Non-mechanical lure for dog racing
OwnerBruce G. Dumasinventor
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Abstract
To avoid the ever present danger of greyhounds inadvertently running in the wrong direction around a track and colliding with the conventional mechanical rabbit lure, advantage is taken of the dogs following sight rather than scent, to provide an advancing lure in the form of a series of groups of about five exposed light bulbs cantilevered over the track out of the path of the dogs and individually and successively energized as an advancing elongated strip of light. The bulbs may be staggered, or of different heights to increase the simulation of a rabbit.
Claims4
A race course for greyhounds of the type having a closed loop track with an inner periphery fence;
- an outer periphery fence;
- a start line, a finish line, light means spaced around the track to lure the greyhounds and electric control means for successively illuminating the light means, said race course characterized by:
- said inner periphery fence including a plurality of spaced identical posts, each having an upstanding vertical lower portion;
- and integral upper portion inclined outwardly over the inner portion of said track and terminating in an upper tip;
- a common electric conductor supported on the tips of said posts and extending continuously around the inner periphery of said track at a spaced distance thereabove;
- and said light means comprising a series of groups of about five exposed light bulbs, each group being elongaged and spaced about two feet from adjacent groups, said series being mounted on said conductor
- whereby the individual and successive illumination of said spaced groups of light bulbs, from start line to finish line, above the level of the inner portion of said track, creates an easily visible, advancing, light beam lure for said greyhounds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.