1949 GREYHOUND DERBY

This race was run at the White City on Saturday 25th June 1949

Pos.	Greyhound	Sire	Dam	Price	Dist.	Time
1	Narrogar Ann (2)	Dutton Swordfish	Winnie Of Berrow	5/1	1 1/4	28.95
2	Dangerous Prince (5)	Bellas Prince	Dark Evening	100/7	2 1/2	29.03
3	Sailing At Dawn (1)	Shannon Shore	Bilting Antoinette	9/2	1 1/2	29.18
4	Local Interprize (4)	Ruby Border	Mystical Daisy	3/1	neck	29.27
5	Glencoy Regent (3)	Glenview Shaggy	Little Twilight	9/4 fav	10	29.29
6	Saft Alex (6)	Mad Tanist	Fair Light	11/2		29.89

The Winner was owned by Mr W J Reid

Narrogar Ann was trained by Leslie Reynolds at Wembley

Dangerous Prince was trained by Ken Appleton at West Ham

Sailing At Dawn was trained by Sidney Probert at Wembley

Local Interprize was trained by Stanley Biss at Clapton

Glencoy Regent was trained by Mr M Baker at Wolverhampton

Saft Alex was trained by Jack Toseland at Perry Barr

1949 PRE-FINAL

One of the greyhounds of 1948 was Local Interprize, who had managed runners up spot in the Derby final and came back the next year to try to go one better. Other early fancies were Glencoy Regent and the bitch, Narrogar Ann. While Local disappointed in his first round heat, although he did manage to qualify, Glencoy Ranger and Narrogar Ann were more impressive, the latter winning her heat by 4 lengths. By the time they had reached the semi final stage the writing was on the wall for Local Interprize, who had failed to impress throughout the competition. He was drawn in the same semi as Glencoy Ranger and suffered bumping at the first bend to allow Glencoy to take a definite and decisive adavantage. Glencoy held on by 2 ½ lengths which was sufficient to make him favourite for the final. Narrogar Ann was well fancied in her semi, although the slight favourite was Sailing at Dawn at 15/8. The confidence in the market leader was to be fully justified when he led from the first and held Narrogar by just under a length.

1949 FINAL

While it was not surprising to see Glencoy Ranger at the head of the market at 9/4, it was difficult to justify the short price of 3/1 on Local Interprize, given that Sailing at Dawn had been impressive in his semi final, and Narrogar Ann had only been defeated by ¾ of a length. Narrogar Ann was drawn in trap 2 and on offer at 5/1, while Sailing at Dawn enjoyed the luxury of the inside box but was still offered at 9/2. When the boxes opened, to the dismay of the crowd it was 100/7 outsider Dangerous Prince who lived up to his name. This caused Local Interprize and Glencloy Regent to check, and it was left to Sailing at Dawn and Narrogar Ann to give chase down the back straight. As they approached the third bend Narrogar began mounting a sustained challenge, and finally got on terms with Dangerous in the home straight. She eventually proved the stronger by a length and a quarter, with Dangerous holding on to second two and a half lengths ahead of Sailing At Dawn.

			Genial Nobleman
		Mellow Outlook
			Fleet Flight
	Dutton Swordfish
			Dee Rock
		Dutton Oak
			Dame Julian
NARROGAR ANN
			Mutton Cutlet
		Beef Cutlet
			Burette
	Winnie of Berrow
			Danielli
		Jubilee Joan
			Jovial Jenny

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Semi-Finals were run at White City on Saturday 18th June 1949
Dog	Dist.	Time	Dog	Dist.	Time
First Semi-Final			Second Semi-Final
SAILING AT DAWN 15/8 fav	2/5 yd	29.20	GLENCLOY REGENT 3/1	2 1/2 yds	28.87
NARROGAR ANN 11/4	1 1/2 yds	29.24	LOCAL INTERPRIZE 6/1	1 1/2 yds	29.02
SAFT ALEX 4/1		29.32	DANGEROUS PRINCE 9/4		29.11
JIMMIES CULL			WEST END DASHER
SILVER DEAL			WHITEROCK ABBEY
SUNNY SOUTH			MEDDLESOME BUTLER

