MASTERTON HOMING CLUB.
YOUNG BIRD MATCH.
A young bird race was Cown under the auspices of the Masterton Homing Pigeon Club from the Summit yesterday afternoon. The air-line distance is thirty miles. Ninety birds, representing fifteen lofts, competed, and the vaco was a very close one. The birds were liberated a't 1 o'clock, in perfect weather, and the winner arrived home at about 1.4.5 o'clock. The result was as follows : R. Person's ; "Tip-top," velocity 14.06- yards per minute, 1; W. Hoar's "Sky-scraper," velocity 1399 yards per minute, 2; J. Dixon's "Fidl Rate," velocity 1389 yards per minute, 3.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10173, 24 February 1911, Page 5
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98MASTERTON HOMING CLUB. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10173, 24 February 1911, Page 5
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