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. s x j t . . . t ; I t . j , Kindergarten to Be Shipped To Australia for Classics By Special Correspondent MELBOURNE, Australia, April 14.— Kin-j dergarten, the horse generally rated the best since Phar Lap in this part of the world, will race in the autumn Australian calendar weight-for-age classics, his owner, Ned FitzGerald, reports. FitzGer-l aid cabled trainer J. Fryer from New Zea-i land, saying that the champion has never been better and is coming to Australia be-. caused he has been weighted out of the handicaps in his native dominion. Kindergarten, who would have been sent to the United States to compete against the best in America but for transportation difficulties, has only raced once in Australia. On that occasion he was beaten, finishing in third place, victim of a poor ride. Ear-. lier, FitzGerald had been offered approxi-t mately 0,000 for the six-year-old by an American sportsman. The son of Kincardine has won New Zea-1 land stakes under more than 140 pounds several times, and equalled the Auckland mile record jot 1:35% under 143 pounds in 1942. He won the two-mile Auckland Cup, under 142 pounds, covering the last three furlongs in : 37%— total time, 3:22. He is undoubtedly a high-class horse and his return to action here is eagerly awaited.