Second Round Heats at White City on Wednesday 16th June 1949
Dog	Dist.	Time	Dog	Dist.	Time
Heat 1			Heat 2
WEST END DASHER (T4) 9/2	Neck	28.94	SAFT ALEX (T2) 6/4 fav	1 1/2 yds	29.10
GLENCLOY RANGER (T1) 4/6 fav		28.96	SILVER DEAL (T1)		29.19
JIMMIES CULL (T6)			MEDDLESOME BUTLER (T4)
BARS OF IRON (T2)			WHITE COURT (T3)
DERRY'S GAME (T3)			BOOLADURRAGH LADDIE (T5)
ROYAL CANOPY (T5)			ROC'S CHOICE (T6)
Heat 3			Heat 4
NARROGAR ANN (T1) 9/4	1 yd	29.05	DANGEROUS PRINCE (T2) 9/4	2 1/2 yds	29.09
WHITEROCK ABBEY (T4)		29.11	SAILING AT DAWN (T3) 13/8 co fav		29.24
SUNNY SOUTH (T6)			LOCAL INTERPRIZE (T4) 13/8 co fav
CATHOES CROSS (T2)			DELMER CRYSTAL (T1)
AN DREW DOLE (T3)			FAIR BING (T5)
EASTERN MADNESS (T5)			HARVEST KING (T6)

First Round Heats at White City on Saturday 11th June 1949
Dog	Dist.	Time	Dog	Dist.	Time
Heat 1			Heat 2
JIMMIES CULL (T6)			BARS OF IRON (T5)
SILVER DEAL (T3)			ROYAL CANOPY (T2)
FAIR BING (T1)			DELMER CRYSTAL (T1)
WINSOME COMPLEXION (T5)			BAYTOWN STREAM (T4)
KNIGHT'S ROMANCE (T2)			WHITE NIGGER (T6)
SONNIE H (T4)			ROMANTIC NIGGER (T3)
Heat 3			Heat 4
NARROGAR ANN (T1) 8/11 fav	4 yds	29.13	GLENCLOY REGENT (T5) 7/4 fav	1 yd	28.73
BOOLADURRAGH LADDIE (T6)		29.37	SUNNY SOUTH (T3)		28.79
EASTERN MADNESS (T5)			CATHOES CROSS (T6)
RAIL CAR (T2)			BIG RUBY (T1)
INNISCARA TAN (T3)			LAST OF THE MAJORS (T2)
MONA'S ISLANDER (T4)			DEVIL O' LEER (T4)
Heat 5			Heat 6
SAILING AT DAWN (T5) 9/4	1/2 yd	29.10	MEDDLESOME BUTLER (T3)	9 yds	29.14
WHITEROCK ABBEY (T6)	4 yds	29.13	HARVEST KING (T2)		29.68
SAFT ALEX (T3) 3/1		29.37	AN DREW DOLE (T6) res.
DRUMNAGRELLA LAD (T1)			LATEST SHAGGY (T4)
RATH'S RECORD (T2)			BALLYMAC BALL (T1) 1/2 fav
HARRINGAY GALLANT (T4)			RAFANE LAD (T5)
Heat 7			Heat 8
DERRY'S GAME (T4)	4 yds	29.22	WEST END DASHER (T1)	6 yds	28.93
ROC'S CHOICE (T3)	1 yd	29.46	DANGEROUS PRINCE (T6) 11/8 fav		29.29
LOCAL INTERPRIZE (T5) 8/11 fav		29.52	WHITE COURT (T4)
BURNDENNET BROOK (T2)			ESSE MAJOR (T3)
IDEAL DAYS (T1)			GOOD WORKER (T2)
KILBELIN DANCER (T6)			TREV'S DELL (T5)

IRISH GREYHOUND DERBY (Harolds Cross)

Dog	Sire	Dam	Time
Spanish Lad	Shaggy Lad	Cordal Moonlight	29.87
Merry Courier	Mad Tanist	Lucky Orna

SCOTTISH GREYHOUND DERBY

Not contested this year.

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