GREYHOUND

(foaled 1932), American harness racehorse (Standardbred), considered by many to have been the greatest trotter that ever raced. A tall (about 66 inches ) gray gelding sired by Guy Abbey out of Elizabeth, he competed for seven seasons (193440), winning 71 of 82 heats (divisions of races) and 33 of 37 full races. In 1935 he won the Hambletonian Stake, the great race for three-year-old trotters. On Sept. 29, 1938, he established a world trotting record for 1 mile in 1:55 1/4 (subsequently broken). He also excelled in trotting under saddle, a form of racing now obsolete; he set saddle records of 3:02 1/2 for 1.5 miles (1937), 4:06 for 2 miles (1939), and 2:01 3/4 for 1 mile (1940). Greyhound was named outstanding trotter of the 20th century in a membership poll of Hall of Fame of the Trotter in 1971.