch Poultry, Pigeon, and Canary Qinb flew- off . its annual show race from'Blenheim'on Saturday, 161 young birda competing. Very keen interest was •; taken by the competitors as this particular race had more lofts represented than any com . bined race ever flown before to Ghristchurch. Tho birds, which were in the care of Mr J. H. Morrison,' wero liberated at 0.59 a.m. in fine weather-and a light nor'-west wind, which changed to a nor'-easter as the birds neared home. . The winner of the Brst an<| special'prize turned out to be Dr. M. Brown's No. 352, which traversed tho distance of 162 miles 1463 yards air-line in 4hr 55min 69sec. The following is the velocity recorded by each owner's bird:— Yds. per mln. Dr. M. .Brown's No. 352 ■ • £6B Dr. A. O. McKillop's No. 71-' •- 063 F.. O. Dunne's No. 618 '' R. W. Bradley's No. 008 •• 053 F. Kingsford's No. 11 •• j™;} 11. J. Wood's No. 107 •• L. Wiltshire's No. 3W " •• H. W. Rule's No. 783 •• ' 9«1 L. A. Wreun's No. 480 • • Miss E. Murray's No. la-l •• S G. Mallard's No. 6 •• J. I-litchings' No. 63 •• G. Willeox's No. 538 •• "J" A. Buckley's No. 835 * • S. G. Brister's No. 441 • • ' P. C. Crooke's No. 453 . •• W. Unwin's No. 567 ■ " Irk Margetts and Sons's No. --11 • • A. W. Jones's No. 14 -• "J L; F. Rolton's No. 417 ''' «2n H. F Evans's No., 271 ' • • Cannell and Stobert's No. ,401 V'.'lSgP. Chambers's N0.;156 " o"r F. W Robertson's No. -i- •• G. Robertson's No. -360 . •• g-J} F. B. Patterson's No. J Sparkes' N0..378 " • . 0 Martin's No. -08 •• • A. WilloUghby s N°._ 166 . E. B. French s No. 747 8 W. C, Drury s No.-160 The special nominated Wd 'prkes were W on by P F. Kingsford's No. 11, and Hargetts and Sou s No. -34.