electric hare

(Individual Sports, other than specified) (in greyhound racing) a model of a hare, mounted on an electrified rail, which the dogs chase

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There were tears and a souvenir - one spectator nicked the track's electric hare at the finish - as a crowd of more than 700, the best for "many, many years", witnessed the end of greyhound racing.

Tears on the track but triumph for teams; years ago 20

The piece goes on to say though that 'fortunately the public goes its own way in these things, and the electric hare has as little to fear from its critics as the greyhounds it eludes so easily'.

The electric hare: greyhound racing's development in Ireland, 1927-58

Greyhound racing on a long circular course using an artificial electric hare was first introduced into Britain in 1926.

Going to the dogs: Mike Huggins revisits the early years of British greyhound racing, the smart modern sports craze of interwar Britain

No one will take drugs because of the effect that they can have on the skin, and the problem of people being indolent in front of television screens will disappear when the authorities realise that they can keep people fit and entertained by towing massive mirrors around parks, which the populace as a whole will follow like greyhounds chasing the electric hare.

ADAM WALTON: Exit ugly eggheads, it's time to make way for the pretty Vordermen

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