Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing issport which involvesracinggreyhound dogs. The dogs chase after an artificial hare ontrack untilarrive atfinish line. The one which arrives first iswinner.

Modern greyhound racing has its originscoursing. The first recorded attempt at racing greyhounds ontrack was made at Hendon1876, but this experiment did not develop. The sport emergedits recognizable modern form, featuring circular or oval tracks, an artificial hare as quarryon-course betting, inUnited States during1920s. In 1926,was introducedBritain by an American, Charles Munn,associationMajor Lyne-Dixon,key figurecoursing,Brigadier-General Critchley. They launchedGreyhound Racing Association,heldfirst British meeting at Manchester's Belle Vue. The sport was successfulcitiestown throughoutU.K. - byend1927, there were forty tracks operating. The sport was particularly attractivepredominantly male working-class audiences,whomurban locations oftracks andevening times ofmeetings were accessible, andpatronsowners from various social backgrounds. Betting has always beenkey ingredientgreyhound racing, both through on-course bookmakers andtotalizator, first introduced1930. Like horse racing, itpopularbet ongreyhound races asformparimutuel gambling.

In commonmany other sports, greyhound racing enjoyed its highest attendances just afterSecond World War -example, there were 34 million paying spectators1946. The sport experienceddecline fromearly 1960s, when1960 BettingGaming Act permitted off-course cash betting, although sponsorship, limited television coverage andlater abolitionon-course betting tax have partially offset this decline.

Greyhound racinggamblingavailable in:

• Macau, China
• Portugal?
• United Kingdom
• Florida
• Rhode Island
• Colorado

External links

• http://www.thedogs.co.uk ,British greyhound racing board
• http://www.igb.ie , an Irish greyhound racing board
• http://www.grl.fi/engl.htm ,Finnish Greyhound Racing Association
• http://www.ngagreyhounds.com ,North American National Greyhound Association