Three-Leg Caesar Finds Home, 20,000 Racing Greyhounds Looking

Three sleek greyhounds greet me at the train station in suburban Port Washington, New York. Attached to them is Peter Romeo, who is mostly undeterred by the tangle of leashes at his legs.

“Contrary to what everyone thinks, they are really not very hyper,” says Romeo, 54, who, with his wife Holly Klokis, 55, has turned their Long Island house into a modest shelter for greyhounds. “For the most part, they are extremely mellow and quiet.”