INTERNATIONAL RACES.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 78, 2 April 1932, Page 15

INTERNATIONAL RACES.

PHAR LAP'S ENGAGEMENTS. ai ? ln ternational flavour are not (iptn^ lm °T3 i England, where French, cur* • i lan iUK I Italian horses meawitk i frequently and successfully witu home-bred horses, and rich Amerithn il V i nei i? sometimes send horses across of fiT H - IC . some of the coveted prizes i , urt * but Australia is so remote that riot. ? 8 / 3 ca reer in his native land must be America 0 * h ' m S ° far aficlcl as cvuu

Wn r- m the last century the WilliamslanH = i w ? nner ' Merman, went to Engthe A?if a nH e , Ve , c } famc as tlle winner of races P anc * ot,ler important

mnnniJHu j. ar -^ a P has successfully sur- ? £ ls ' °hstacle in liis rise to draw i a me > his appearance as a ho eagerly sought by A?J 1 racln K interests. snpoiS has engagements in tlie quarter Handicap, one mile and a ° a J he track, California, and <5f Ha , n( J, lcn P> Arlington Gold Cup, ton pi ß ?-!! Stripes Handicap at Arlingin?t„ i?' Chicago, besides races at Washington Park, Chicago. Each of the Arling£Atm\es ? arrics a 2°,000 dollars (normally oini-fi pnz . e - wo are over a mile and a ter and one over nine furlongs. to „ ( , the great French liorsc Epinard for-nr merica hi 1923 a series of weightliim Ti" aCes was specially arranged for mile' .1?" werc run over six furlongs, a Tho'v furlongs, on different courses. a [j r a C gg nc horse was unluckily beaten in linr^ 1 "' 'phanl Wootton, who has trained fatw c y, arious countries, and is the Stanley and Frank Wootton, the stated that he was pleased with Phi,? ll T cess Lap, but added that in ?£ p wou hl have much harder tasks Wtf ea ®' eru States of America. ™ he was in England he sent a erate performer to the Western States DJerica, and he became almost chumtvna' t l therefore concluded that the c horse racing at Agtias Calientes tar below the calibre of Pilar Lap.

RED SUN'S WIN

_ . ? Trentham trainer J. W. Lowe did have his long trip to Riverton for ttio rn®" as - Sun was equal to winning cc t>liampion Hack Cup on the second day ... , hc Meeting. He paid a good dividend, ? " a d run poorly the first day. His J is recorded as being very meritorious, fa l one last away. Normandy ilea to secure any nionev, but southern ridd lut " ( ' a^c that he was not well