1939 GREYHOUND DERBY

Pos.	Greyhound	Sire	Dam	Price	Dist.	Time
1	Highland Rum (6)	Rum Ration	Liagh Lady	2/1 j fav	2 1/2	29.35
2	Carmel Ash (2)	Tallboy	Carmel Jean	2/1 j fav	12	29.55
3	Demotic Mack (3)	Beef Cutlet	Kaiti Hill	10/1	head	30.51
4	Mister Mutt (5)	Final Flight	Captains Fancy	100/8	1	30.53
5	Junior Classic (1)	Beef Cutlet	Lady Eleanor	5/2		30.61
6	Black Peter	Johnny Peters	Teftwood Magnet		withdrawn

The Winner was owned by Mr J Harty

Highland Rum was trained by Paddy Fortune at Wimbledon

Carmel Ash was trained by Eddie Wright at Harringay

Demotic Mack was trained by Charlie Cross at Clapton

Mister Mutt was trained privately by A Stucker

Junior Classic was trained by Joe Harmon at Wimbledon

Black Peter was trained by Stan Raymond at Gloucester

Highland Rum, a May 1937 red and fawn dog which was bred at Dungarvan in County Waterford , was sent to England to be trained by P. Fortune of Wimbledon . He won the Derby in runaway style, beating Carmel Ash in a time of 29.35, earning a purse of £1250.

Carmel Ash was bred in Scotland and trained at Harringay by E. Wright. The only finalist to remain unbeaten leading up to the final, but was then beaten by Highland Rum.

With the withdrawl of Black Peter, who sustained an injury just before the final, the betting between the top 3 became very tight. Carmel Ash and Highland Rum were made 2/1 joint favourites with Mister Mutt the outsider at a shade above 12/1 and, in the event, the punters were correct but only just. As the boxes rose it was Mister Mutt who gained the early lead, from Highland and Carmel Ash. He maintained a 3 length lead as they approached the first, but runners bunched up behind him. As they went round the first there was severe bunching on the inside, giving Highland Rum a trouble free run on the wide outside. He took full advantage of this to take a five length lead down the back straight, with Carmel and Demotic Mack giving chase. While Carmel Ash did manage to run on strongly, he was still two and a half lengths behind at the line, with Demotic a full 12 lengths further back in third.

The racecard scan is a graded sweepstake over 500yds hurdles run on the 21st July 1939 featuring three outstanding hurdlers of the pre war era. Juvenile Classic (winner of the Grand National 1938,1940). Printer (winner of the Wimbledon gold cup 1939). Valiant Bob (winner of the Grand National 1939). The race was won by Printer by a distance of 2 Lengths in 29.33 on good going. Valiant Bob was withdrawn off colour. However, the three dogs met less than two weeks later, in an open over the same trip which included, Lemon Produce who won the Christmas Vase the previous year & Speedway Rover from Wembley. The result this time was: Printer, Valiant Bob, Juvenile Classic by a distance of 4 ½ Lengths in 29.00 on good going which at the time was a track record. My thanks to Tony Nash for providing the racecard scan and information.

			Latto
		Red Robin
			Red Rosette
	Rum Ration
			Jock’s Lodge
		Burletta
			Fasten Fast
HIGHLAND RUM
			Solid Man
		Son of the Soil
			Stop Flirting
	Liagh Lady
			Trained Band
		Robello
			Lilliah

SEMI-FINALS Saturday 17th June 1939
Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP	Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP
2	JUNIOR CLASSIC	29.40	1 yd	9/4	2	CARMEL ASH	29.47	4 yds	4/5 f
3	BLACK PETER	29.46	Head	5/1	6	DEMOTIC ASH	29.71	1/2 yd	10/1
4	HIGHLAND RUM	29.48	Head	2/1 f	3	MISTER MUTT	29.74	1/2 yd	8/1
1	GAYHUNTER	29.50		5/1	4	TIN WHISTLE	29.77	1 yd	100/30
5	BARKHAM ALBATROSS				5	MUSICAL DUKE	29.83		7/1
6	DOGBERRY DAVATE	30.04		100/6	1	WINDSOR OF WATERHALL

