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    Greyhound Racing And Breeding (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)
    Greyhound Racing And Breeding (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)
    Greyhound Racing And Breeding (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)
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    Greyhound Racing And Breeding (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic)

    By A. Croxton-Smith

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    This scarce early work on greyhound racing and breeding was originally published in 1927. It is now very hard to find in its first edition, and consequently increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS have republished it using the original text and photographs as part of their CLASSIC BREED BOOKS series. The author was a well known dog book writer of his day, with his main interest being dogs of a sporting variety. This well researched book will prove of much interest to all with an involvement with greyhounds. Its hundred pages contain nine Detailed chapters, all well illustrated with vintage black and white photographs: How the Sport Originated. Method of Conducting Meetings. System of Handicapping. How to Choose a Dog. The Cost of Racing a Dog. Behind the Scenes. How to Start a Kennel. The Fastest Animal. Heroes of the Track. Rules of the Greyhound Racing Association. Etc. In addition to being a fascinating read for any greyhound enthusiast, the book also contains much information that is still practical and useful today. Many of the earliest dog breed books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. VINTAGE DOG BOOKS are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMar 11, 2011
    ISBN9781446545003
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      Greyhound Racing And Breeding (A Vintage Dog Books Breed Classic) - A. Croxton-Smith

      GREYHOUND RACING AND BREEDING

      CHAPTER I

      HOW THE SPORT ORIGINATED

      As in the case of so many other things, the germ of greyhound racing as a sport was planted in England, but fructified elsewhere. We seem to have a national genius for invention or discovery, though frequently we have failed to make a practical use of ideas that have brought prosperity to others.

      Having been told that some bright spirit was responsible for starting greyhound racing meetings in a field near the Welsh Harp, Hendon way, fifty years ago, the hare being propelled by a windlass worked by hand, I made it my business to turn up contemporary records, so that the facts could be given to the public. The following account is from The Times of September II, 1876, under the heading of Coursing by Proxy;—

      "To see a pack of greyhounds in pursuit of their prey, it will not in future be necessary to wait for the close of the year, or to repair to some remote moorland country, and there to bide one’s time in cold and damp weather for the chance of obtaining a momentary glimpse of the hounds in full chase. Thanks to an ingenious mechanism, it will soon be possible to see this any day in the year, and within less than an hour’s journey from the heart of London. In a field near the Welsh Harp, at Hendon, a course has, in fact, been already laid, off for hunting an ‘ artificial hare’

      "For a distance of 400 yards in a straight line, a rail has been laid down in the grass. It is traversed through its whole length by a groove, in which runs an apparatus like a skate on wheels. On this sort of shuttle is mounted the ‘artificial hare’ It is made to travel along the ground at any required pace, and so naturally to resemble the living animal that it is eagerly pursued by greyhounds. On Saturday afternoon, at half-past three o’clock, a trial was made of the new mechanical arrangement. A considerable number of persons were present.

      "Although within a short distance of the Welsh Harp, the field is hid from neighbouring houses by a railway embankment, and is quite secluded. The whole scene was that presented by a racecourse. The rail over which the sham hare runs is hid in the grass, and the windlass by which the apparatus is moved does not catch the eye of the spectator. When the hour came all that was seen was the ‘artificial hare’ bounding out, quite naturally, like the real animal, from its bag, and followed at once by the hounds, like so many kittens after a cork. It was amusing to watch the eager greyhounds in their headlong race, striving in vain with all their might to overtake the phantom hare, which a touch of the windlass could send spinning like a shadow away out of their reach.

      The new sport is undoubtedly an exciting and interesting one. It is, perhaps, entitled to the commendation bestowed upon it by the promoters. ‘It is’ they say, ‘well worthy of the attention of the opponents of sports involving cruelty to animals, as it will afford an innocent recreation to all, without the faintest shadow of the reproach of cruelty attaching to it’ As a minor recommendation, we are told that it supplies a means of training greyhounds, but its usefulness in this respect remains to be proved. In the course of recent trials of the apparatus, it is stated that the hounds succeeded more than once in catching the hare, which they tore into shreds with destructive fury. Whether this is to become a part of future performances we do not know

      It is appropriate that another letter from The Times of June 30, 1927, should be given as an addendum to the above. Mr. Philip E. Noble, Jesmond Dene House, Newcastle-onTyne, wrote :—

      The statement is made in the article in your issue of June 25th that Mistley can claim to have won the first greyhound race after the mechanical hare ever held in this country. Mr. William Hedley-Dent, of Shortflatt, the son of Mr. Edward Dent (the breeder and trainer of Fullerton), furnished me with the following particulars with regard to his father’s first success with greyhounds. Mr. Edward Dent won the Kingsbury Stakes of the mechanical hare meeting held at the Welsh Harp, Hendon, October 14, 1876. The name of the greyhound was Charming Nell, by Bacchanal out of Canonbie. With regard to this bitch his diary reads: ‘Bought Charming Nell at Aldridge’s for 10s. 6d. Coomassie sold to Caffley same sale for 10s. 6d. (won two Waterloo Cups).

      It is unnecessary to make comment upon the quaint phraseology of the reporter of 1876. Clearly, he was not a sporting man, or he would have avoided speaking of a pack of greyhounds nor would he have used some of the other terms that sound strange to anyone concerned with coursing.

      The venture of fifty years ago was not a success for various reasons, and, so far as I can ascertain, it died in an untimely manner, and the corpse was not revived until within the last seven years, when, it appeared in America. There, no doubt stimulated by the atmosphere that makes men live half as quickly again as in Europe, it exhibited symptoms of a healthy vigour, and, to drop hyperbole and come to commonplaces, the sport proved so attractive that twenty tracks are now in operation. The fact that it has continued for so long seems to indicate that it has a promise of permanency, and is not merely one of those ephemeral crazes that capture the popular interest for five minutes, and are then forgotten.

      A year or two before America succumbed whole-heartedly to the fascinations of the game some Americans came over here and tried to obtain the support of prominent British sportsmen, in the hope of opening tracks in England. They were acting on behalf of a company in California. As there was nothing doing they went home again. Having tried and proved it on the other side, . Mr. Charles Munn renewed the onslaught on England two years ago, at first failing to meet with encouragement. Then by a happy chance he met Major L. Lyne Dixson, a well-known coursing judge and enthusiast, who was at once impressed by the possibilities offered. He proceeded to interview his coursing friends, most of whom threw cold water on the scheme, which was so alien from the form of sport pursued with greyhounds in this country

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