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alansouthcoast

Greyhound Quiz

How well do you know the sport, or should i say, the trivia.

Your starter ( of ten ) is

1) Why the name Greyhound, when you hardly see a grey one ?

2) What is she specific difference between a GreyHound and a FoxHound, regards how they hunt ?

3) Who introduced the breed to the UK ?

4) Name the first stadium the Chandler family helped build

5) On a race card what does the term B stand for, as in B6 race.

6) What type of races are dogs that tend to bite other dogs raced in, and why ?

7) Which dog was stuffed and at one time housed in the Natural History Museum in London

Which King banned the general public from owning Greyhounds, and what year.

9) Which one of our users is named after a very famous Greyhound ?

10) What is the link between Greyhounds and Chelsea football club.

11) At what track did Blonde dino break the world record for 480 metres ?


Most of these answers can be found on the Forum. I wont give any answers, only name the correct ones.

Edit to add.....i know its eleven i got carried away.
Rochesterlad

6) Hurdle races....Keeps the dogs interested!!
Rochesterlad

7...Mick the miller!
Rochesterlad

9....Westmead Hawk...
westmeadhawk

off the top of my head, and that is pretty unreliable before lunch!

???

11) Monmore

4) Is is the Stow Alan or did they have their fingers in more pies?!

7) Mick the Miller
westmeadhawk

Rochesterlad wrote:
9....Westmead Hawk...


lol - I never noticed that one!
westmeadhawk

2) the greyhound is a sighthound and the foxhound is a scenthound.  Foxhounds usually hunt in packs too...
archie mackenzie

number 5-does it mean its a invitation race???
alansouthcoast

westmeadhawk wrote:
Rochesterlad wrote:
9....Westmead Hawk...


lol - I never noticed that one!


I only put it in so you would get one right.  

6 Hurdle races..well done Rochester.

7  Mick the Miller

If i havent answered then you got the answer wrong.
theGoingStick

10) What is the link between Greyhounds and Chelsea football club.

Stamford Bridge used to host greyhound racing.
alansouthcoast

2 is correct, sight and smell are the differences.

11 is also correct, history on a wet thursday in Wolverhampton

well done Westmead.
alansouthcoast

10 is correct. Well done TGS

What a day, watching the Blues, retire to the bar, then a night at the dogs. Signs of a mis-spent youth.
Papa 3

King Canute - 1014
alansouthcoast

Papa 2 wrote:
King Canute - 1014


Take a bow Sir, i didnt think anyone would get that one.

 
Rochesterlad

Re: Greyhound Quiz

alansouthcoast wrote:


5) On a race card what does the term B stand for, as in B6 race.



Very tough question!!  

Am i right in saying that the only track that has this grade is Swindon?
alansouthcoast

Re: Greyhound Quiz

Rochesterlad wrote:
alansouthcoast wrote:


5) On a race card what does the term B stand for, as in B6 race.



Very tough question!!  

Am i right in saying that the only track that has this grade is Swindon?


Im not sure, it used to be a common grade, but you may well be right.

Hmmm i checked a few results and now i am confused, many tracks use grade A for 435 metres, they always used to be grade B though.
alansouthcoast

Questions 1-3-4 still to go.... I will need to look into question five and see if grade B races are still run....Apologies for not checking first.
Rochesterlad

Re: Greyhound Quiz

alansouthcoast wrote:
Rochesterlad wrote:
alansouthcoast wrote:


5) On a race card what does the term B stand for, as in B6 race.



Very tough question!!  

Am i right in saying that the only track that has this grade is Swindon?


Im not sure, it used to be a common grade, but you may well be right.

Hmmm i checked a few results and now i am confused, many tracks use grade A for 435 metres, they always used to be grade B though.



The plot thickens....

Crayford use S grade for 540m races and monmore do too,for their 620m contests!  
alansouthcoast

S is for Stayers Rochester....

Edits to add i am off out.....i will check the answers later and see if i can find out anymore about the grade B races.
archie mackenzie

alansouthcoast wrote:
Questions 1-3-4 still to go.... I will need to look into question five and see if grade B races are still run....Apologies for not checking first.
hey al
have a look at the results from the top dog tournie from yarmouth (the last tournie you did) and there was 1 grade b race
another guess is it a race just for bitches????

thanks archibald
Rochesterlad

alansouthcoast wrote:
S is for Stayers Rochester....



