HOMING PIGEON CLUB.
SECOND TIMARU RACE. The Homing Pigeon Olulb flow iiii, old bird race from Ti'misira v,eis tarda v. the contestants being ,f.lie No. 2 Sbiiitb. birds. The race was to have brem flown on Saturday, hart lowing to a leliiy .in. transit, the birds did not Yeaoh Tsma.ru in time, mid 1 were libera'ced at six a.m. on iSimdlay. Sixteen, birds, representing isix lofits, competed, and the was very interesting, two birds gett&ng a. break of an hlour amd a4hal on the-" third bird, w.hiVh was the only tother to larrivo on the d«y of libera> rtinn. The winning bird (vV. Brakes ("Skysial") covered the dißttvnce of 328 imffles airiSne im 9 hoiiais 20 nißni<ntes, the- second bird (J. Dixta« »"Orown, Derby") being only a. few second's 1 lyeihind. The following are the details:— Mr W. Drake's bhie. hew "Sky•sail." Sdiirg 20mim.. 1 Mr J. tXTximi's blue cock "Grown De,rbv," Shi* 21min. 2 Mr W. Sjoar's blue ■med cock : "Kfing Dick," llhirs lmiiw 3 The -Nk». 1 'Nortb-i bkd» are at present on. tliedt way to Pcraaiga (460 miles) for tblo longest North race-on the programme, j
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10494, 4 December 1911, Page 5
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189HOMING PIGEON CLUB. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10494, 4 December 1911, Page 5
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