[5] Later that year he went down with distemper and pneumonia at the GRA Hook Estate and Kennels in Northaw and after a long convalescence recovered successfully.
[6] The greyhound was kennelled with Trevillion in Sutton-at-Hone where security included a night watchman and a team of German Shepherd dogs.
[7] Trev's Perfection won the Circuit competition at Walthamstow Stadium and later, on 7 June 1947 was successful in winning the Gold Collar title before heading for the Derby.
The Gold Collar final field included Monday's News who had broken the track record in the semi-finals,[8] Before an attendance of 55,000 he won the 1947 English Greyhound Derby.
On 1 April 1948, Trevillion, his head kennel-man Arthur Hancock and Trev's Perfection left on the Queen Mary for the United States where the greyhound failed to make an impression.