PIGEON RACING
• • • ? • T • •• - Waipukijr4U Ciijb Opens Season WAIPUKURAU, Last Night. The Waipukurau Homing Pigeon Olplj Qpened its seasop. successfully 'at the week-epd, with a. race fqr yeariingp from Shannon to Waipuk'urau, a distance of 70 mjles as the pigeon liies. Forty-seven pigepns, representiug eight lofts, were penned. They were liberated at Shannon by the railway stationinaster at 9 a.m. in sunpy, caiiji weatjier. As oouditions were fayourable at Waipukurau 'also, it was expected tjaat fast times would be recorded So it proved, the winning bird, Mr F. J. Fraser's "Tbree Ones" doing the jojjrney in one hpur, 22 ininutes and two seconds. The new timing elpeks, in use for the first time, gaye entire satisfaction, repording the time to a second. Results: — F. J. Fraser's B.C.H., Wpk. JiJ "Three Ones," 1503 yards per minute (time Ihr. 22njin. 2sec) 1 F. R. Lucas's B-C.H. Wpk 9 — 1502 yd3 per min. (Ihr 22min 41sec) 2 T. Spencer's B.C.H. Wpk 37 "Dusky Eye" 1501 ydg per min (lhr 22min 43sec) .. 3 Also started: R. Shaiid's R.C.H. Wpk 290 (lhr 22mm 53sec) ; H. M. Denne's B.C.H. Wpk 286 (lhr '23min. 29se.c) ; B. Norris's R.C.C. Wpk 22 (1 hr 26min 4sec) ; F. Chapman's B.W. F[C. Wpk 187 (lhr. 29min. 27see).
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 169, 4 August 1937, Page 12
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