This set, from 1922-1939, depicts Greyhound sport at various tracks in England. I found the captions interesting and was struck by how the hounds seem so revered.
Check out the lure.
This guy has feet just like Jackson's - big, with crazy long toes!
Hope you enjoyed the cards!
6 comments:
Those are pretty cool. I wonder if any of our hounds can be traced back to those dogs? Very neat
Very cool! I have seen some of these on e-bay before, but don't own any myself. I would love to have some though.
Those are great! I love the "Massage" picture and the one of the guy jumping the hurdle with the dog. :-)
I really like that still reverie to them, combined with such oldness ^^ I thought this was going to be about the torture to them or something, but it has a good feel to it. If I had one of these, I'd keep it.
Very neat!! Thanks for sharing!
The White City complex was a huge deal, back in the day. The stadium was originally built for the 1908 Olympics, and hosted greyhound racing from 1927 until the place was demolished in 1985. The Pogues wrote a song lamenting its passing: "All the torn-up ticket stubs of a hundred thousands mugs are washed away like dead dreams in the rain..."
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