GREYHOUND RACING
DENOUNCED BY BISHOP OF WOOLWICH (Rec. February 15, 7.20 p.m.) London, February 14. . A number of prominent personages, including the Lord Mayors of Manchester and Cardiff and several bishops, denounced greyhound racing as a social menace, at a big convention called by Mr. Churchill at Westminster. The Bishop of Woolwich described a visit he paid to Wembley dressed in holiday garb. He said: “I paid half a crown like the rest there. The refreshment bars were crowded, and seven hundred bookmakers were waiting for our money. There were no seats. It was simply a gambling concern. You get bored with dog racing. Even the dogs are bored." On several occasions the convention was in danger of ending in uproar. Finally it was decided to ask the Government to receive a deputation.
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Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 118, 16 February 1928, Page 15
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133GREYHOUND RACING Dominion, Volume 21, Issue 118, 16 February 1928, Page 15
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