RACING GREYHOUNDS

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 28, 27 October 1932, Page 7

RACING GREYHOUNDS

Australian Thoroughbreds BOUGHT BY AMERICAN Dominion Special Service. Auckland, Oct. 25. Six thoroughbred racing greyhounds were housed in cages on the open-air tennis court of the Monterey when the . liner arrived from Sydney. They were purchased in Australia by one of the ■passengers, Mrs. Edith Miles, and on the- arrival of the vessel in America they will join the famous kennels established by Mrs. Miles and her husband, Mr. John E. Miles, at their home at. Miami, Florida. Airs. Miles and a cabin boy daily exercised the dogs on the boat deck during the voyage from .Sydney. .. One of” the greyhounds is Liquidate, winner of the New South Wales Derby, and the. two others have also demonstrated their worth on Australian greylfstind racing tracks. Three other dogs ifeught by Mrs. Mlles in Australia were sent to America by an earlier | boat. “Dog Racing Popular.” “It surprises me to hear, you have no dog racing or coursing in New Zealand,” said-Mrs. Miles.-■ “It is an immensely popular sport in; the United States au<T has*taken.’ou tremendously in Australia. There lire three dog -tracks in Miami, beaiitifully laid out with large grandstands equipped in the most modern style, together with clubhouses as beautifully furnished as any • home. They are situated right on the beach witli glorious ocean views, and the average attendance on race days is 10,000, very often a great deal larger.” Mrs. . Miles has an average kennel of 55 greyhounds at Miami, and in ten years she has won 89 cups and four Derbies. “Track racing, or tin hare racing as they amusingly call it in Australia, is the cleanest sport in America,” Mrs. Miles said. “We call them electric rabbits instead of tin hares. The game is very strictly conducted. On race night owners and trainers are not allowed to see their dogs from 6.30 until the last race is run. Prospects in New Zealand. “New Zealand ought to do well out of dog-racing. Your horses are a byword in America— Phar Lap was dearly loved by all American sportsmen—and I know that if you ever developed a racing dog you would do it properly. They have been breeding these dogs in Australia for some years now, and those which have.gone to America for racing have done very well indeed. There should be profit in breeding good dogs in New Zealand for export to America, but they must be first-class dogs, not just moderate.”