HOMING PIGEON SOCIETY.
■'. : On Satnrday. the:.Wellington Homing Pigeon ■,>Society.;ilow a iafl&;Jroni -Marton, an ;. v distance of 91 miles. -.Fifteen.lofts sent ,li : ; sbirds,.-,which/<were -liberated .by.• the station- ■'; ■ .Waster * at-12.30 p<m'., the winning bird homing • .■ : at;.2.32 , .p.m. ">The race resulted as.follows:-: :-■ .; A; ::,Croskery's No.'. 198, velocity HOOyds.-.per ':.■:. minute, -A; -E* Gri£sths's . No.. 192, Telocity :.',■:. 1398 yds. per,: minute , ,' 2; J. "M. Clark's No.. 37, . velocity; 1332ydsi per niinute, 3; R; M'lntyro's .v'Nb.lTO.-Yelocity- 1382 yds;: per minute, 4; J; :■■ - Baker's No;' p 4o2;:.velocity: lMOyds. per minute, : ■-■. i 5 j'W.vßailey's NoV' 3, velocity 13G5yds. per min- .-'' Bte, 6. '-:■■. ; ■■-■'■'.■ ■■}■ ■■-, ■■: ..■-.,• : , :
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 9
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94HOMING PIGEON SOCIETY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 498, 4 May 1909, Page 9
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