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[whin 463]

saw d slieghts little bluey 21 inch bitch and another guy goeff sone so had afew grews could be goeff fletcher a while back now and my own tess never raced her but she could run she stood at 23 a strong bitch sister to wild boy crossed with an open distance bitch , remeber of will hay stag party indain joe , some peole like the grews others will not touch adog with whippet in them to small throwbacks etc but i like them the grews especailly the bigger ones 23 plus

[optimus 447]

cracking thread good to see,the real whipps ,beddy and bull was introduced through the lines back in the 50s 60sand later thanthat .i had the privelige to see some of the greats run 50yds from my door was the track .Also our family had some decent dogs .tommy bullocks bilkorunning yds behind scratch brill animalgood has gold rhinegold wishewas blue boy brings back memories .stringing up first thing saturday mornings evening racing wed.then of course the lure straight racing came later .some phenomenal dogs have been produced by the people of times gone by.seen dogs killing hares 2s 3s in padocks regular,we used to travel down to measham and all over bend racing seen fanchie run had ablue pup out of him ,made a great rabbit and knocked hares over aswell great feet never a muscle or bone injury ,caught the wire now and again brill little animal.swift hawk bilkos sire mossfield margaret blue peter reminiscing fabulous dogs .all the best folks bunnys

 

 

now what kind off guy would i be if i didnt add just alittle more off the oldies, some of the legends ( not all there just too many ) on for u bunnys,,, they were before my time but not my oldmans and other,s i know,,most here were racing round about when i was born or not even thought about lol ,,, ,,,,they were some of the bench mark to the breeding off the grews we have now

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GOD BOB WHERE DO YOU GET ALL THIS INFO FROM??????????? KEEP IT COMING MATE

[whip x grey 276]

just from old whippet mags & whippet spolight mags

[whip x grey 276]

who,s the dodgy looking charcter with the brindle bitch on the right

 

 

[sowhat 1,572]

last one me thinks for a while lol,,,,( will hay , racer and hare courser ) used to stud in lurcher world

 

 

 

and just a few random pic off lurchers that was on the other page ( slightly off topic, but who cares

 

 

 

 

 

This is one of the old flying machines from the past, Myra owned by Colin Berry from Halifax West Yorkshire, her breeding was whippet greyhound bedlington Colin used to have his own business selling and mending sewing machines

[Country Joe 1,411]

saw d slieghts little bluey 21 inch bitch and another guy goeff sone so had afew grews could be goeff fletcher a while back now and my own tess never raced her but she could run she stood at 23 a strong bitch sister to wild boy crossed with an open distance bitch , remeber of will hay stag party indain joe , some peole like the grews others will not touch adog with whippet in them to small throwbacks etc but i like them the grews especailly the bigger ones 23 plus

 

Great post brings back memories seeing the names of these Dogs,

Willhay was always being mentioned in the Shooting News,

if I remember right he sired a few Litters.

[sowhat 1,572]

who,s the dodgy looking charcter with the brindle bitch on the right

 

 

 

Too right, Whippet x Grey,..the guy on the right was a reet dodgy fellah,..but that pretty brindle bitch, didn't always get the reserve...

 

 

mums the word

[chartpolski 20,679]

cracking thread good to see,the real whipps ,beddy and bull was introduced through the lines back in the 50s 60sand later thanthat .i had the privelige to see some of the greats run 50yds from my door was the track .Also our family had some decent dogs .tommy bullocks bilkorunning yds behind scratch brill animalgood has gold rhinegold wishewas blue boy brings back memories .stringing up first thing saturday mornings evening racing wed.then of course the lure straight racing came later .some phenomenal dogs have been produced by the people of times gone by.seen dogs killing hares 2s 3s in padocks regular,we used to travel down to measham and all over bend racing seen fanchie run had ablue pup out of him ,made a great rabbit and knocked hares over aswell great feet never a muscle or bone injury ,caught the wire now and again brill little animal.swift hawk bilkos sire mossfield margaret blue peter reminiscing fabulous dogs .all the best folks bunnys

 

 

This lad was sired by Blue Boy, out of Zarwood. He won pleanty of races, took any amount of hares, and had the odd Roe; this was long, LONG, before the ban, by the way ! LOL !;

 

 

Cheers.

