Sunny Concern

With little concern for leading the pack, you acquired fame by finishing “at the wire.” Your Disposition was sunny, which no doubt led your owner, Frank Lawman, to dub you “Sunny Concern.”

You were considered by many “The Greyhound” in your day. Whelped in April 1923 at Severy, Kansas, you began your coursing career by winning the 1924 National Futurity.  In 1925, you annexed the National Derby Cup before sprinting on to the racetrack, where you promptly captured the St. Petersburg Derby Lane International in 1926. In that year, you also won the first Madison Derby at the Madison Kennel Club in St. Louis, Missouri.

Veteran Art Wilson said you were the best greyhound that ever coursed in a futurity year. Considered a determined courser, your style was to run as fast as necessary to win. In track racing, you were content to win most of your races by a narrow margin.

Such deeds may have worried your owner, but you seemed to love the chase and especially a close finish.

Accordingly, you were a champion, winning inaugural races and match races on any track at any distance. You came to be known as the “Queen of Greyhounds.”

No record was kept of your earnings, but no amount of money could induce your owner to part with you. Retired in 1927, you were bred to Golden Sahara and My Laddie, to name a few, both of whom are enshrined in the Greyhound Hall of Fame.

You died in your sleep at the Lawman Kennels on November, 17, 1937. You were laid to rest under your favorite shade tree wearing the National Futurity blanket and a silken robe.

You were truly a Queen.