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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22195, 11 September 1937, Page 17

PHAR LAP'S SKELETON TO BE MOUNTED

FAMOUS HORSE BRED IN SOUTH CANTERBURY fTHE PRESS Special Service.] GERALDINE. September 10. "Phar Lap was bred in our South Canterbury district, and we should point that out in our letter," remarked a member of the Geraldine Racing Club Committee, when it was decided at their meeting last night to grant £2 2s toward the cost of erecting the skeleton of the horse in the Dominion Museum. That the sum of £175 was required by the Board of Trustees of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum. Wellington, to erect the skeleton of the horse, Phar Lap. was mentioned in a letter from the secretary of the New Zealand Racing Conference. . The Takapuna Jockey Club had already given £5 5s toward the cost of mounting the skeleton, the letter said. Donations should be forwarded to the secretary of the Board of Trustees, National Art Gallery, Wellington.

BILLIARDS —:—+ CHAMPIONSHIP DRAW The following is the draw for the Canterbury and West Coast billiards championship to be held at Tattersall's billiards saloon, commencing on Monday (each game to be 600 up):— Monday, September 13: 10 a.m., Albertson v. Kett; 2 p.m., Southerwood v. Whitford: 7.30 p.m., McKay v. Innes. Tuesday, September 14: 10 a.m., O'Neill v. Smith; 2 p.m., Albertson v. Southerwood; 7.30 p.m., Innes v. Whitford. Wednesday, September 15: 10 a.m., Smith v. Kett; 2 p.m., Southerwood v. McKay; 7.30 p.m., Innes v. Smith. Thursday, September 16: 10 a.m., Southerwood v. Kett; 2 p.m.. O'Neill v. McKay; 7.30 p.m., Albertson v. Smith. Saturday, September 18: 10 a.m., Kett v. McKay; 2 p.m., Smith v. Whitford; 7.30 p.m., Southerwood v. O'Neill. Monday, September 20: 10 a.m., Albertson v. O'Neill; 2 p.m., Whitford v. Kett; 7.30 p.m., Southerwood v. Innes. Tuesday, September 21: 10 a.m., Southerwood v. Smith; 2 p.m., O'Neill v. Whitford; 7.30 p.m., Albertson v. McKay. Wednesday, September 22: 10 a.m., O'Neill v. Kett; 2 p.m., Albertson v. Innes; 7.30 p.m., Whitford v. McKav: Thursday, September 23: 10 a m., O'Neill v. Innes; 2 p.m., Albertson v. Whitford; 7.30 p.m., Kett v. Innes. Saturday, September 25: McKay v. Smith, 2 p.m.