[Guest tinkerbell123]

And the one I choose will hopefully have a Head like a snake, neck like a drake, back like a beam, tail like a rat, and feet like a cat

hi,

whats the stamina like on these dogs and temperment

[coolbreeze 9]

some great pics lovin it nice one folks

[Phil Lloyd 10,736]

And the one I choose will hopefully have a Head like a snake, neck like a drake, back like a beam, tail like a rat, and feet like a cat

hi,

whats the stamina like on these dogs and temperment

 

 

Temperament is usually first class,..these canine athletes have to fit in, and perform in front of an eager crowd of racing enthusiasts,..and on a warm Summer's day, the whippet fraternity, don't hold back

Not much use in the racing game for dogs that cannot handle the stress, and noise of a day's racing.

 

However,..I do not think these 'specialist bred' jukels can be compared to a purpose bred LURCHER...

 

But, I may well be wrong...

 

[chartpolski 20,679]

I tend to agree with you, Chalky; but the non-ped grews in the old days were much more "lurcher" bred, and were expected to be "multi functional"; race, course and do a bit ferreting. I still go to the Whippet racing, been there today, but the modern non-ped is bred for out and out speed, and with a few exceptions, would not stand up to a days coursing or a nights lamping. Nothing wrong with that; I'm amazed at the times they do over 150 yds, I even bought a stopwatch to time them myself, as I couldn't believe how faster they were than in my day !!

Cheers.

[poacher3161 1,766]

I tend to agree with you, Chalky; but the non-ped grews in the old days were much more "lurcher" bred, and were expected to be "multi functional"; race, course and do a bit ferreting. I still go to the Whippet racing, been there today, but the modern non-ped is bred for out and out speed, and with a few exceptions, would not stand up to a days coursing or a nights lamping. Nothing wrong with that; I'm amazed at the times they do over 150 yds, I even bought a stopwatch to time them myself, as I couldn't believe how faster they were than in my day !!

Cheers.

Totally agree their different to the dogs i saw in the late 70s then again most of them were the result of ped whippets bred to greyhounds and still retained the peds stamina.atb dell

[chartpolski 20,679]

I tend to agree with you, Chalky; but the non-ped grews in the old days were much more "lurcher" bred, and were expected to be "multi functional"; race, course and do a bit ferreting. I still go to the Whippet racing, been there today, but the modern non-ped is bred for out and out speed, and with a few exceptions, would not stand up to a days coursing or a nights lamping. Nothing wrong with that; I'm amazed at the times they do over 150 yds, I even bought a stopwatch to time them myself, as I couldn't believe how faster they were than in my day !!

Cheers.

Totally agree their different to the dogs i saw in the late 70s then again most of them were the result of ped whippets bred to greyhounds and still retained the peds stamina.atb dell

 

Poach, that dogs pic with the roe I put up; that was in the late 60's and his litter varied from an 18lb bitch to a 50lb bitch !! He was around 36/40lb but looked like a perfect Whippet. He wasn't the fastest around, but on the day he got faster after every 150 yd race ! We used to walk to the tracks , over the many slagheaps that blotted the landscape then, and would course a hare before we got to the track, and then course one on the way back to the pub after the racing ! Nowadays the non-peds are wrapped in cotton wool, they won't race on a saturday if there is an Open on the sunday !! I'm glad the non-ped Whipet racing is still going, as they make a great outcross for a Lurcher !

 

Cheers.

[Guest tinkerbell123]

thankyou for the answers,

Edited January 29, 2011 by tinkerbell123