Henlow
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| From Global Greyhounds (pro-racing forum) Sept 2002 (Greyhound Action comments in italics) |
"There have been several incidents at Sunderland with this large box they trip the hare into at the knock off. Last night's was the most serious. A small bitch dived in after the rabbit and it took twenty minutes to free it from this box and hare rail. As it was the last race only the staff and trainers witnessed it, but said they have complained to Mr Wild (Kevin Wilde, director of greyhound stadia for the track's owners William Hill) on numerous occasions about this device, but they will not listen.............." ".......at Henlow the same thing happened. There was a lot of dogs got injured..........." "Someone
explain to me why they have these boxes. Is it just to prolong
the life of the windsock? I do hope not, as these must cost about
£3 to make. Does not really justify just one dog getting
hurt. Or is it to save paying a person to put a box on the hare?
Either way the dogs loose out yet again!" |
