PIGEON RACING
The Dunedin Homing Pigeon Club flew a flock race from Parnassus on Saturday. The station master liberated 120 birds, representing 18 lofts. The weather was fine with no wind, and the birds put up a good flight. The winning bird flew the 265 miles in 6hr 16min at a velocity of 1,245yds per minute. Results: J. Ramsay’s Redwing 1, J. Taylor’s Belmonte 2, J. Scoullar’s Lovelace 3, C. Macfarlaue’s Bonnie Crewe 4, W. Hargreaves’s Erak and T. Tonks’s Outlaw (equal) 5
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Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 8
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83PIGEON RACING Evening Star, Issue 23700, 7 October 1940, Page 8
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