Opps of course!!  

Ahh and i guess M is for Marathon distance!
alansouthcoast

Archie i have checked and there were no Grade Bs at yarmouth according to the site i use. If you have a link i would be greatfull.

http://www.thedogs.co.uk/trap6/re..._result_full.php?meetingid=214079

Rochester, just for you and Westmead, whats the grade for Sprinters ?

westmeadhawk

D for dash Alan?
theGoingStick

Ok lets have a little guess at these then :-

1) Why the name Greyhound, when you hardly see a grey one ?

The breed was originally imported as grey and has evolved since ????

3) Who introduced the breed to the UK ?

Romans ????

4) Name the first stadium the Chandler family helped build

Catford ????
Mikey

1) Grey has transcended over the years from the word Grei, although not sure what Grei means.

Does 'B' stand for bend
archie mackenzie

alansouthcoast wrote:
Archie i have checked and there were no Grade Bs at yarmouth according to the site i use. If you have a link i would be greatfull.

http://www.thedogs.co.uk/trap6/re..._result_full.php?meetingid=214079

Rochester, just for you and Westmead, whats the grade for Sprinters ?

hello al
sorry my mistake
just looked throu heaps of results from yarmouth and cant see any b grade races ever been run there so im stumped.

thanks archibald.
alansouthcoast

TGS Chandler used the money from sales of shares in his first venture, to buy a second track... so pretty close but wrong location

Archie... No worries thanks for looking anyway, i thought i had missed something.

Mikey....spot on with Grei, its the Saxon word for beautiful. Hence, beautiful hound.

TGS, spot on with the Romans, what did they ever do for us eh ?...  

I am impressed with everyone but Westmeadhawk, who forgot what her own user name was.    

Thanks for taking part.
westmeadhawk

Thanks for the quiz Alan.

My oversight is the state of the nation at the mo.  Drowning not waving    
jennywales

1) Is GREYhound a corruption of GAZEhound, ie one that hunts by sight, not scent?
alansouthcoast

Jenny its a corruption of Grei hound Grei being Saxon for beautiful.

I see no one has got the answer about Mr Chandlers first venture yet.
theGoingStick

alansouthcoast wrote:
Jenny its a corruption of Grei hound Grei being Saxon for beautiful.


I've just looked up thew answer in wikipedia and it looks like there are a few different answers to that question, no one knows the exact root of the word :-

Quote:
The name "greyhound" is generally believed to come from the Old English grighund. "Hund" is the antecedent of the modern "hound", but the meaning of "grig" is undetermined, other than in reference to dogs in Old English and Norse. Its origin does not appear to have any common root with the modern word "grey" for colour, and indeed the greyhound is seen with a wide variety of coats.[citation needed] This may be confusing, however, as the deerhound and wolfhound are more commonly grey in colour and possibly the true origins of the greyhound.[citation needed] However, the deerhound and wolfhound, both being reconstructed breeds, probably cannot have had any genetic influence on the much older greyhound. It is known that in England during the medieval period, Lords and Royalty keen to own greyhounds for sport, requested they be bred to colour variants that made them easier to view and identify in pursuit of their quarry.[citation needed] The lighter colours, patch-like markings and white appeared in the breed that was once ordinarily grey in colour. The greyhound is the only dog mentioned by name in the Bible; the King James version names the greyhound as one of the Four things stately in the Proverbs.[28] However, in the modern version of the Bible this has been changed to strutting rooster, which appears to be a more correct translation of the Hebrew term זַרְזִיר (zarzir).

According to Pokorny[29] the English name "greyhound" does not mean "gray dog/hound", but simply "fair dog". Subsequent words have been derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *g'her- 'shine, twinkle': English gray, Old High German gris 'grey, old', Old Icelandic griss 'piglet, pig', Old Icelandic gryja 'to dawn', gryjandi 'morning twilight', Old Irish grian 'sun', Old Church Slavonic zorja 'morning twilight, brightness'. The common sense of these words is 'to shine; bright'.



alansouthcoast wrote:
I see no one has got the answer about Mr Chandlers first venture yet.


