PIGEON FLYING.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10065, 5 February 1909, Page 2

PIGEON FLYING.

TJn> Noi-llt Otajjo .I'i'komii Myintf I'M flow ;i race from Diinodiri, an iiirlitu' 'l"' tanco of 59 niilus, yc'sld-d'ay. Mr Tull' 1 * field, i.l' llio Ihinedin Club, lihornh'il I'f birds in a sti-jiiiL' jN.Iv wind. Mr ( 't cull, kindly acted an tiiii...|(,. T |»T. ' l1 " following lire, tin? result* :—• V. Conr>or'« Austral (imp.), H7H.viln Ofl 3in per minute ■•■ ' .T. KobcrlHoir M (lobl .Modal, JKJU.y.I.-. Oil 2in per miiiiilo ■■■ l J. and I 'K. Bailor's Hold Ocsl, 7!>!l.V'lf 2ft 7in pin- niinuti! ■ ■ j The Chil) attempted to fly Xapirr, a» nirlino distance of 500 mile's, InM w.™; Five members entered 10 birds, wlm* were liberated by Mr J). tt. l'' li "& 2 Napier, who wired, "Liberated binltt 4.* a.m., X.K. wind, fine -wealher." '' Couper's Sportsman, the. only arrivnl, ** timed in. early on die third 'iiKirniiif.', I |l|V ' ing taken 33 bourn to covin- the ilirtniit*; •Sportsman wur bred' by the ownor '** year, from Huntsman, ex Queens™* rbe above is the longest dislniirn }'" flown by tho <?lub. Thin iwnelwli* «i« schedule of old birds' races.