The Greater Chicago Whippet Club will holding their spring race meets on June 16 & 17, 2012. There will be one WRA, one LGRA. Silken Windhounds are now accepted by LGRA so no separate meet will be held for them. TWO SETS OF POINTS ON ONE WEEKEND!! PERMISSION TO CROSS POST IS GRANTED. *NOTE NEW MEET LOCATION!* River Road Park, Kankakee IL. It's FLAT!! No hills or drop offs! **River Road Park Directions** Take I 57 to South Schuyler Ave,US Rts. 45 & 52, and Exit North. Go North about 1 mile to river Rd.(Also known as County Road 40) and turn to the Right, East. Go about 1 mile to S 1500 E Rd. and turn Left, North. Go about 1/2 mile and make the first left turn. Go to the parking lot on the left just as the road ends. Whippet measuring and inspection will begin at 8:30 A.M. with races beginning immediately following the draw of the races. LGRA Inspection will begin immediately after whippet inspection is complete and during the first heat of whippet races. Bitches in season and lame sighthounds are ineligible to race in WRA and LGRA meets. Pre-Entry fee is $10.00 per dog per day with a $30 limit per kennel for pre-entries each day. (A kennel is defined as dogs brought and handled by one family and owned, or co-owned, by the members of that family. Kennel entries need not be of the same breed.) Entries which are e-mailed then paid on the day of the meet are pre-entries. Post entries will be $18 per dog with a $54 kennel limit each day. Any entry not received by 11:59 p.m. Thursday, June 14, will be considered a post entry with any additional amount for late mail entries collected at the day of the meet. Send ALL Entries To: Joyce Szymaniak 14855 Newark Rd. Newark, ILL. 60541 e-mail: JCS801@yahoo.com Send Questions To: Gregg Gammie 708-970-8661 evenings e-mail: Whippet@WhippetRacing.org Registration with the WRA or the LGRA: All entrants must be registered with WRA or LGRA. If your dog is not registered before the meet, bring a photocopy of your dogs registration papers and $2 per new dog to the race meet (this is in addition to the entry fee for each dog). Pre-registration may be sent directly to WRA or LGRA so that it arrives at least two weeks before the date of the race meet you desire to enter. The person entering a hound for racing must be the actual owner, or agent of the owner, or in possession of papers transferring said ownership to the person entering the hound. All racers will run with both Muzzles and Numbered Racing Blankets. All LGRA breeds that fit will be started from the starting box. Typically the Irish Wolfhounds and Scottish Deerhounds are the only breeds hand slipped. Whippets will run 4 heats of races with up to 6 whippets in each race. All whippet races will be from a starting box. A Porta-Potty will be provided. Water to cool the dogs will be provided. There is no water or electricity at the site and NO SHADE, so bring water, chairs and whatever else you will need for a day out. There is a campground on the River Road Park site. Camping must be arranged with the park. There will be a POT LUCK LUNCH both days in between Heats so please bring a dish to pass. Local Motels which take dogs: Country Inn & Suites 380 South Cypress Dr. Manteno, IL 60950 815-468-2600 Fax: 815-468-2367 Manteno is 8 miles north of Bourbonnais and right on I-57. the motel can be seen from the interstate. Super 8 1390 N. Locke Dr Bradley, IL 815-939-7888 $15 per dog pet fee per dog Any size dog allowed Americas Best Inn & Suites 1500 N. State (IL Rt. 50) Bourbonnais, IL 815-401-5043 Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites 62 Ken Hayes Dr. Bradley, IL 815-932-4411 Camping There is a campground in the park but not exactly at the race site. You will have to move from one to the other. Call 815-939-1311 to make a reservation. Push #1 during the recording to get the right person. $15 per night with electric and water. No sanitary hookup. Campers & RV's $8 per night for tents. KOA 425 E 6000 South Rd. Chavanse, IL 815-939-4603 20 min south on Rt 52 and 0.3 mile on 45/52 from the junction of Rt. 45 and Rt. 52 Tent camping $24.41 with no water or electricity $27.41 with water and electricity Trailer or RV 32.41 with water, electric & sewer 29.41 with water & electric only 45.41 for a cabin with AC & heat. No water or sanitary facilities in the cabins. I've been told the Motel 6 has a bad reputation. Not clean and the kind of place you go if you, and your friend, only need a room for a half hour. `