PHAR LAP'S WELCOME

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 79, 24 November 1931, Page 2

PHAR LAP'S WELCOME

SPECIAL PRIVILEGES TO BE GIVEN AT MEXICAN COURSE. PRECAUTIONS FOR SAFETY. A repof t from Agua Caliehte' states that enquiries feveal that Phar Lap will apparently be given every opportunity to meet opponents under tlie best conditions on March 20. He piay be housed in a special stable, which' has sheltered some of the most famous horsea on the American turf.The Australian champion will be accorded every special privilege possible in an ■ effort to enable him to become easily acclimatised. Mr. Harry Pollock, the ' chairman, said, "I have arranged that the owners may bring all Phar Lap's own fee'd, such as oats, grain, hay and chaff, and possibly water. We have received no word as to the probable date of arrival, hut we intended to have a representative to meet him at

San Francisco and assist in his transfer to Agua Caliente. We have already arranged that. there .will be no difficulty in crossing.the .Mexican bor der ' and are assured of the best possible conditions on the trip.,,, It depends on the horse and the length of time he has trained here, "but .given sufficient, tipie, I see no. reason- why the climafe should hold Phar Lap back'. " ' * Mr. Pollock ref used to hazard a guess copcerning the probahie odds of the horse or the weights to be assigned. The scale for 5-year-'olds at that time of the year qt Agua Caliehte is 1291bs. That is what Sunbeau carried last year. "I do not believe . a foreign horse could be handicapped more," he said. He also asserted that all horses are put under a heavy guard as protection and, that no fears were held or any expressed by American trainers coneerning Phar Lap's intervention. "Ra,ther," he said, "they are inferested in seeing what the outcome will he." All are taking precautions however. Some of Phar Lap's probahie opponents will be Banter Ppol, Plucky Play, Night Patrol, Suniire, Bargello, Revel Boy and the Canadian champion Marine.