BRAZEN ATTEMPT TO DOPE
PILL GIVEN A RACING GREYHOUND. (Rec. January 31, 11.30 p.m.) Sydney, January 31. A brazen attempt to dope a racing greyhound at Mascot to-day resulted in • a stern chase and the capture of afugi-. tive, who turned out to be W. Coventry,the owner of another dog. Coventry was disqualified by the coursing authorities. fog life. Coventry was observed pattingj a dog named Irish Castle. At the same time he gave it a piece of meat. The owner, who was standing nearby, saw what had happened and made the dog drop the meat, inside of which was a white pill. Coventry ran, but several voices shouted “Stop,” and then Coventry ran straight into the arms of a course detective.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 109, 1 February 1929, Page 3
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