PIGEON FLYING
SATURDAY’S RESULTS The North Shore Pigeon Racing Club's third young bird race from Te i Kuiti (airline 106 miles) on Saturday, I was won by Mr. H. E. Crowhurst’s g p li Darlingion, with a velocity of 1,291 yards a minute; Mr. E. Andrew's vv c White Imp (1,211 yards) second; Mr. S. Gorman's b c c William Tell (1,209 yards) third. The Northern Racing Pigeon Club’s race from Te Kuiti (airline 105 miles) was won by Mr. Shields’s b c h Logan Oween, with a velocity of 1,350 yards a minute: Mr. F. Coster’s b c h Reliance (1.340 yards) second; Mr. Walker’s b c Ascot Star (1,336.7 yards) third. The Avalon Flying Club’s young bird race from Oliakune (airline 186 miles) was won by Mr. H. Clay’s b c c Claymore, with a velocity of 1,382 yards a minute; Mr. A. Davis’s v c c Snow Burner I. (1,279 yards) second; Mr. J. Waddell’s r c p c Lord Runaway 11. (1,371 yards) third. The Cornwall Club’s first classic race for young birds, from Taumarunui, was won by Mr. R. Fullerton’s blk li Lady Medallist, with a velocity of 1,259 yards a minute; Mr. A. Bedford’s b c c h Back Slider (1,233 yards) second: Mr. R Wattam’s b c li Miss Tinsley (1.210
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 289, 27 February 1928, Page 14
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