Feilding Homing Pigeons
PLIGHT FROM FRANKTON The results of the pigeon flying conducted by the Feilding Club on Saturday from Frunkton Junction, were as follow:—
R. Mackintosh’s Lonesome, velocity 1081.2 yards per minute, 1; E. Peterson’s Felix, 877.5 yards, 2; F. Spooner’;; Black Pied, cock, 802.02 yards, 3.
The winner was in the loft an hour before any of the others. One of the birds did not get home until Monday morning. A heavy wind had prevailed. Next Saturday’s 'race will be from Auckland, a distance of 235 miles as the pigeons fly.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7278, 4 October 1933, Page 3
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93Feilding Homing Pigeons Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7278, 4 October 1933, Page 3
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