Maybe he was an Essex man, Romford ?
jennywales

So I guess a greyhound is a good dog, then!

Sorry I came in late on this, and the one about sight and scent had already been answered - it was the only question I actually knew!

Good quiz, Alan!

I am going to spend a couple of days brain-bashing about the new NH season, and amongst other things, a quiz may come out of it - haven't done one for ages!
alansouthcoast

Now now jenny....You knew which poster uses the name Westmeadhawk.... Unlike her good self  

TGS, right idea location wise but wrong track, its now closed.

I am plumping for Grei Hound being correct for a few reasons.

GregHound doesnt make sense, as both greg and hound mean dog. Hound is thought to be derived from the germanic word Hund meaning hunt, and was applied to hunting dogs.

GrisHound would be the Saxon equivelent of Greyhound.

Gazehound was another time used for dogs that hunt by sight, as Jenny mentioned, but there are a few breeds that do that. I think the Afghan and Borzoi are also close relatives.

I read somewhere the word Greihound appears in Chaucers work, which makes sense as much of it was old English.

I also found the text below here :

http://puppydogweb.com/caninebreeds/greyhound.htm

Country of Origin: Egypt
History: Tracing the Greyhound ancestry back to the ancient Egyptians, the Greyhound was used to hunt large prey such as wolf, deer and wild boar. Pictures depicting Greyhounds can be found on the walls of tombs between 4000 and 3500 B.C. The breed is also mentioned in the book of Solomon of the Holy Bible. Some believe the breed traveled to Afghanistan, then was imported into Britain by the Celts by the 10th century. A popular dog, they were raised and owned by the ruling classes in Britain. There were once laws created to prohibit anyone owning a Greyhound unless they were of a certain high status in the 11th through 14th century. Only 500 years later did Queen Elizabeth I reverse this law and allow commoners to own them. They Greyhound's name has several theories behind it. Some believe it is derived from an old Saxon word, grei, meaning fine or beautiful. Others believe it originated from the Latin word gradus, which means swiftness, and still others say it is from the Old English language with the word grech or greg, meaning dog. A final theory is that it is a corruption of the word "gazehound" or "great hound", since it was so revered for its speed and kept by many a hunter. Greyhounds were used to hunt hare, and were irreplaceable with their speed. One Greyhound was said to have jumped 30 feet to catch his prey! In the 16th century the Greyhound is thought to have come to America by Spanish explorers. Regardless of its travels, the breed thrived with most countries, being the fastest dog in the world, and one of the fastest animals in the world. Clocked at 37 mph, with rumors of some reaching 45 mph, the breed was then used in the 20th century in dog races, and continue to race to this day. Greyhounds were not only known for their speed, but also for their reproductive abilities; one Greyhound named "Low Pressure" is said to have sired 3,014 puppies in his eight-year breeding span! Today Greyhounds are used as a racing dog and are often destroyed after a short, impersonal career.
theGoingStick

 So basically there's no right or wrong answer to question 1  

What's the answer to the William Chandler question 4 ?
alansouthcoast

theGoingStick wrote:
 So basically there's no right or wrong answer to question 1  

What's the answer to the William Chandler question 4 ?


Lol @basically.... Im sticking with Grei Hound.

Sheesh with Chandler, i have alread said you are in the right location, that leaves....loads of guesses...  
theGoingStick

alansouthcoast wrote:
Sheesh with Chandler, i have alread said you are in the right location, that leaves....loads of guesses...  


I don't know, is Crayford right quizmaster ?
alansouthcoast

Its north east....Think Olympics... Think Carriage
theGoingStick

alansouthcoast wrote:
Its north east....Think Olympics... Think Carriage


 Wembley's NW London isn't it. Haven't a clue, you'll have to tell me the answer  
archie mackenzie

Re: Greyhound Quiz

alansouthcoast wrote:
How well do you know the sport, or should i say, the trivia.



5) On a race card what does the term B stand for, as in B6 race.

