PIGEON-RACING
The last "old bird race" was flown from Napier on Saturday by the Hutt Valley Homing Pigeon Society, for Mr. W. Cotton's trophy, each loft being limited, to one bird. , The results were (estimated air-line 361 miles): A. and J. Booth's Craganour, 4hr. 26min. lsec. 1; W. J. Smith's Redfern, 4hr. 27min., 2; Whitehead and Booth's Boomerang, 4hr. 31min. 30sec., 3; W. and L. Booth's Destroyer, 4hr. 32min. 4sec.: E. M'Mahon's Silver Knob, 41ir. 35m'in. 37sec.; England and Hudson's Hum, 41ir. 40min. Following are the leaders for the aggregate pointsWhitehead and Booth, 22; AV. and L. Booth,. 20i; A. and J. Booth, 16J; E. M'Mahon, 13: England and Hudson, 13. The first young bird race will be flown early in February next.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 3
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123PIGEON-RACING Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2636, 6 December 1915, Page 3
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