Summary
Letter sent from the Tuberculosis Sailors & Soldiers' Relief Fund to Harry Telford regarding the passing of the racehorse, Phar Lap.
This letter of sympathy was one of a large number sent to his Telford, Phar Lap's trainer and part owner, after the horse died in April, 1932. The Telford family retained the letters, and they were donated to the museum in the 1990s.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs Nancy Telford, 20 Oct 1999
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Place & Date Written
3rd Floor, Wingella House, Room 6, Angel Place, Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 Apr 1932
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Inscriptions
Text: T.B. SAILORS AND SOLDIERS' REFLIEF FUND/IN AID OF THE INVALID T.B. SAILORS AND SOLDIERS, AND THEIR DEPENDENTS/THEY FOUGHT FOR US THAT WE MIGHT LIVE/H.R. Telford, Esq.,/"Braeside",/MORDIALLOC/MELBOURNE/Dear Sir,/On behalf of the Committee of the/T.B. Sailors and Soldiers Relief Fund, I/desire to convey to you their sympathy on/the loss of the Wonder Horse, Phar Lap.
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Type of item
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Overall Dimensions
26.3 cm (Length), 20.7 cm (Width)
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Maximum dimensions
209 mm (Length), 1 mm (Width), 262 mm (Height)
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Keywords
Correspondence, Death & Mourning, Horse Racing, Horses, Racing Industry, Sport, Making History - Phar Lap, World War I, 1914-1918, Tuberculosis
