Cheetah Racing at Harringay Stadium - Harringay online2024-03-28T18:41:29Zhttps://harringayonline.com/forum/topics/cheetah-racing-at-harringay?groupUrl=historyofharringay&feed=yes&xn_auth=noUtterly impossible today of c…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-11-18:844301:Comment:15170742022-11-18T14:32:35.454ZRichard Woodshttps://harringayonline.com/profile/RichardWoods
<p>Utterly impossible today of course. We would rightly consider this in itself a cruelty and against nature. But what I love is the creatures' obvious disdain for the whole affair. It confirms that fact that cheetah are not dogs but cats. So the premise was wrong anyway - no one would expect a cat to be anything like as docile and amenable as a greyhound!</p>
<p>Utterly impossible today of course. We would rightly consider this in itself a cruelty and against nature. But what I love is the creatures' obvious disdain for the whole affair. It confirms that fact that cheetah are not dogs but cats. So the premise was wrong anyway - no one would expect a cat to be anything like as docile and amenable as a greyhound!</p> Apparently there was a short…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-11-18:844301:Comment:15169622022-11-18T09:49:46.991ZMichael Andersonhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/17bathgate
<p>Apparently there was a short lived fad for putting Capuchin monkeys onto greyhounds as jockeys in the US in the 30s. Can you imagine the carnage!…</p>
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<p>Apparently there was a short lived fad for putting Capuchin monkeys onto greyhounds as jockeys in the US in the 30s. Can you imagine the carnage!</p>
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<p>This was one of those posts that seems to have been picked up by many publications and blogs over the intervening 13 years!</p>
<p>This was one of those posts that seems to have been picked up by many publications and blogs over the intervening 13 years!</p> Absolutely fascinating, Hugh!…tag:harringayonline.com,2022-11-18:844301:Comment:15169492022-11-18T09:46:23.694ZPeterhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/Peter
<p>Absolutely fascinating, Hugh! Many thanks for positing this.</p>
<p>Absolutely fascinating, Hugh! Many thanks for positing this.</p> Brillianttag:harringayonline.com,2022-11-18:844301:Comment:15169462022-11-18T09:42:31.606ZBarrie Birchhttps://harringayonline.com/profile/BarrieBirch
<p>Brilliant</p>
<p>Brilliant</p>