Race Seen by 100,000 at White City London, June 26.
Before a record crowd of nearly 100,000 i: the Whit2 City Stadium, Wattle Bark, trained by Syder at Wembley, and owned by Mrs. R. H. Dent, won the Greyhound Derby from Shove Halfpenny, with Grosvenor Cob trained by Syder, Mrs. Dents husband has spent a fortune in attempting to buy or breed premier classic. y owned such a dog n Great but before that Derby gave the greyhound to a friend. Wattle Bark, who won in the new national record time 26 sec. has now compensated the family for that misfortune.
The race. with its attendant scenes, was a dramatic and spectacular climax to one of the most remarkable days in our sporting history—a day that precipitated a perfect avalanche of cut-of-door fixtures up and down the count It would be fantastic to hazard a guess at the number of people who looked on at all the events, but, bearing in mind the first-class cricket matches, gri hound meetings, and turf fixtures, obviously the figure must run into the millions.
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