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News In Brief Summer 2004 KANSAS: On May 23, racing
greyhound Black Spuds suffered a multiple fracture of a front leg while
racing at the Wichita track and was euthanized by the track veterinarian
at the request of the dog's owner, according to Tracy Diel, executive
director of the state racing commission. VERMONT: The pending
sale of the defunct Green Mountain Greyhound Track in Pownal to developer
Jack Appleman for a mixed-use development was delayed after railroad right-of-way
issues surfaced in mid-July. Guilford Railroad, a private company, owns
the operational railroad track and its crossings, one of which leads into
the entrance of the 144-acre track site. Town, county and state officials
are working with Appelman and track owner John Tietgens to find a solution.
Tietgens bought the track at auction in 1993 for $250,000. Green Mountain
operated as a dog trackfrom 1997 to 1992.Greyhound racing was outlawed
in Vermont in 1995.
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