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| Our Viscount born in '53 Bred from my friend Paddy Dunphy's The Grand Champion ex Wild Nellie. |
I got this great dog from Mollie Colohan in Galway on Paddy's advice. Unfortunately his promising career was limited by injury. The cause is mostly due to dangerous surfaces. They are often too firm in dry or frosty weather or too soft and slippery during heavy rainfall.
I find it depressing that many of the fastest have short careers because the turns are just too acute.
Mollie and Cecil, her husband, invited me to bring my Jane and family and
spend a fortnight with them during the summer of '57. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. I remember the highlight being a day trip to the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. Cecil took great pride in nursing our youngest lad, Simon. The other two Walter and Warwick entertained all the passengers with a dance as an islander played an accordion.
I learned a lot about greyhounds from Paddy Dunphy. When travelling in the south of Ireland I often called on him when passing through Castlecomer. His Grand Champion was popular at stud and attracted a lot of bitches. Paddy often accepted a pair of pups from a litter instead of the fee. There were times when I called on him and was invited to join him in visiting breeders who were rearing pups for him. Sometimes we didn't get back until very late and Paddy would find a bed for me.
In discussions I advised him to bring one of his best dogs to England and enter it for the Derby at White City. This involved a stay of six weeks and had never been attempted before. After much thought and planning he brought over his The Grand Canal in 1962. He had his food and drink sent over from Kilkenny every week. He stayed with the dog at the GRA Hook kennels and his pride and joy went into the record books as the winner of the English Derby.
I find it depressing that many of the fastest have short careers because the turns are just too acute.
Mollie and Cecil, her husband, invited me to bring my Jane and family and
spend a fortnight with them during the summer of '57. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay. I remember the highlight being a day trip to the Aran Islands in Galway Bay. Cecil took great pride in nursing our youngest lad, Simon. The other two Walter and Warwick entertained all the passengers with a dance as an islander played an accordion.
I learned a lot about greyhounds from Paddy Dunphy. When travelling in the south of Ireland I often called on him when passing through Castlecomer. His Grand Champion was popular at stud and attracted a lot of bitches. Paddy often accepted a pair of pups from a litter instead of the fee. There were times when I called on him and was invited to join him in visiting breeders who were rearing pups for him. Sometimes we didn't get back until very late and Paddy would find a bed for me.
In discussions I advised him to bring one of his best dogs to England and enter it for the Derby at White City. This involved a stay of six weeks and had never been attempted before. After much thought and planning he brought over his The Grand Canal in 1962. He had his food and drink sent over from Kilkenny every week. He stayed with the dog at the GRA Hook kennels and his pride and joy went into the record books as the winner of the English Derby.
