Greyhound racing is a form of racing where dogs race around an oval track after a motorized lure. Over 1000 years old, greyhound racing originated both in Europe and the Middle East where sight hounds were used to chase down small game such as rabbits.
The original greyhound racing was called coursing which involved chasing live bait around the track. This of course has been outlawed and today greyhounds only chase mechanical lures.
William Reid was a Victorian Banker, originally from Scotland, and a dedicated committee member of the Moonee Valley Racing Club who died in 1923. In the early 1900s he owned several prominent racehorses, most notably Uncle Sam who took the Caulfield Cup in 1912 and 1914 and also won the Melbourne Cup in 1912, The