Ten Years Ago This Month

The cover of the July 1998 issue of the Greyhound Review featured the late Wayne Ward and WW Time Warp, winner of the Great American Greyhound Futurity at The Woodlands. Time Warp's win paid off to the tune of $125,428.50 and his brother WW Time Traveler ran third earning a further $25,000. Another pair of littermates, Memory Calling and Sanafel Sun, ran second and fourth. Both went on to star on the Jacksonville Circuit.

At Hollywood, Run Vickie Star won the $45,000 Hollywoodian by four lengths as an 18-1 longshot, while Kelsos Kingpin edged out Iruska Excalibur in a photo for second. Later that year she won the Hecht Marathon at Flagler and made the final of the American Derby and made the 1998 All America team.

Bool won the $25,000 Southland River Course Championship for the Beckner Kennel. Oshkosh Veto and Greys Rendezvous rounded out the Trifecta.

In the Dairyland Derby final, Black Gem Star ran out from under her more famous sister's shadow by racing to the winner's share of the $25,000 stake. Readers with long memories will recall that she is the littermate of 1997 Flashy Sir award winner and All America Winsome Doe. Breezin Quick and Genuine Genius ran second and third.

The great ML Dusty Trail won his 81st race with a win at Palm Beach on June 6th as he approached the end of his illustrious career. He ended up with 83 wins, was a 1997 All-America, won the 1997 Palm Beach He's My Man Classic and Father's Day feature, ran second in the '97 Palm Beach Guys & Dolls and '98 St. Pat's Invitational, and was the '97 Palm Beach track champ with 50 wins.

At Bluffs Run, heavy favorite My Mr Peabody missed his break and that was all it took for My Black Star to claim the victory in the People's Choice Stake.

The $60,000 Texas Round-Up at Gulf was won by Slatex Shell who picked up Seegold Big Red at the wire. In all she had 35 wins at Gulf in 1998 and went on to produce Wheeling star Slatex Striker. DV's Luke won the Gulf King & Queen Stake.

In other stakes, PA's Charade was the upset winner of the $10,000 Raynham-Taunton Massasoit Juvenile, Asti Four Alarm won the Naples Derby, Bart's Cola won the Dubuque Inaugural, Go Odessa Go won the Seminole Inaugural, Glamour Pants won the $20,000 Naples Marathon, Gina Said So won the Palm Beach Mother's Day feature, and Ico Whitewater won the $10,000 Corpus Christi Marathon.

At Multnomah, System Sybil followed up her win in the Inaugural with a box-to-wire victory in the $30,000 Henke Challenge. Feelings and Jivin Jim ran second and third.

July, of course, is a Stud Issue, and 194 pages of sires graced the back of the magazine.