THE MECHANICAL PIGEON.

Dunstan Times, Issue 610, 26 December 1873, Page 2

THE MECHANICAL PIGEON.

A number of yen','cram avii'el thenselves of thiinvi‘vin n f \f> S. >. to witness, on T'mrsUy the 13th iu<t m‘, a trial of the substitute rfforre 1 to in this journal, *a few (1 ivs age, f>r pigs ei-gho iting. The weather wis p-opitioii, tin snort being favoured bv a f.-e ih win I fan the south. The arH is’al “ btr I ’ hj iviu , been place! i i pesitiei f>r ill ;ht, swiftly depirture on the wirl “pnll” being riven, and in a m inner that aeto lis’ie i even the most s isnti sal. S sve ■i! s v leastakes an I matches earns off. Amen ; the winners wo-.e Messrs. S G. S nith. Clayton, Blank an I Batohe'o", All present e<m e'se 1 hi ih approval of this strange invu 1 ion. During its cvreer in the air. the bird was guilty of innumerable vagaries—sometimes ascending with the s'eidy fli ;ht of a pigeon, sometimes resting on the wing like a hawk, darting forward in a s'raight line like a snipe ; and thus affording the very best practice for educating the hand and eye. Wo «n lerst.and it is intends Ito anange for several matches during the coming holidays, when sportsmen an I others will have further opportunity of witnessing the successful manner in which the mechanical bird performs its part.— Guardian.