The Washington times., 1923-02-01

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Towyside Teasle is owned by Nc
Clure HALEY, who takes her for q
four-mile walk every evening to
keep her in fettle. It keeps him In
fine shape, too.
HALEY, a leading dog fancier, is
particularly interested in racing
breeds, and predicts that dog racing
soon will be a generally popular
sport in America, even as it is in
England and Wales, the home of
the whippet.
The whippet is strictly a racing
dog. The average whippet runs
200 yards in q trifle more than
ten seconds. Upward Of 100
yards, the greyhound is his supe-
riOr, but up to 200 yards the
whippet can Outrun anything on
legs.
In appearance the whippet is a
miniature greyhound. About 100
years ago someone crossed grey
hound and a terrier, and as a re-
suit today we have the whippet. 1t
is a comparatively small dog.
Towyside Teasle stands about six.
teen inches high.
In England and Wales the whip
pet is known as 1.-The poor mans
racehorse," particularly among the
miners of Wales and the mill work
ers Of Lancastershire. Racing
meets are held in which as many
as a thousand dogs compete.
The stakes frequently are large.
More than one poor mill hand or
miner has been made suddenly rich
by his beloved whippet. A $4,000
purse Is a real fortune to an Eng
lish miner or mill worker.
And beloved, indeed, is each
whippet to its owner. 1t is said
that children i'm some OF the work.
mems homes in Worcestershire
and Wales eat plain bread in or
der that mutton may be afforded
for the whippet.
For to be q racer of quality, the
whippet must be we'll cared for, and
excellent food is only one detail in
his training. To be trained proper
ly, he must be walked twelve miles
a day. Three men are required to
give him the proper attention.
One should walk him six miles In
the morning; one should walk him
six miles in the afternoon and one
should take care Of his feeding.
This according to Mcclure HALEY,
who is an authority on whippets
particularly and dogs in general.
HALEY does not begrudge his ia
nous Towyside Teasle her four-mile
stroll each evening. That much
exercise is necessary to keep her
right merely for show purposes. 1t
is odd that walking, and not run
ming, is required to develop speed
in the whippet.
Ben Lewis, dog fancier, is on his
way to England and if money can
buy them, he will purchase for Hal
ley the two best whippets In Eng
land and Wales. If, perchance, the
two best are owned by mill hands
or miners, Lewis may be unsuccess-
full or else pay q small fortune, for
some whippet owners, it is said,
would part with all else before CIV
ing up their dogs.
Haley paid $500 for TOwyside
TeasIe, but would not part with
her for double that amount now.
She won all hOnOrs in a show at
Cardiff, Wales, when nine months
old. Cardiff is in the heart Of
the whippet country. Thus.
TOwyside Teasle ranks as the
most perfect whippet i'm the world.
Whippet racing has become
popular on Long Island, N. Y. Two
hundred Of the miniature grey
hounds" raced there in the last
year. Greyhound racing is Ieaping
in popularity, and eventually will
take hold in Washington. Anyway
Charley Watson, secretary of the
Kennel Club. makes
the prediction.
Invention OF the electric rabbit
sDurred greyhound racing. The
electric rabbit Is the bait after which
the greyhounds chase. 1t il q
stuffed bunny propelled by cleo