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Owen EdmondsThe RacingVirusThere’s nothing worse than a virus curse in amongst ones racing houndsThere’s gentle ones, there’s nasty ones, and them that just astoundOnes that make the dog feel ill some that can’t be seenSome created by ourselves and them that turn you greenRay Burman andTechnoman afterthe PresidentsCup victory.President’s Cup (710m)Albion Park1 TECHNOMAN $6.50(Surf Lorian-Up And Down)Owner: Mary BurmanTrainer: Ray Burman2 ELLIE’S DIAMOND $5(Bearability-Girl Diamond)3 MISS BROOK $1.45(Ballistic Jet-Brandon Sky)Others: 4 Thunder Ahead $15, 5 Trip Meter$101, 6 Magic Best $51, 7 Jeanies Girl$17, 8 Summer Blossom $31. Time: 42.17.IGRCCredibilityJust The BestFlying AmySurf LorianWest CapeBarrio FiestaDee BeeTECHNOMANCredibilityYo Yo’s BoyYo Yo CityUp And DownMalawi’s PrinceVoodoo PrincessVoodoo LadyIpswich Greyhound Racing Club'Leading allthe Way'IT’S BACKSATURDAY NIGHTRACINGSEPTEMBER 29CLASS 3 Non TAB MeetingNoms Close Wednesday September 26 at 8.30am with the GRABookmaker on Course, Restaurant Open, Monster Raffle,Auction Pups on DisplayHighland Smash RepairPuppy AuctionSunday October 14277 Pups Catalogued“This is where the Dream Begins”Ipswich Greyhound Racing ClubPh: 07 3202 2977 Fax: 07 3202 2510 Email: igrc@gil.com.uThe clock-on virus that’s the one that invades your kennel blockIt’s governed by the dogs in work effects the entire stockIt strikes the night before you race and gone as quick as it hitsAnd only dogs that are due to race will get the clock-on shitsThe one run short, a deadly strain that effects the younger houndsYou’ve trialled them till their giddy from going round and roundBut come the day they’re due to start and the dog seems out of sortsIt’s then you know he’s not a show, stricken by one run shortBox six syndrome, the lasting strain especially for young timid pupsEffects them for many starts in a row, to the point where they sometimes give upCan only be cured by a word in the ear of that biased one-eyed computerThe grader can then PUNCH the dog in again, but box six will just have to do youThe field shy virus privy to some that tail the field out wideCan only see the dogs in front, they use the field as a guideThere is no cure, it’s there to the end, frustrating as it may soundThe adoption program has a sure cure, up on somebody’s loungeThe tail chasing germ hard to detect, artists at what they doOutpace the field except for the lead, just can’t gather speed to push throughBut then comes the night in a low graded race, finds that everything else is too slowPulls on the brakes head in the air, to give the punters a showOver the edge a regular flip, worse than a Tasmanian tigerA brain the size of a retarded ant, and the instinct of a Funnel web spiderCan only be raced in races one, two or three, and keep a good catcher well bookedIt’s all the case of a bad breaking in, tt’s a virus we call overcookedThe box rocking virus a common complaint affects the good dogs and badWhen the lure is in motion, rocks to and fro, it’s pathetic and really quite sadIf the lids start to open when he’s on the way down, he’s out and gone like a masterBut if he’s swinging back when the lure hits the gate, he’ll be watching other dog’s arsesThe certainty virus, backed to the hilt, not a chance the bugger can loseThis is a virus we bring on ourselves, and the reason we suffer the bluesYou can feel you’ve been cheated, diddled or done, when the certainty fails to arriveSo it’s off to the vet the very next morn, in hopes that your ego survivesWe find just of late the marring complaint, that’s fighting in old doggie termsGives the dog next to him a clip in the ear, for reasons I’m still yet to learnBut I’ll bet it’s a virus that causes this act, a change in the hormonal sceneFor a dog with such talent, courage and speed, can shatter a dog trainer’s dreamsThe whole sport is a virus, just ask Jeffery Jones, the surgeons once thought he was doneBut he stuck with the hounds and his ticker still ticks, through his veins the racing blood runsYes, the virus some get when you’ve Greyhounds in tow, as opposed to a lifetime of blissWill pass by you gently and you’ll keep your end up, tis so hard to find time to get sickClarry Early (Totally Serious-Coonowrin Red) wins a MaidenFinal at Albion Park in August. Heand littermate Call Me Rambo hadwon their heats the week before.At Stud ...TOTALLY SERIOUSFIRST PUPS TO RACETOTALLY UNION - 3 wins 401m Gold CoastBOSANOVA BLUE - 2 wins 395 Albion Park by 13 lengthsMITOJE BOY - 431m Ipswich by 8 lengthsCLARRY EARLY - Albion Pk maiden heat and final (debut)CALL ME RAMBO - Alb Pk maidenFee: $500Ph Barry or Sharon Morris(07) 54261966 or 0402 325379The (September, 2007) Journal Page 28
