WHIPPET RACING.
GATHERING IN WELLINGTON. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Oct. 13. The whippet racing season opened in Wellington on Saturday, the principal result being as follows: WELLINGTON CUP, 130 yards: Mr T. H. Brewer’s THE BREWER (11yds) 1 Mrs Barnes’s GLENROSSIE (9yds) 2 Mrs F. H. Brewer’s FORTY WINKS (10yds) 3 Time, 8 l-ssec. The winner hails from Invercargill and the second dog from Palmerston North. In taking delivery of the silver cup, Mr Brewer said that whippet racing was the finest sport in the world. Patting his dog’s head, he said: “You can safely put your money on these fellows. They do not talk and there is no one on their backs to guide them.” \
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 270, 14 October 1929, Page 8
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