GREYHOUND RACING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22612, 28 December 1936, Page 13

GREYHOUND RACING

POPULARITY IN ENGLAND FIRST £IOOO EVENT DECIDED [from our own correspondent] LONDON, Nov. 28 Greyhound racing has become so popular m England that stake-money is graduallv increasing in amount. On November '2l at the White City, for tho lirst time in the history of the sport, ono race was worth £IOOO. Six greyhounds ran and owners paid £IOO to enter their dogs. The winner received £6OO and the second and third prizes were £3OO and £l5O respectively. The owner of the winning dog had spent over £IO,OOO on the sport since it first became popular nine years ago, and had never won an important race before. He was Mr. S. Rice, a bookmaker. It was a terrific race, in which Fine Jubilee, one of the outstanding (loirs in England, appeared to have matters well in hand. A collision occurred between two doi's alter they had covered about 220 of the 550 yards, allowing tho outsider, Safe Rock, to go to the front and stay there. _ Part of the grandstand at the White Citv is enclosed and centrally heated, and between the races men and women, mostly in evening dress, linger over an excellent dinner. Two totalisators are hamlv for their use. One of the largest crowds over to attend a greyhound meeting—about 30,000—was present to see the £IOOO event decided.