GREYHOUND RACING.
MONKEYS ACT AS JOCKEYS. (Received Wednesday, 11.0 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. An innovation was provided in the greyhound races when 1 in two events dogs were ridden by specially trained monkeys. The first, event was a hurdle race, and the second a fiat race. In both races the monkeys retained their mounts. One dog after the race cleared a six-foot gate, but the jockey refused to be shifted.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, 21 December 1927, Page 5
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