MONEY IN GREYHOUNDS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 139, 15 June 1931, Page 5

MONEY IN GREYHOUNDS

CHAMPIONS AS BARGAINS. A WINNER GIVEN AWAY. The fact that the owner of Goth, a champion greyhound hurdler that has raced in Ireland and England, should refuse £550 for the dog, reminds a Lon don writer that greyhound racing provides remarkable opportunities for small owners to achieve both fame and fortune on tho track. Opportunities are perhaps greater on the greyhound racing track than on the turf, for the feeding and training of a racing dog -works out at not more than £1 per week on tracks licensed by the National Greyhound Racing Club. Mick the Miller, twice winner of the Derby, was bred by an Irish priest, who sold him for £B5O. Mick was later bought by its present owner, Mrs. A. Kempton, for the record price of £2OOO. and has won for her over £3500 in prize money. Maiden’s Boy was sent over to England, from Ireland, to see what h<could do. He came unheralded, but he immediately showed championship form and his fortunate owner finally sold him for £750. Since that time Maiden’s Boy has won £2,200 in prize money. The owner of Barney Gugger, dis gusted with the running of the dog, gave it away, and to his chagrin saw it become a. popular winner on the Wolverhampton track. Mad Oyster and Spoil the Pocket, both well known win ners, cost originally £2 Jos and £5 respectively, while Leech, a white greyhound, once very popular in London, was bought for £7 as a puppy. A remarkable case is that of Golden Hammer. Bought on a street corner for £2, he won several races at Wembley. Perhaps the lottery of greyhound own ing is best illustrated by the luck of a Manchester man, who won Longbridge. a greyhound puppy, in a shilling “sweep.” In 18 months the dog won him £2OO in prize money and became one of the most popular hounds in the North of England.