HOMING PIGEONS
MASTERTON CLUB. FIRST RACE OF YOUNG BIRD SEASON. The Masterton Homing Pigeon Club flew its first race of the 1942 young bird season from Woodville, an airline distance of 42 miles, on, Saturday. The ( first six club placings are: J. Mayes’s j Big Chief, 603yds per min., 1; R. Stew-1 art and Son’s Ambitious; 598yds per j min., 2; J. Mayes’s Black Chief. 593yds per min., 3; E. Wicken’s and Son’s Ramona, 590yds per min., 4; R. Stewart and Son’s Sea Mealie, 585yds per min.. 5; A. Pinkney’s Morning Light, 520yds per min., 6.
The fly-off for the two-bird nomination rose-bowl of the old bird season from Mercer was won by J. Mayes’s Red Chief. The next young bird race will be from Dannevirke.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 January 1942, Page 5
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126HOMING PIGEONS Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 January 1942, Page 5
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