Westy Whizzer

Your beginning was typical of so many greyhounds, a farm in Kansas: Westmoreland, to be exact, in October of 1963. Not much is known about you until you went to the racetrack with ‘Swede’ Wilson. Your heritage came from Tell You Why, an Australian import, and Kinto Nebo. Both of these would be inducted into the Greyhound Hall of Fame in later years.

Your owner, George and Lora Neihart, were extremely pleased with the breeding as it also produced from your litter Westy Colonel, Westy Majo1, Westy Ripper and Westy Wacket. All of these were good Grade ‘A’ dogs in their own right.

They called you the “WHIZZER”. Many said you were a ‘spook ‘, but Swed Wilson, your trainer, said: ” He’s no spook. He was shy and wanted to be by himself. He didn’t care about other dogs. ”

The real beginning of your racing career was the winning of the Raynham Juvenile Stake in 1964. From that time on, you knew just what racing was about. That night you graduated from a puppy to a Greyhound. From there you swept the North-South match races series and took a clear victory in the Taunton Gold Collar.     That year, 1964,    you were also nominated to the All-American Team.

Your next year was even more astounding than the first. You had 34 wins: you proved you could run a 3/8 mile course by winning the Raynham Derb and setting a new track record. To top this all off, you were nominated again to the All-American Team.

However, 1966, your final year of racing, was the year that proved to be your very best. You captured the U.S. win title, with 49 victories. You won track titles from Palm Beach, Florida, to Mile High in Denver, Colorado, and up to Taunton in Massachusetts. You then became the third dog in history to be nominated to the All-American Team three times.

In 1967, for your fourth birthday, Taunton racetrack gave you a part that is still remembered. At the close of your racing career, you had 21 official starts with a total of 107 wins, a new world record; there were also 41 seconds and 19 thirds. That is a total of 177 out of 213, better than 80 percent. That record alone will stand for generations. Your total earnings to that time were close to $67,000.

You retired to stud in Abilene, Kansas. The demand was tremendous fr your services, however you were very particular about breeding females and never produced the quantity in demand.

Your pups went right on with your heritage though and the Whizzer line today is extremely strong and sought after in the greyhound industry.

As of your induction, in 1983, your line had produced 4 All-American· one Flashy Sir Award winner, one Rural Rube Award winner and the all tirn ‘winningest’  litter, the “Whiz Kids”. Your offspring have fanned the  country and  become  sprint  champions  as  well  as  successful  distance  runners.  Westy Whizzer and your littermates will be felt in the  greyhound industry for generations.

For this and your spectacular  racing  career  we honor  you  in  the Greyhound Hall of Fame.