PHAR LAP’S GRAVE
EQUINE CEMETERY ON RANCH
;il A message from San Bruno, Caliill forma., dated April 12, says that the | remains of Phar Lap were plated bell neath the sod in a quiet little spot at ill 'Menlo Park yesterday afternoon in the jif presence of Trainer Tommy Woodcock j!f and Dr. William Nielsen, 11 An equine burial ground on the Ed. ;|| Perry Upper Ranch was chosen for the || grav|e. Ths moss-covered plot, some 11 forty feet square, and surrounded by a if high wire fence, is only a few paces | from the roadway. Sheltered by a geo !? oaks, Phar Lap’s last resting place prej|' suits a scene of peace. Beside him I lies buried the horse Alfred D. and two I well-known trotters, while the remain- | ing place in the plot is reserved for f 34-year-old Braymont, which reams | tlie paddock in which the cemetery is [ located.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1932, Page 7
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149PHAR LAP’S GRAVE Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1932, Page 7
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