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OK.I will just start this off with a couple of pix,as ive loads to go through and edit,before posting them.But 1st a wee bit about today's show.We arrived about 1.30 pm,as we know that over the years this one don't start to 2 pm,at least.Soon as we got out the car,we were told that there would be no one racing,as the track was a mess of cow hole's,with once again,a great herd of cattle in the middle of the race track.After speaking with a few people about this,we eventualy got the chance to check it out.Unbelievabe,is the only answer i can give here.It was even imposible to walk on,never mind race a dog on.There was litteraly not a space without a great hole in it.Now if you take a Tettley Tbag,and magnify it a million time's,and then add another million hole's of about 4/5 inches deep in most places,then you might just be on the right track.But leaving that for a few moment's we will go on to the show.The judge,(although some might not have agreed with his decision's,and one or 2 of the disagreement's were spoy on),was ,and still is,one of the best and most experienced lurcher men south of the Irish border,and many a great days ferreting,and nights lamping i had with him and his mates,many moons ago.I didn't follow the showing much,although i did enter Niki in 2 very large classes,one being lamping ,and the other being the under 23 inch rough or smooth,dog or bith,as they show these altogether.I was happy enough with a 3rd in the lamping,and a 2nd in the under 23.Thought Reni was one of the best looking pups int the puppy class,but Alannah was showing her,and she had a hard time getting her to do anything right for her.All in all,a good day for us in the show ring.Then there was,no,have to go back to the showing for a moment longer.It started with the kiddies class,then ladis class,followed once again with gentleman's class.Believe it or not,that was followed by a class foe both ladies and gentleman.Then we had a whippet class,followed by the puppy class,and so on.We were actualy waiting for a class foe married couple's,and then one for happily married couples,although they scrapped this one,as only 2 couple enterred the ring,and one of them were arguing about which one of them would walk the dog.Ok,back to the racing,which was eventualy moved to where the show ring's were,as this was a much better surface,with i might say,a corner to boot,and a few dip's n bumps,oh and a thing like a small bank at the finnish line.Terriers went 1st,then whippet's,followed by under's and overs.Only 5 unders raced,which included China,Zena and Niki.Dont know what happened at the start when the lure took off,as i was half way up the 150 yrd stretch,(at the corner),but Kisty say's she missed her slip big time,and China,Zena and co left her for stopped,then after whatever distance,as i dont know how far,Niki collided with China,and possibly lost her the race.Needless to say,Mr Stormydog was not too pleased and had a wee bit to say about the whole thing.We were all friends again though,before we left for home,and he gave Kirsty a big Tellytubby hug,without the Tellytubbies,ha ha.Im jealous,as i never got one,so he owe's me.I cant understand how Niki caught up with them,to cause the collision though,so does that mean she was going faster or what,lol.Anyway,poor Zene ripped her dew claw right off somewhere along the line,and she too was beaten.Next came the big dog's,and again i couldn't see what was happening,but there were a few bundles at the start line,and a few more up the field.I gave Scruff his 2nd ever run at the lure,as the ground was soft and a lot safer than the other original track.He got wrecked within the 1st few strides by a mate's dog,who didn't realy want to chace the lure.Then just as he started to get goung again,the same dog whacked him again.This didn't put him off though,and away he went again,only this time he showed me a wee bit of what he might be made off,as he flew past one the dog's,and as he got close to the line,he moved into 2nd place,but it was the dog that didn't like him much,and he whacked him again,costing him the chance of another run in the final.All i could do was laugh at the big idiot.He was awee bit lame on the old left again,but i dont think it is too bad.He will have to get looked at though tomorrow morning.Ian did the buisiness in the final,though Frankies Whistler had different idea's,and tried everything to get on top.Well done Ian.On the way home qwe had a good feed in a local chippy,and may i say,they do a great fish supper.I will work on the pix tonight,and post them tomorrow.Think i have some crackin racing pix.Sorry again John bout that wee collision,but she needs to stop letting Niki catch up on her like that,ha ha.One other thing i would just like to add here.A few people made remarks about Scruff being a greyhound.Every one knows on here that Scruff is out of my Megan bitch and the father of Niki,Trouble and co.There are a couple of very big and powerfull dog's out of Sky,over in England,and Megan.s brothers are ,or were between 70 and 80 lbs.None ped people will know how many throwback's you get in greyhound/whippet's,to greyhound's and on the otherhand,to whippets.Its all to do with whatever gene pool they have or summit.Iseen quite a few dog's racing today that are more like greyhounds than Scruff,and some who are more grehound.If i wanted to race a greyhound,then i would breed a litter out of one of my bitches and rear the lot,n keep the fastest ,over grass.There aint many grehound's that will beat a goodun up a grass field.We seen that when we were doing our bit in the film,Man About Dog,as all 3 of my bitches at the time,stuffed all the greyhounds they had.Megan was one of them.So gave my head piece please.I have a couple opf pix somewhere,of Megan feeding Scruff.I could put them up here,but why should i.Will post a pic of the big skinny 62 lber later. Hope everyone else had as good a day as my family,and my young bro's family had.He is a new kid on the block,and getting hungry for a racing dog. Now those couple of pix.What a setting,and then we had these boy's drop in for a wee cup of coffee.
...Billy..
