MASTERTON HOMING PIGEON CLUB.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3182, 6 May 1909, Page 5

MASTERTON HOMING PIGEON CLUB.

NOMINATIONS FOR LADIES' BRACELET. A meeting of the membeis of the Masterton Homing Pigeon Club was held last evening, in Mr R. B. Rosaon's rooms, when the nominations for the Ladies Bracelet race closed, eighty-one ' birds being entered. The first prize will be a handsome gold bracelet set with rubies and pearls, and the second prize a pretty gold brooch set with pearls. The prizes go to the ladies nominating the first and second birds, and the owner of the winning bird will take Mr J. Bradbury's trophy. The birds will be liberated at Palmerston North at 12.30 o'clock this afternoon. The following are the entries: —

Miss F. Marton's Deerfoot, Mrs J. H. Billington's Gilbert. Mrs 1. Hudson's Grannie Girl, Miss P. Billington's laurel, Miss B. Billington's The Pilot, Miss lorns' Optician, Miss Kobb's Appla Pie. Miss V. Edwards' Clarissa, Mrs F. King's Reward, Mrs H. Petersen's Mystify, Miss Hathaway's Maid of tlie Mist, Mrs W. Horton's Manchester, Miss Mace's Rothchild, Miss Mabel Sutton's Merry Widow, Miss Olive Gelc'thill's Brooklet, Mrs F. Holloway's The Dowager, Mrs L. Holloway's Pride of t'etone, Miss Kate Holloway's Premyslav. Miss A. Bradbury's Monarch. Mrs J. Bradbury senr'9 Royal Exchange, Mrs J. Bradbury junr's Jessie's Dream. Mrs J. Charters' Bullfinch, Mrs T. McCracken's Smokeless, Mrs A. Barker's Shamrock, Miss A. Williams Mistletoe, Mrs C. King's Overhaul, Mrs Sutton's Picket, Miss Keisenberg's Koyal Mail 2nd, Mrs E. H. Lett's Surf, Mrs D. M. Lett's Ironsides, Miss M. Lett's Lord Roberts, Mrs W. Uren's Foam, Miss R. Frost's Apolodoris. Mi3s E. Frost's Filtaway, Miss F. Hogg's First Mate, Mrs Campbell's Lady Paul, Mrs J. McHattieVForest Queen, Mrs W. Lett's Victor, Miss E. Miller's Provocation, Miss F. Millar's Lady Grace, Miss J. Miller's May Queen, MrsN. Millar's Starlight, Miss M. Leek's Valore, Miss E. Easthope's Blue Streak, Mrs W. Spackman's Rejector, Mrs L. Thompson's Handy Andy, Miss A.. Syverstr.n's Mrs Wiggs, Mrs F. B. Rosson's Erin-go-bragh, Miss K. O'Leary's Darby, Miss Olive Richards' The Duke, Miss Jessie Scott's Prince, Mrs W. Dowling's Dame Fortune, Mrs W. Dowling's Speedwell, Mrs H. Wilton's Swallow, Mrs H. Wilton's Progress, Mrs H. Wilton's Dreadnought, Miss E. Wilton's Black and White. Miss R. Wilton's Radium, Mrs J, Whech's Kopu, Miss H. Berry's Theodore, Mrs Thos. Braggins' Gravitation. Mrs J. Smith's Red Fern., Mrs F. Harding's Elect, Miss E. Harding's Substance, Mrs T. Hoar's Skyscraper, Mrs A. Hoar's Goldie, Mrs C. Church's Silverie, Mrs W. Percy's Apple Tart, Miss L. Gordon's North Mail 2nd, Miss A. Hansen's Grace Darling, Miss E. Morris' Autocrat, Miss E. Ward's Spotty, Mrs J. Dixon's Fairy Queen, Miss Edna Bannister's Dick Turpin, Miss Gladys Dixon's Ginger Ale, Miss Reardon's Blue Ribbon, Mrs Ashton's Dark Horse, Miss L. Reed's Silver Queen, Mrs P. L. Hollings' Star Queen, Mrs J. Cress' South Star. The bird 3 will arrive back in Maserton at about 1.30 o'clock, if the weather is fine.