Roger Clark's Book Review: Australia’s The Greyhound Recorder September 16, 2010

Better known to U.S. Greyhound enthusiasts as Maddog McDermutt, Bob has been a long time contributor to the American Greyhound Review, a monthly magazine which is probably the most widely circulated and read greyhound publication in the world. I came across Bob McKinnon’s work via the internet about five or six years ago then had the pleasure of his company on a brief visit to Australia in November 2006 when he stayed with my wife and me, and his visits to meetings at Healesville and The Meadows, then the Greyhound Adoption’s Christmas Party at Seymour in 2006, all received great coverage in feature articles in the U.S. Greyhound Review. As Maddog McDermutt, Bob McKinnon offers readers a monthly dose of all sorts of advice on Greyhound racing, his trips around the country, and satirical short stories that continue to be sought after to this day, classic and irreverent adventures as told by the master himself from the heyday of greyhound racing.

Bob claims that his alter ego Maddog McDermutt is not the Daymon Runyon of Greyhound racing but rather that Daymon Runyon is the Maddog McDermutt of horse racing. Vintage Maddog is a must read for anybody who has ever been to a dog track, adopted or stopped to pat an adopted

Greyhound, and dog lovers in general, and if you like racing of any kind, or appreciate humanity’s best friend, you’ll love these off the-wall gems. type in Vintage Maddog, and hit the icon, you won’t be sorry, well done old mate.