PAPYRUS IN NEW YORK

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 79, 1 October 1923, Page 11

PAPYRUS IN NEW YORK

CHAMPION ARRIVES FIT AND * ' WELL. (.UISIT.ALIAX-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) NEW YORK. 28th September. Papyrus, who is to maet the bust American three-year-old on 20th October

for two gold trophies and a purse of ICO,OOO dollars; arrived by the Aquitania, in good condition, and was greeted by thousands of racing enthusiasts,, who thronged the pier to watch the ark-like disembarkment,' as Papyrus, the dog, and the cat, and the favourite equine companion, descended : - a specially built eighty-foot gang-plank, . whence they were loaded into a primitive van, in which they proceeded to the race track, where they begin training to-morrow. • The Racing Association has announced that the prices of seats will range from a dollar and a half to 22 dollars", which is expected to bring record receipts, since the Belmont Park race track's maximum capacity exceeds, a hundred thousand. £■ ■ -

. The horse's trainers stated that the ■weather, on the voyage was most trying, but Papyrus withstood it, with a minimum of auguring well for an achievement at the top of his form.