Dog Racing Gallery

Tatler cover - Mrs Arundel Kempton & Mick the Miller

Front cover of the Tatler magazine featuring Mrs Arundel Kempton pictured with the legendary greyhound champion, Mick the Miller and two of his puppies. She was donating the puppies (whose dam was Toftwood Misery) for a sweepstakes in aid of the South London Hospital and Royal Veterinary College. Greyhound racing enjoyed a new found popularity during the late 1920s and 1930s not just among the working classes but also, "high society" with many society ladies owning greyhounds and inviting their circle for dinner and drinks at the stadiums springing up around the country. Date: 1932

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Greyhound Racing

Notable personalities in the greyhound racing world, from left: Mr. F. S. Gentle (Assistant MD of the Greyhound Racing Association), Brig.-Gen. A.C. Critchley (Vice Chairman and MD of the Greyhound Racing Assoc), Mr. H. Garland-Wells, fourth from left reading blue paper (Chairman of the Committee of the London Greyhound Tracks & Chairman/MD of Clapton Stadium), Maj.-Gen. Lord Loch (Vice President of the National Greyhound Racing Association), Lt.-Col. J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon (Director of the Greyhound Racing Association), Col. Romer Baggally (Secretary of the National Greyhound Racing Club), Mr. C.A. Munn (who brought greyhound racing in the form we know it today from America), Mr. Con. A.L. Stevens (Director and General and Racing Manager at Wimbledon Stadium), Lt.-Col.A. D. Cameron (Racing Director of the Greyhound Racing Association), Mr. A. J. Elvin (MD of the Empire Stadium, Wembley), Major C. E. R. Moss, in brown cap (Racing Manager of Clapton Stadium), Mr. W.J. Cearns (Chairman of Wimbledon Stadium), Captain A. E. Brice (Racing Manager of Wembley Stadium), Mr. F.J. Power (Managing Director of Catford Stadium) and, in the foreground, Mr Henry Sawtell (Steward of the National Greyhound Racing Club)

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Racing Greyhound pups in a barrow

A wheelbarrow filled with racing greyhound pups at the G.R.A. Staffordshire breeding ground, prior to transfer to the kennels at Northaw, Middlesex. At Northaw, the process of training for dog racing at White City begins, including wearing a collar, learning to lead, breaking from the trap until the polished racing greyhound is ready to flash round the White City Racecourse at nearly 40 m.p.h

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