Show grey greyhound aund hc racing e ing A growing sport numerous kennels throng gu out country provide stock i for track use greyhound racing which in england a and ireland lures more patrons than horse racing or any other sporting activity is fast coming to the front in this country as a major sports attraction according to the gaines doc dog research 1 center new york city at the present time there are 18 dog tracks in operation in the united states and over racing kennels whose dogs appear at these tracks owned by approximately 2500 fanciers around greyhounds Grey hounds are in training at all times with an equal number of breeding animals and youngsters at home in the kennels breeding fine racing greyhounds Grey hounds has proven a profitable occupation well bred pups bring high prices to 1500 and exceptionally promising young stock has brought as much as most of racing greyhounds Grey hounds are raised in the west by farmers who breed a litter or two a year as a hobby or sideline to their regular farming activities recent years have seen the establishment lish ment of numerous elaborate kennels built for the express purpose of raising racing greyhounds Grey hounds while breeding activities are centered in the middle west and west massachusetts has in the past 10 years come to the fore as a breeding state and now produces around 1000 racing dogs every year most greyhound track stars camj can trace their ancestry back to the 70 greyhound race at taunton mass do dog track same forebears as they are almost all of the same general bloodlines blood lines the names of famous greyhounds Grey hounds of the past appear in the pedigrees pedigreed grees over and over again making racing greyhounds Grey hounds practically all one 1 I large loosely knit family one 0 of the best known racing dogs of the j past century whose name appears j in many greyhound family trees was master mcgrath an irish dog I 1 ilis his picture was stamped on irish coins and a memorial statue of him was erected in ireland A name which shows in the i grees of nearly 65 per cent of modern coursing dogs is that of mutton cutlet another irish dog and a prolific sire of racing champions pi ons the outstanding american sire of today is never roll who stands at the top of the current list of sires of track winners greyhound track racing started in this country about iboa 1906 the invention of the electric rabbit by owen patrick smith gave the sport its first genuine impetus smith promoted racing meets throughout the west and ati emery emeryville Emer ville california in 1919 the first really successful meeting was held by 1926 dog racing had achieved national prominence and its sponsors were reaping hand some financial rewards after smiths death in 1927 greyhound racing fell into the controlling hands of an unsavory group who all but ruined the sport although althou the dishonest element has long since been banished dog doc racing still suffers the effects of this his t un fortun ei period conducted under state sanction and supervised by state appointed regulatory bodies greyhound racing is actually one of the cleanest and fair fairest e st of all american sports the center states |