Second Round Thursday 15th June 1939
Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP	Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP
Heat 1					Heat 2
3	CARMEL ASH	29.29	2 1/2 yds	6/5 f	6	GAYHUNTER	29.21	7 yds	8/1
6	MUSICAL DUKE	29.44	2 yds	4/1	1	WINDSOR OF WATERHALL	29.63	1 yd
1	BARKHAM ALBATROSS	29.56			2	DOGBERRY DAVATE	29.75		5/1
4	HELLFIRE MICKEY				3	REG NORTON
2	ABBEYLARA				5	BLACK JOHNNY
5	GREAT RECORD				4	BALLYDANCER
Heat 3					Heat 4
Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP	Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP
2	JUNIOR CLASSIC	29.41	Head	7/2	1	DEMOTIC MACK	29.61	1/2 yd	4/1
6	HIGHLAND RUM	29.42	1 yd	13/8 f	4	TIN WHISTLE	29.64	5 yds	5/2
4	BLACK PETER	29.49		8/1	5	MISTER MUTT	29.94	1 yd	100/7
5	SPORTY OFFER				6	SCATTERING ILLUSION	30.00	Sh Hd	11/2
1	SELSEY CUTLET	29.51		100/30	2	KEERIE'S PRIDE	30.01		6/1
3	BARRYREEL				3	BALLYJOKER

First Round Saturday 10th June 1939
Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP	Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP
Heat 1					Heat 2
4	BALLYDANCER	29.80	3 1/2 yds		4	CARMEL ASH	29.35	8 yds	5/1
3	MUSICAL DUKE	30.01	Sh Head	4/1	3	JUNIOR CLASSIC	29.83	1/2	4/5 f
2	BLACK PETER	30.02	Head	100/30	1	WINDSOR OF WATERHALL	29.85	10 yds
5	GRANADA ROSE	30.04		100/7	6	RETURN FARE II	30.46		5/1
6	ROYAL DANIELLI	DNF			5	HYMER PHLOP
1	GROSVENOR FEARLESS	DISQ			2	TREV'S CARRIER
Heat 3					Heat 4
Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP	Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP
6	HIGHLAND RUM	29.39	3 yds	8/11 f	2	DOGBERRY DAVATE	29.99	Head	7/1
3	SCATTERING ILLUSION	29.57	8 yds	9/4	1	BLACK JOHNNY	30.01	1 yd
1	REG NORTON	30.05			3	GAYHUNTER	30.07		100/30
5	CAULFIELD'S ROCK				5	ED LIGHTS	30.49		11/4 cf
4	ON THE STRAIT				6	TALIS
	vacant				4	CASH BALANCE
First Round Tuesday 13th June 1939
Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP	Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP
Heat 5					Heat 6
4	TIN WHISTLE	29.43	1/2 yd	9/2	6	SELSEY CUTLET	29.36	5 yds	6/1
5	SPORTY OFFER	29.46	3 yds		5	HELLFIRE MICKEY	29.66	1 yd
2	BALLYJOKER	29.64			1	MISTER MUTT	29.72		3/1
1	GRATA'S ROSARY				2	LIBERTY LODGE
3	CAUSEWAY TOM				3	CINDERELLA OF WATERHALL
	vacant				4	GROSVENOR FERDINAND	29.90		8/11
Heat 7					Heat 8
Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP	Trap	Dog	Time	Dist.	SP
2	KEERIE'S PRIDE	29.69	6 yds		6	DEMOTIC MACK	29.69	2 yds	5/2 f
3	BALLYREEL	30.05	7 yds		4	BARKHAM ALBATROSS	29.81	1 yd
5	ABBEYLARA	30.47			5	GREAT RECORD	29.87
6	PRESTON				2	ROESIDE SCOTTIE
4	LANYARD II				3	GLEN RANGER
1	SELSEY BOY				1	IVYHOUSE CHAMPION

Derby Consolation Final run on Saturday 24th June 1939
Selsey Cutlet	4	29.31
Musical Duke	1/2	29.55
Grosvenor Ferdinand	Head	29.57
Tin Whistle
Gayhunter
Dogberry Davate


Rare 1939 programme, minimal markings but punched holes		*Extremely rare gold embossed menu*

Dog	Sire	Dam	Time
Marching Through Georgia	Church Parade	Stonepark	30.05
Irish Rambler	Culrain	Little Eva

Dog	Sire	Dam	Time	SP
Misty Law II	Dee Rock	Devon's Shore	29.60	5/1