GREYHOUND racing behind a mechanical lure took place for the first time on Australian soil on a cold Saturday night May 28, 1927. Yet that historic moment was almost stillborn due to the government of the day’s decision to outlaw betting on the races. To the men involved in the establishment of racing behind the ‘tin hare’, as the lure would be first known, the inability to have legalised betting would almost certainly mean financial ruin.
The NSW Trotting Club had been racing at the Epping racecourse in Glebe Read full article
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