.
did anyone find out what B stands for???
or have i missed the answer
thanks archibald.
alansouthcoast

theGoingStick wrote:
alansouthcoast wrote:
Its north east....Think Olympics... Think Carriage


 Wembley's NW London isn't it. Haven't a clue, you'll have to tell me the answer  


I said East..... Dont tell me you are going to let Westmead get the answer.  
alansouthcoast

Re: Greyhound Quiz

archie mackenzie wrote:
alansouthcoast wrote:
How well do you know the sport, or should i say, the trivia.



5) On a race card what does the term B stand for, as in B6 race.

.
did anyone find out what B stands for???
or have i missed the answer
thanks archibald.


The B stands for a distance of 435 Metres Archie. A was for distances of around 460. They dont seem to use B any more, although i am sure i watched a B6 race recently.
theGoingStick

alansouthcoast wrote:
theGoingStick wrote:
alansouthcoast wrote:
Its north east....Think Olympics... Think Carriage


 Wembley's NW London isn't it. Haven't a clue, you'll have to tell me the answer  


I said East..... Dont tell me you are going to let Westmead get the answer.  


Harringay ???
alansouthcoast

More easterly.......Westmead knows...trust me..  
westmeadhawk

Hackney
alansouthcoast

See...so confident that i got two answers.  

Will Chandler was in the consotium that built Hackney, he sold his shares and on the same day bought some land, i think it may even have been a flapping track, where he constructed Walthamstow Stadium.
westmeadhawk

I keep doing that, don't I!  But at least I noticed before you edited it for me  

Here now, was it the Hackney Wick track or the Clapton, Hackney track?

Both daughters were born a stones throw from both in Homerton.
alansouthcoast

westmeadhawk wrote:
I keep doing that, don't I!  But at least I noticed before you edited it for me  

Here now, was it the Hackney Wick track or the Clapton, Hackney track?

Both daughters were born a stones throw from both in Homerton.


Clapton Hackney ?..... Nice try but it was the Wick.

Incidentally, i just read Clapton bought a stand from Mitcham Greyhound track. I dont know where this is, but am willing to bet it was Sandy Lane, one time home to Tooting and Mitcham FC and also the name of a top Greyhound.... I cant recall the race he won, thought it was the Derby but it isnt.

It was the TV trophy in the early eighties.
BRETT

just caught this quiz.very good.

Anyone want bonus points?

regarding the 'B' grade,can anyone remember dogs running in 'E' grade and what was so different about these races?
alansouthcoast

BRETT wrote:
just caught this quiz.very good.

Anyone want bonus points?

regarding the 'B' grade,can anyone remember dogs running in 'E' grade and what was so different about these races?


Im not 100% sure Brett, its to do with Marathons and the number of bends ( the part i dont know ) E means extended.

New question, can anyone tell me what a KS race is ?
BRETT

alansouthcoast wrote:
BRETT wrote:
just caught this quiz.very good.

Anyone want bonus points?

regarding the 'B' grade,can anyone remember dogs running in 'E' grade and what was so different about these races?


Im not 100% sure Brett, its to do with Marathons and the number of bends ( the part i dont know ) E means extended.

New question, can anyone tell me what a KS race is ?


Do you not remember the days of 8 dog races rather than 6 dogs.Thats what an 'E' grade race was.Them were the days with traps 7&8 in r/f/c doubles and trebles.


I think a KS is a kennel sweepstake but not 100%
westmeadhawk

Sounds about right Brett but I'd better wait for the quizmaster to get in...

Speaking of greyhounds, my lurcher lol, let rip yesterday.  He does that double suspension thing and there is no better sight in the whole world I reckon.

He then switches to a kangaroo impression which makes me laugh but is rather less cool  
alansouthcoast

KS is indeed Kennel Sweepstakes.
Rochesterlad

Re: Greyhound Quiz

alansouthcoast wrote:
Rochesterlad wrote:
alansouthcoast wrote:


5) On a race card what does the term B stand for, as in B6 race.



Very tough question!!  

Am i right in saying that the only track that has this grade is Swindon?


Im not sure, it used to be a common grade, but you may well be right.

Hmmm i checked a few results and now i am confused, many tracks use grade A for 435 metres, they always used to be grade B though.


Noticed tonight that Swindon had a B1 contest over 509m.

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