Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-13
REMARKABLE FLYING.
Mine Birds Go 500 Miles in the Day
Under Adverse Conditions.

To fly 500 miles in day Is a feat which
decidedly few homing pigeons can accom-
plish In the most favorable weather, but
last Saturday nine birds belonging to local
fanciers established their gameness with
out a doubt when they covered this dis
lance under adverse conditions.
Two hundred and ninety-nine birds were
shipped June A to Vaudeville. S. c., and
were ordered liberated by the race commit
tee of the Washington district Saturday,
southerly wind and fair weather having
been predicted. They were released by Mr..
w. L. Tatem. whose untiring efforts had
been the means of keeping the birds in ex-
cellent condition. who wired: Birds liber-
ated 4:1O: weather fine" Fair weather,
with excellent winds, prevailed throughout
South Carolina and the southern part of
Virginia, but showers extended to the coast
in North Carolina. while a local thunder
storm in the afternoon caused the wind to
shift from the southwest to the northwest
at home which shattered the hopes of get
ting "one"-day birds, but at 5:34 two birds
arrived, one to the loft of Messrs. Henges-
bach q tombstone, and the others TO
the loft of M. W. F. Dismer. fol-
Harmon, while five others to Messrs. Hem
gesbach & tombstone and one to Mr.. VIM.
Cross came in later. The following is the
average speed per minute of the returns or
the first day, and also the entries: Eleven,
w. F. Dismer, 1,106 yards; thirty-seven,
Hengesbach & tombstone. 1850 yards; six
teen, A. C. Harmon, 1,022 yards; thirty
seven, Hengesbach & tombstone, 1,Ol6
stone 992 yards; thirty-seven, Henges-
bach & tombstone, $50 yards; eleven, VIM.
Cross, 976 yards; thirty seven, Hengesbach
& tombstone, day record; thirty-seven,
Hengesbach & tombstone, day record.
The following Is the average speed per
minute and entries of the first return to
each loft on the second day:
Entries, q, Phil Kraus, 5sS yards; g., X.
R. Ashworth, 57S yards; 10, Walter Nor
wood, 573 yards; IA, H. c. Wall, 565 yards;
10, Jas Greenwood, 563 yards; A. VIM.
Boyd. $40 yards; A. Chas. Rupert, %
yards; 8, Howard E. Donath, SOB yards; 10,
second day; 10, John Peabody, second day;
IA. W. H Sarton, second day; q, w. J.
Toy. second day; s, w. F. Thili, second
day; p, r. A. Hunt. no report: 8, Harry
Pennington, no report; 6, Downing d vol
land, no report.
In addition to the above the following
number of birds were reported in time for
record: W. f. Dismer, 3; A. @. Harmon, 4;
Phil. Kraus, 8; r. R. Ashworth. 2; Walter
Norwood 1; H. c. Wall, 3; Jas. Green
wood, 3; John Peabody, 4; w. H. Sarton, g.;
w. ]. Toy, 3, and w. F. Thill, 1.
Messrs Hengesbach & tombstone had the
misfortune to have the hands of their timer
catch which not only causes them to lose
the first diploma, but the average speed
diploma for the series of races as well,
they having been in the lead for this before
this race. The first three in the lead for the
average speed diploma are: w. f. Dismer
117G yards; Ingesbach & Josnstone, ,167
yards; A. c. Harmon, 1, 147 yards. Mr.. JAS
F'laherty gets only second day record for
having failed to return his timer within
the specified time.
This race closes the regular series Of
races, which has been the most successful
ever flown by local club and will proba-
bly, stand for some time to come. Two rec
ords were broken: The 4OO-mile and the
average speed, the latter by over $50 yards.
Next Wednesday several members will
ship to the GOO-mile station in an endeavor
to win the national average speed diploma
for which they have an excellent chance.