THE PIGEON MATCH. HAMLEY V WAIKATO GUN CLUR.
AiTHOUQ* the weather was threatening*, there was a fair master of person's* present^ yesterday afternoon, at Mr Cla&de's farm, Hamilton, lo wituess the great pigeon match of the season. As only seveti instead of eight of the Hamley Gan Club were able to attend, one member was dropped from the Waikato team. The shooting commenced at two p.m. The day was good for shooting, there being neither san nor wind, and the pigeotis rose rery much as if they were rather i n ctined to become the future occupants of & pie than that they had any wish to return unharmed to their own cote, one indeed, after being twice fired at and very slightly, if at all wounded, flying right into reach of the shootest who knocked him, down with the butt end of his gun. Another bird det Trained that Waikato should have every chance, * hen bit and quite able to have flown out3ide the bounds, quietly flew into the refreshment tent and was incomently followed op And slaughtered by the marksman who waa juat pboufc to give him up for a bail job. The'following are the scores.
THE Dinner. At • Imlf-past aeven o'clock, upwards of forty gentlemen sat down to dinner in the long room at Gwynne'k Hamilton Hotel, Mr 4u Cox acting as president, ami Mr Claude as vice. The dinner was given in boat Gwynne'B best etjle and wits Ci.lculuted to show our Auckland Yiaitors th«t «t> know h6\r to do (hiugh in VVaikuto. When the "cloth wan ic moved ft number of sjieeches were made, bot at the late hour at which the gueaie we must defer all farthev notice till our
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 587, 24 February 1876, Page 2
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400THE PIGEON MATCH. HAMLEY V WAIKATO GUN CLUR. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 587, 24 February 1876, Page 2
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