COMEDY OF ELECTRIC HARE
TWO GREYMOUNDS STOP TO
FIGHT
Comedy entered into the first greyhound race in the Midlands, when the King's Heath course at Birmingham had a successful inauguration. Mr P. J. Hannon, M.P., started the first race, and the dogs were doing their utmost to catch the electric hare, when two of them decided that' it was a suitable time to adjust their private differences.
They came to grips and continued fighting while their rivals chased the elusive hare.
The question whether greyhound racing will make a popular appeal to the South of England has yet to stand the practical test, but an Islington minister, the Rev. Joseph Sheppard, is keen on the sport. ''The man in the street," he says, "demands fail' play for a hare, and many people will enjoy the excitement of greyhound racing because the electric hare will not be racing for his Mfe. "It is it good sport," he added. "I Jr/ve dogs, and I shall go and see greyhound racing. There is no cruelty. "Belling? Well, in the army men used to bet on what time my sennon would finish. You have got to have sport and betting."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 27 July 1927, Page 4
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196COMEDY OF ELECTRIC HARE Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 27 July 1927, Page 4
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