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OUR CONCEPTION OF PHAR LAP Heres what a Sydney newspaper prints 3 about the impression made by Phar Lap ? on American racegoers: "The American racegoing public has been i astonished to learn that Phar Lap eats nothing - but grass and tinned and concentrated 1 Australian forage daily. A racing newspaper comments as follows: "Phar Lap looks like something molded by a sculptor to the classical measurements of E a war horse from another age. He is a i lordly beast, striding confidently through a i lane of pop-eyed human beings. He is an l inspiring thoroughbred if ever there was 3 one. He gave horse fanciers a thrill and 1 left them speechless. "Phar Lap probably is the greatest race 5 horse that ever came from a foreign shore. . One habitue with a scientific mind claimed 1 that he had located Phar Laps hoof-prints 3 after a gallop and measured the distance of t his stride, unextended. It was about twenty-six - feet. The horse has colossal hindquar-tersi - indicating great driving power." 1
