Summary
This letter of sympathy was one of a large number sent to his trainer and part owner Harry Telford after Phar Lap died in April, 1932. The Telford family retained the letters, and they were donated to the museum in the 1990s.
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Donation from Mrs Nancy Telford, 20 Oct 1999
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Text: Mr. Telford/Dear Sir/Please excuse the liberty I am/taking in writing to you; but as I have drawn/and painted that dear horse Phar Lap i thought/probably that you may like to order one, or the/set of four, which I have almost completed./There are various sizes, and also, heads,/head, neck and part of Phar Lap with jockey/mounted; these two different pictures, complete/horse and rider mounted; with racing tracks etc./I am also drawing and making other pictures/of Phar Lap. One picture almost completed is where Phar Lap had/such a marvellous victory at Agua Caliente with/jockey mounted, track etc, the largest picture of all/is where he won the Melbourne Cup or raced in the/Derby(I am not quite sure/I think the former/with J. Pike mounted./They should last a life time. I spare neither/time or trouble or material; and I don not ask/prohibitive or exhorbitant prices. I would like/you to see them Mr. Telford, (Or any of the jockeys/or racing acquaintances) I am enclosing a few verses/on poor Phar Lap, altho I never saw him, I have grieved over him. I/am a devoted lover of animals and you and Mr. Davis have my/deep sympathy in such/a sad loss. I shall/be one of the/first to see/his dear form/when it returns/with very best wishes, and/for better luck/in the future.
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Overall Dimensions
25 cm (Length), 19.6 cm (Width)
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Keywords
Correspondence, Death & Mourning, Horse Racing, Horses, Racing Industry, Sport, Making History - Phar Lap
