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<br /> GREYHOUND USA Di cember 1988
<br /> ' with. Mother. Nature: :' ••-
<br /> , ..You cant fool w •i •
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<br /> that Dave Greig raced were Hasty Jet,
<br /> ' 'TAMPA, FL-The so-called -, r s Tiz So and in recent years Fast Profit•1. humane or animal societies always raise . ,� . ? ;• 'iv''."' ' ;� and the incredibly fast (before being•
<br /> two issues when going to battle against f hampered by injuries)Gold Price.Tex
<br /> the greyhound industry.The first issue
<br /> r Doi a r 5 Block is best remembered for racing the
<br /> and a very valid one - is the ' Jones family featuring Wonderland•i disposition of "retiring" greyhounds - „d
<br /> Sense _ Derby winner Ruth Jones and Hall Of
<br /> coming off the racetrack and of no value ei Q An Fames Onie Jones.But Tex raced many
<br /> for breeding purposes. I think the other top flight greyhounds including
<br /> humane societies would agree that our r*„�4y the aforementioned Sigma.
<br /> 1 industry is making progress in address- What pleases me most about these
<br /> ' in that unfortunate problem.
<br /> The W128g•d of Odds transactions is seeing that the tracks
<br /> i The second issue they raise is the use /� Is involved allowed the bookings to be
<br /> i of live lures or,a term I've seen a lot \....1's. _ J * transferred without which I'm sure no
<br /> 1 lately, live bait" in the training of , sales would have taken place.It is nice
<br /> greyhounds. If I may respectfully humane societies will go after fishermen Classic. Unlike Racey, Juliet is a true to see two men who devoted their lives
<br /> I disagree with my Greyhound USA for baiting their hooks with worms. 3/8ths dog,and l consider her afavorite to the greyhound business be able to'
<br /> colleagues, Don Hess and Jack Lowe, , for Derby Lane's Distance Classic this leave it with something through just
<br /> !' •• '•• coming winter. r ( r'. ...';
<br /> 1 I feel the greyhound industry was and g - •• • such a magnanimous gesture on the part
<br /> { is wrong to buckle under to the humane As already noted'elsewhere by col- The Tampa track has its share of of the tracks involved.
<br /> societies on this issue,to the point that• league Mike O'Keeffe this issue,Thun- ' • • • •
<br /> I most greyhound states now have, like derbird's Oshkosh• Racey added the I ridiculously named greyhounds.I won't I am dedicating this column to the
<br /> I Florida, specific laws against the Tampa Speed Classic(S/16ths) to the . go into a harangue on this subject as I memory of "Strawberry" Joe Wish •
<br /> practice. Distance Classic (3/8ths)'hc won two have in the past,but instead give you my natzki,who passed away in Tampa on•
<br /> • We've all heard by now about those weeks earlier.Unfortunately,fans in the 'two favorite examples''of.intelligent, Nov.16.Strawberry iOC was one of dog
<br /> greyhound people in the Jacksonville northeast or in South Florida won't get greatest fans and had been a
<br /> area who were recently caught(I think a chance to see this magnificent grey- ! greyhound names. regular at the Tampa and St.Pete tracks
<br /> "entrapped" is a better word) and • hound because the Tampa and Si.Pete �. 'witty, clever, creative, thoughtful
<br /> • it.pre you ready for this?BP's Imagh-
<br /> for-more than 40 years. But more
<br /> charged with the felony of training tracks have established policies of not oat and litter sister BP's Imaghostoo.' importantly, he was one of the finest•
<br /> i greyhound pups using "live bait." Let releasing dogs to compete in outside , C'mon,NGA,wake up! 'ti- "_ human beings to ever walk the face of
<br /> me go on record as saying I commiser- stakes. I won't even bother to editorial-' • • • the earth.The reach of his kindness and•
<br /> I ate •
<br /> with those people for having been ice on my feelings about that. • ; Two.veterans of the'greyhound generosity extended far beyond that
<br /> • the target of a state of Florida entrap- I had been looking forward to•the business, Dave Greig and R.L."Tex"• 8 y
<br /> y Block, recently sold their kennels and expected of any one person. He will be
<br /> menu that could have focused very easily Speed Classic because it seemed likely missed by everyone who had the
<br /> I •• on any of numerous others. that K's Broadway.after three imprcs- bookings.Both gentlemen have been a privilege of knowing him.You can bet.
