Dog Derby Sensation.

Mt Benger Mail, 16 September 1931, Page 4

Dog Derby Sensation.

ANGRY SURGING CROWD. i £500,000 RACE RE-RUN. AMAZING WHITE CITY SCENE. The most amazing scene in the history of greyhound racing, a scene in which nearly 70,000 people booed and shouted with anger, happened at the White City recently. Mick the Miller, the most most famous of all racing dogs, won the greyhound Derby. Then the joint favourite Hyland R. was disqualified, and the taee had to be rerun. In the end victory went to Seldom Led. “Wh.n the first Derby began 1 Mood beside Mrs Kemptom the owner of Mick the Miller, her husband, and her mother," says a Sunday Express 'correspondent. The great crowd had noon noised to a u've.r heat of excite ment and although the betting on Mick | the Miller was ‘‘evens." nearly half i a million pounds had been wagered on j the race. j There was a roar when the dogs star- | ted off. Hyland H., a large black dog I with white chest and white-tipped feet | was winning at an almost incredible speed until three quarters of the way round the course. The cheering rose to u crescendo of noise. Then at the first and second bends Hyland H. appeared to turn It is head to snap jii his challenger. Seldom Led. | This dog, in trying to avoid interference. bumped Mick the Miller. Mick the Milicr hesitated fur a second, and then recovered. The shouts • ‘‘Hyland H!" ‘‘Hyland H!” changed tii a tremendous road for Mick the Miller; “(’ome on, Mick!’’ He wou (by a short head from Golden Hammer. Mrs Kempston, owner of Mick the Miller, and her mother Slugged each ‘Slier. Then Mr Kemptnn, with a smile of triumph, embraced his wife, who was almost weeping with joy. The crowd cheered itself Imar.-e, But '!i idenly a death like silence settled “vor the 70.000 people. thi the nidij cater appeared a ml light flashing its j message of “Xu race," The red light j remained until it was finally replaced Iby the notice “No. 1’ disqualified." 1 No. £ wa- Hyland H. | idle crowd wa- numb, and then, when (realisation of what had happened j -wi pi through them, there was a storm jof booing, People were -o angry that j blows w- re .-truck. i A- the phra.-e “disqualified for light | tag" began to run from mouth to iiie übh, Mrs Kemptoii broke down and j sol-bed: “M:ik has won my daring j Mick has won hj s third Derby. 1 j don’t cure what happened. Mick has j won." Her dumbfounded husband i exelaimed angrily: "Scandalous! lbs- ! graceful! " | The stewards, who were mo-t attach |ed ;n aav wav to the Greyhound Rac j .;.A.- mi.on track, but had offered 1 their for Hie Derby, courage- ‘ on sly 'tuck ;o their v ew> that Hyland H. had liiiereterd and had broken the rates oi greyhound racing. i'he re ian began. But :t had no thrLi. Senium Led jump'd out of the trap and was ai front until the end, winning by four lengths,