SOCIAL MENACE.
Bishop Who Went To Dog Races. A GAMBLING CONCERN. LONDON, February 15. Numbers of prominent personages, including the Lord Mayors of Manchester and Cardiff and several bishops, denounced greyhound racing as a social menace at a largely-attended convention called by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Winston Churchill, and held at Westminster. The Bishop of Woolwich, Dr. W. W. Hough, described a visit he had paid to the Wembley greyhound race track attired in holiday garb.
He said: "I paid half-a-crown like the rest of the people there. The refreshment bars were crowded and 700 bookmakers were awaiting our money. There were no seats; it was simply a gambling concern. You become bored with dog racing—even the dogs are bored."
On several occasions the convention was in danger of ending in uproar. Finally it was decided to ask the Government to receive a deputation.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 39, 16 February 1928, Page 7
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