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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way Home from the Race

We were racing from 325 miles and I had an opal cock return in good time and eventually won the race. My most fancied candidate was late. It did come home in ten hours but had blood on its wing.

When I checked the injury I noticed a note attached to the band. The note said, "Sorry I am late but I was chased by a hawk and dropped in at the Husky Station for a cup of coffee." The Husky Station was a car service station in the Fraser River Valley and obviously someone there knew something about racing pigeons.

I never did find out who it was who cared for the bird but I was grateful. The bird had a successful racing career afterwards.

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