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PETER PAN THROUGH RACING One of Australias Greatest Champions Retired to Stud After Eventful Turf Career. Au Revoir, Peter Pan. Australias greatest race horse since Phar Lap has finished his racing career and has been retired to the stud. His last race was in the Autumn Plate at Randwick Saturday, May 11. He finished third and after failing to display the old form that made him famous his owner and trainer decided to retire the great horse. In saying Au Revoir to Peter Pan a writer in the Sydney Referee pays his respects to this marvelous racer in the following eulogy: "Peter Pan will always rank among the best of Australias turf champions for his two Melbourne Cup wins with 104 pounds and 136, and his mile record of 1:35. The horse that can combine three such feats needs no boosting. He had his physical troubles such as rheumatism and leg injuries which checked his career to an extent. I!ut despite these he was able to win 23 races, including a dead-heat, and his earning, totalled 74,690. Many stakes of his day were at depression standard. In boom times his winnings might have run to well above 00,-000, putting him among the first four on Australias winning list. "Peter was a beloved champion. His great consistency won him a place in racegoers hearts and if he could have won the recent Autumn Plate it would have provided a notable scene. Unfortunately it wasnt to be, and now he slips off the turf into the legion of past champions but not to be forgotten. "He holds one distinction. He is the only champion of his curious blending of dark chestnut coat and flaxen or platinum mane and tail. Trafalgar was chestnut and silver, but Peter Pan had a color scheme all his own. "His next interest for the public will be his racing stock. Australian-bred stallions have had marked success in the last seven or eight years, including Heroic, Manfred, Windbag and Spearfelt, so Peter should get his chance. He combines high breeding with the best physical qualifications, and no stallion can start off with better recommendations." .
