Former Victorian Lesley Green from Copmanhurst near Grafton in Northern New South Wales was kind enough to send me a host of documents, Newspaper stories and Stud Cards. All of which belonged to Lesley’s famous Father the one and only, the late Les Foran. An iconic Greyhound man from way back Les was President of the GOTBA, former Director and Chairman of the MGRA, an Owner and long time trainer, plus Editor for the OTBA Greyhound Gazette. Les was a stanch supporter of the rank and file and stood up for them on all occasions. Perhaps not giving the recognition he dissevered I enjoyed a number of chats I had with him. One night at Sandown it was not quite harmonious for Les. Sandown Chairman Henry Harrison famous for his quote “My way or the Highway” got into a heated argument with the popular MGRA Chairman. To say the two gentlemen had different backgrounds would be an understatement. Henry took offence and was not going tolerate any more talk from his counterpart and ordered Security to remove him form the course. Now Les a resourceful character at the best of times scoured the packed Lightwood Road Carpark until he found an Electrical sub-contractors van with a long ladder. He removed it from the roof racks and placed the Ladder up against the outside fence. Scaling to the top he hurled abuse at Henry. He would not come down until removed after the local Springvale Police were summoned to put a stop to the incident.. Quite a character was Les. Here are some amazing stories he kept.