<br /> j ' Any greyhound person who says he sive schooling wins and a five-length. credit to the greyhound game and l wish that Strawberry Joe will be the biggest.
<br /> , or she can maximize the potential of victory in his first official start, would them both the best in their retirement winner at that dog track in the sky.,.,
<br /> y their greyhound pups without the he ready to avenge his being outrun by ,. years. .. 1'
<br /> •utilization of live lure training is either Racey closing night at Derby Lane last 1 Among the many great greyhounds
<br /> 1 a hypocite or will discover that he or she rspring. But, alas, Broadway broke 1,.., ,., _._'
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<br /> is sending inferior greyhounds 10 the down in his second start just before the l,
<br /> . racetrack. And the latter is what our Classic was to begin. t
<br /> industry has done by kowtowing to the Oshkosh Racey, in his second start. •
<br /> animal societies on this issue. after winning the Speed Classic, broke I • .
<br /> What are NC talking about here when the Si'bills track record which had been
<br /> k- we say "lice lure" training? We are held by Sigma since 1983. then did it
<br /> talking about a rabbit, in most cases a again next time out.How Sigma's mark -
<br /> • jackrabbit, is member of the rodent had continued to be carried in the,
<br /> family. Greyhounds were originally program as the track record is a mystery
<br /> imported to this country for the explicit to me,since in the interim Tampa has
<br /> i purpose of Controlling the jackrabbit switched from an outside to an inside
<br /> population, which was preying on and lure and the contours of the racetrack
<br /> destroying farmers'crops. been redesigned.
<br /> To deprive grey hounds. by legiala- I have been asked by many fans how
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<br /> 1 lion• of their natural instinct for the I think Oshkosh.Racey stacks up
<br /> II chase and the kill,is to defy the natural against sonic of the greats from the past.
<br /> I order of things, and would be the As brilliant a greyhound as he is,in my,
<br /> equivalent of legislating against our humble opinion I don't think Racey at
<br /> L I. human instinct for sexual gratification. his best could have beaten Understood)
<br /> • I:. ' "N v don't get me wrong. I'm not in at his best or,for that matter,a vintage,
<br /> 1 favor of tying a live little white Easter (1987)K's Broadway in a 5/16ths match
<br /> ' bunny to and giving your greyhound race. But conjecture such as this is one,
<br /> . pups one"off the arm,"but there is nu of the many charms of our sport. •-"
<br /> ' better way to train your greyhound While on the subject of Thunderbird/
<br /> '; pups how to handle the turns at a racers, America's leading kennel hits,
<br /> racetrack than putting them put on a done it again. Oshkosh Juliet, who)
<br /> coursing field chasing a good"jack." made her debut here in Tampa,recently,
<br /> ' I cannot forgive our industry for won four Grade A routes in a row by
<br /> caving in to the humane societies on the a total of 37 lengths after running third;
<br /> live lure issue. Maybe next those to Oshkosh Racey in the Distance)
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<br /> 10.3111 Adios S1.ti3.._ 721 3 2 3 3 311 31.70 27.40 Sh.■.l..tilt A
<br /> i 11. 1. MI Loss INI3 021 S s 4 4 411 31.01 3040 fair 1a►ult A
<br /> 11. 11 fetish La.' 0S1 4 5 1 0 Sir 30.21 0.30 C.wi.1.0.irf.il. A
<br /> 10.20' TIk.Gil 1114 411 • 3 5 5 0'6 31.20 30.00 Wide Gael' A
<br /> 11. 24 Wr1k1 fi.i.16SSI 1 I 7 0 716 30.44 12.10 011 flew A
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<br /> I OSHKOSH MUUIT .............. 2.10 240 2.10 Qalal.l.- 1.2-/.II 1.10
<br /> SADDLE LITE 3.20 3.00 TriI.d.-2-1-3-Paid 50.10 •
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