Lets See Them Whippets, Coarsing, Racing, Working

[Black neck 15,947]

5 minutes ago, green lurchers said:

Aye you never fail to make me laugh lol

When did whippet s first make an appearance I'm assuming the were bred down from greyhounds dya know 

[Black neck 15,947]

That was a serious matter stop laughing 

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6 minutes ago, Black neck said:

When did whippet s first make an appearance I'm assuming the were bred down from greyhounds dya know 

 History not my best subject your best ask the audiance or phone a friend ?

Edited June 14, 2019 by green lurchers

[billhardy 2,342]

Black its fair ta say the peds were gotten from non peds  atb bill

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Just now, billhardy said:

Black its fair ta say the peds were gotten from non peds  atb bill

Yeah but I'm led to believe the non peds are grews so the must have bin some whips to mek a grew 

My brain hurts

[two crows 3,342]

I know its not a whippet but I thought it was a nice old pic of a racing dog.

[Black neck 15,947]

Just now, two crows said:

I know its not a whippet but I thought it was a nice old pic of a racing dog.

Is that you mate nice hat

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14 minutes ago, billhardy said:

Black its fair ta say the peds were gotten from non peds  atb bill

Hey   History  ther black neck  Stan the man from Essex  o know it pains a few lol   was a breeder of many pure breds of animals  but best known for ped Whippets     It’s where the ped lagunas  came from  Essex up the road in Tiptree  early 1920s 30s  before that  fk knows lol  WbTm 

Edited June 14, 2019 by green lurchers

[billhardy 2,342]

for Allstate that said kc stock ain't really been around that long in whippets history the kc were recognised has a whippet in 1891and coursing under rules in the sixties not far away now this his modern history of the whippet ,they have changed from the fifteenth century breeds been added has time has passed by perhaps the diversity of these breeds have stood the whippet in good stead things ain't changed the raw ingredients all be it modern are still there and being perpetuated in some lines like say the non peds ,these have illustrious pedigrees just not kc ,a whippet his a whippet when it conforms to type some just happen to be kc others not how do see the recent Derby winner non ped a whippet no more no less   We don't need ta get all hung yup on purity it's a weekness  allways will be in livestock like horse some perform better at there given vocation where by it be work race or show but like the horse off different types  the same can be said of whippets of different types they still whippets.type his the key ,and da what it's worth the modern kc working whippet his just starting ta get straightened out again from the overly massive sized breed that did not conform to a whippets standard over the last twenty yrs.atb bill

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2 hours ago, billhardy said:

for Allstate that said kc stock ain't really been around that long in whippets history the kc were recognised has a whippet in 1891and coursing under rules in the sixties not far away now this his modern history of the whippet ,they have changed from the fifteenth century breeds been added has time has passed by perhaps the diversity of these breeds have stood the whippet in good stead things ain't changed the raw ingredients all be it modern are still there and being perpetuated in some lines like say the non peds ,these have illustrious pedigrees just not kc ,a whippet his a whippet when it conforms to type some just happen to be kc others not how do see the recent Derby winner non ped a whippet no more no less   We don't need ta get all hung yup on purity it's a weekness  allways will be in livestock like horse some perform better at there given vocation where by it be work race or show but like the horse off different types  the same can be said of whippets of different types they still whippets.type his the key ,and da what it's worth the modern kc working whippet his just starting ta get straightened out again from the overly massive sized breed that did not conform to a whippets standard over the last twenty yrs.atb bill

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2 hours ago, billhardy said:

for Allstate that said kc stock ain't really been around that long in whippets history the kc were recognised has a whippet in 1891and coursing under rules in the sixties not far away now this his modern history of the whippet ,they have changed from the fifteenth century breeds been added has time has passed by perhaps the diversity of these breeds have stood the whippet in good stead things ain't changed the raw ingredients all be it modern are still there and being perpetuated in some lines like say the non peds ,these have illustrious pedigrees just not kc ,a whippet his a whippet when it conforms to type some just happen to be kc others not how do see the recent Derby winner non ped a whippet no more no less   We don't need ta get all hung yup on purity it's a weekness  allways will be in livestock like horse some perform better at there given vocation where by it be work race or show but like the horse off different types  the same can be said of whippets of different types they still whippets.type his the key ,and da what it's worth the modern kc working whippet his just starting ta get straightened out again from the overly massive sized breed that did not conform to a whippets standard over the last twenty yrs.atb bill

Cheers bill I knew you wunt let us down

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6 minutes ago, Black neck said:

Cheers bill I knew you wunt let us down

Hey  blacky, what's with all this interest in whippets, I thought you were just into your lurchers?

[two crows 3,342]

my little bitch peggy as posted befor was half whippet half coursing dog 22" she could strike the whippet pose and had bottomless stamina, good engine room, I often wondered how a litter from her back to a whippet would of turned out.

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3 minutes ago, two crows said:

my little bitch peggy as posted befor was half whippet half coursing dog 22" she could strike the whippet pose and had bottomless stamina, good engine room, I often wondered how a litter from her back to a whippet would of turned out.

Back in the day of string racing heats xs heats smi finals and sweepstakes some days a good in could have five races in a afternoon stamina counts then if yas got a good un .its okay running them but winning them races one needs speed and stamina .atb bill

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6 minutes ago, two crows said:

my little bitch peggy as posted befor was half whippet half coursing dog 22" she could strike the whippet pose and had bottomless stamina, good engine room, I often wondered how a litter from her back to a whippet would of turned out.

 

6 minutes ago, two crows said:

my little bitch peggy as posted befor was half whippet half coursing dog 22" she could strike the whippet pose and had bottomless stamina, good engine room, I often wondered how a litter from her back to a whippet would of turned out.

We had a male from Bilko he retained that roachey type backhoe was around twenty two thirty eight pound. He was kept fa work he tons in the tank plus speed he often killed threes and fours lots a the coursing lads used him fa stud ate bill