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No Dogs at the Oval Lovers of cricket will be relieved to know that the Surrey Cricket Club's historic ground at Kennington Oval is not to be used for greyhound racing. The Duchy of Cornwall had been offered a high rent by the Greyhound Racing Association—to be used for local rehousing schemes—and had promised that the cricket season should not be interfered with, and that. the Surrey Club should have the ground rent free while the dog races continued. The committee of the Surrey Club, it is stated, was prepared to accept these very tempting pro- posals. But the volume of protest from the clergy and the social workers in South London was so great that on Tuesday the Duchy abandoned the scheme. Admittedly, it is illogical to protest against dog-racing in South London when this form of amusement is permitted in various other parts of the Metropolis. But, logic apart, there is much to be said for discouraging a form of sport that depends entirely on betting amid the terrible South London slums.
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