Excitement at the Tin Hares

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 143, 7 September 1927, Page 10

Excitement at the Tin Hares

Excitement was intense at tn» greyhound trials at Epping one night last week. One dog was killed and others had narrow escapes. The ilog which was killed had never chased the hare at Epping before, and immediately the door was opened for the field t ostart he dashed round the wrong way. Officials with whips tried, without avail to stop him. He galloped at full speed straight at the oncoming quarry. The stuffed animal struck him on the neck, breaking it, pitching him several yards into the air. The impact could be plainly heard all over the ground. The dog lay where he fell without a move, and was quickly carried from the track. UNDER THE IRON Another dog shortly after the start of a course leaped on to the protecting iron, over the motor, which carries the hare along, and raced along the top for

Starting Time There will be 50 minutes between the third and fourth race at Wanganui to-morrow to allow of the two-year-old parade being got off. Valuable Youngsters Injured Two of J. Lowe’s valuable juveniles. Jet Black and Salt Petrel were returned to Trentham on Monday owing to receiving slight injuries in their boxes. Therefore they are not starting in the Debutante Stakes on Saturday. Flying Binge will be the only stable representative in that affair. Home of the St. Leger The St. Leger, the last of the big three-year-old classics in England, comes up for decision to-day at Doncaster, and the result wil< be to hand to-morrow morning. This distance race for three-year-olds is popularly supposed to extend over a mile and three-quarters, but the exact, distance is 1 mile 6 furlongs and 132 yards. The famous Doncaster course is nearly two miles round, being 1 mile 7 furlongs 116 yards in circumference, or 74 yards short of the two miles. The course is a left-handed one. A straight mile track is one of the features of the convincing ground at Doncaster.

about 50 yards. Tie was then chased down, and continued to go after the hare.

Some time later a greyhound ran under the iron on the outside, near the wheels of the motor. The machine was slowed down, and the dog then quickly came out from his hiding place. He was lucky to escape the wheels of the motor. When the motor was slowed down a dog caught, up to the hare and ran round to the front of it. Just as he did so, the machine sped on again, and bowled him over. He was not hurt:, and continued :.n the hunt. More excitement was caused when another dog placed his front paws on the iron and grazed into the air, as the machine approached. The iron bar struck him on the back legs, throwing him to the ground, but he escaped without injury. There also were fights between dogs. Four fought in one course. They kept the track officials busy

New Zealand Cup After the first payment in the New Zealand Cup, Footfall retains his position as straight-out favourite, but is joined by Star Stranger, both being quoted at as much as four points shorter than Beacon Light, Count Cavour, Piuthair and Te Monanui, with Degage and Rapier another couple of points away at the head of the remainder. A Handy Pair A. Morrow sends Wyoming along on every favourable opportunity and his charge is benefiting by the work allotted him. Wyoming does not relish soft going and even though he raced prominently in the mud at the Pakuranga meeting, he was not at home under those conditions and the suggestion is offered that had he been racing on top of the ground he would have been hard to keep out of a place. Given firm ground in future events Wyoming is likely to hustle matters in whatever he tackles. Storm Fiend in the same stable has demonstrated that he is by no means a slow coach but in bis few attempts his failures were due to lack of experience. Should Storm Fiend’s connections decide to give* the son of Swift Flight a chance to become accustomed to the racing game before unduly hurrying: him, it is probable that he will turn out something got d. Both Wyoming and Storm Fiend are a pair that the average man would like to have in his back yard and they should henceforth pay their way. Australian Hurdles Not many will disagree with the following opinion expressed by “Vedette”: The class of horse racing over hurdles in and around Sydney improved a little some time ago, but apparently it has deteriorated again, for by no stretch imagination could Asleep be rated as more than barely useful. There is always the off-chance that he has thrived on the Australian air. but much improvement in an aged gelding being unlikely, the only logical conclusion, is that the opposition on Saturday was very poor. However, Asleep has won two hurdle races in less than a fortnight for the Wcllingtonian, Mr. 11. Stanbridge, and that is the chief thing that matters. A. D. Webster, like J. M. Cameron, with two winners, has a good start.