Syd NorrisGREYHOUND racing has a colourfulhistory.Today’s big dollars industry is a far cryfrom the days I remember as a young fella,back in the 50s when the sole purpose ofracing dogs was to get a quid.It was the days of no licenses, no weights,and race meetings were loaded with urgers,smarties, punters big and small, bookies andeveryone had the same aim.It was a time when just about everyonehad a trick up their sleeve and beating thebookies was a challenge.Greyhound tracks were abuzz, excitingplaces, full of atmosphere and we loved everyday at the track.Not every time did we land that elusiveplunge.The Northern Rivers of NSW was a greatbreeding ground for greyhounds and we oftengot smart young dogs sent to us to race aroundBrisbane. If the Northern Rivers dogs couldnot handle the circle, they would come northfor straight racing up here.One of those was Ace Pilot.There was never any form guides in thosedays, and the only way punters could make aselection was by the betting, or their ownobservation on the dog’s condition.Ace Pilot, we knew, had heaps of abilityand we set him up at Capalaba.My dad Perc was in the Air Force with aguy called Perc Roper. Perc was a great guybut didn’t have much success with hisgreyhounds.We enlisted Perc to handle Ace Pilot anddad and I headed into the ring to bet and betup big.Ace Pilot was a difficult dog to controlon the way to the boxes and in those daysthere was no such thing as a headstall tocontrol a difficult dog. We used a makeshiftcontrol which was a rubber band around thedog’s mouth and tied to his collar by string.As he headed off to the start with AcePilot, I asked dad if Perc Roper wouldremember to take the rubber band off AcePilot’s mouth.My old man gave me a serve. “Of coursehe would.”Ace Pilot, gasping for air, finished a closefourth and we left our hard-earned in plentyof bookies bags.When Perc Roper arrived back at thefinish, dad asked him why he had left therubber band around the dog’s mouth.“I asked the steward at the boxes what todo and he said it must be there for some reasonso he suggested we leave it on him,” saidRoper. The steward and Perc Roper undid thestring from the collar and tied it onto themuzzle.Ace Pilot was no hope from that moment.But he bolted in next start. We hadsomething on him but nothing like we did thefirst day when the rubber band brought usundone.Trialling, as it is even today, can be a funplace and a secretive experience.We all know about hiding a smart youngpup, or a dog ready to win, from the smartiesso we can get a few points extra in the ring onrace day.But how often things can come undonethere as well.MemoriesReg Kay, Julie Edmondson and Knocka Norris.Tweed Heads always ran public trials afterthe last race on Monday nights.In those days, it would not matter howlong the trials ran for, not one person wouldleave until the very last trial was run.It was the time of champion SpottedLightning who had won that night in a race atTweed, easily the best of the day.Along come the trials and my dad had areally smart young dog called Bat Mastersona son of Magic Babe, who we were gettingready for a race at Grafton.He had to trial around the Tweed becauseit was a similar track to Grafton.At the time, in our fish shop at Brightonwe had a young girl working for us. Weorganised for her boyfriend to come to theTweed trials and handle Bat Masterson forus … all secretly of course.The young fella, Danny Hayes, who wasfully briefed by dad and myself about thesecrecy of our plans, carried it off toperfection with Bat Masterson winning thetrial by about 12 lengths in just a tick outsidethe time Spotted Lightning had run earlier inthe night in a race.Dad really put on a show when the trialwas run and won.Clark Gable would have been proud ofmy old man. He kept saying to all the clockers“how would you like to have one like that?”Journal columnist Syd Norris wasnicknamed "Knocka Norris" duringtheir football careers by teammate andracecaller Mick Cox. Reg Kay, who hasbeen a mate of Norris' for many years,recently named a dog after Syd. KnockaNorris (Elite State-Oriental Angel)brilliantly won by five lengths on debutat Capalaba. The Norris chest hasexpanded just a tad since "Knocka's"easy victory and subsequent two winsincluding a 19.58.It was an Academy Award winningperformance by dad.You can imagine all the clockers had theirglasses on young Danny Hayes who washandling Bat Masterson and wanted to knowjust what he looked like … for futurereference.It looked as though dad’s performance wasgoing to convince everyone until our youngconspirator turned up right among all theclockers and asked dad what he wanted donewith the dog’s collar and lead.A few days later we even got a phone callfrom a friend at Grafton who had heard thebuzz around the track there that BatMasterson was coming down for a race.The Grafton trip was over before westarted.Dad ran with that story for years.CaptionContestEven as acaveman, theywon't leave mealone!August winner:Selena ZammitPOSTMAN'S RIDGEGreyhound ComplexTrialling Daily(Closed Tues & Wed)Winter (May 1- Sept 30) 7.30am to 9amSummer (Oct 1 - April 30) 7am to 9amContact John and Sharyn Collins0437 789076 or 0408 789076Ph (07) 46303688The (September, 2007) Journal Page 29
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