Pleasant Grove Review | 1929-10-05 | Page 8 | Whippet Dog Racing to be State Fair Feature

WHIPPET DOG RACING TO BE STATE FAIR FEATURE ; : A - i - - ' f - " --1 . X? f-r White Rock, one of England's Fastest One of the most interesting innovations inno-vations ever offered in aw amuse- , mcnts will be an eight-day card of Whippet dog racing billed for the Utah State Fair, October 5 to 12. Six dog races will be held daily on a straight-away course in front of the grandstand. A minimum of six Whippets Whip-pets will be entered in each race. The racing animals will be brought to Utah under the auspices of the Columbus Co-lumbus Whippet Racing club of Co-, lunibtis, Ohio, which is said to have I the fastest track dogs in America. The club recently imported a number of animals from England, well trained and selected for speed record-making. It is said that dog racing is making big inroads on the horse racing patronage pat-ronage in Great Britain. Sportsmen find it even more exciting than the traditional jockey programs. It is also growing popular at an amazing rate in the larger eastern cities of America. The Utah fair will offer westerners their first card of this new and thrilling sport.