PHAR LAP TO-MORROW

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 45, 21 August 1931, Page 4

PHAR LAP TO-MORROW

CLASH -WITH WATERLINE

"Since he returned from his spell : at iacebus'liateh^Phar Lap has-been doing reil on.liis owner's property at Braeside, tates the Melbourne correspondent oE lie "New ' Zealand .Herald." Owing to be wet weather.he has not had ; aB much let work as could have been desired, ajmewmrprise'-.was .occasioned iwhen.it.was nntninc^d (-that he-Avould make his -first RP.ear&nofi :in -the .iow season in :the tedersvooid JStaies, a mile "weighfcfor-age a.cc ,40 foe ■r.ujl ,at Williarustown ;to-mor- ;- o.vv.- According. to a Press -Association leasage ;fche' :accteptors ..are:—Wise. /Korce 3i ;Phar (Lap 9.0, Wateriine $;0, Glare fl, :MuJcra -7:11, -and Eondaline 1&. 'jPiar.ljap will be an even greater horse San'Jje iyas thought to be if he is.able 3^4efe*t {.the. .brilliant galloper .Wateriine 'hen \©n]y half rready. Wateriine lias one well since his-brilliantwicfcoryanvthe loonxjah Jlandicap at Caulfield, tend he rill >he a -very-'-fit hoi^sn 'for "the. eagerlywaited race agaiastthe mighty ;Phar Lap. Phile ,acknowle.dgLug ;that T.elford _knows is owa : business best,. many .people have s.mnjented on the fact ithat it is inteudi ;to ;cun ,-the .champion against Waterne in his present condition.' : It is the general opinion that Phar: iaj)'s renwrkable victory in the Caulfield '.uturity-jStaJces when his '.best tern-! orarily iundewiiined liis consitutioh and llowed .Watsrlwe .to .ijefeat ;him jn the !. .11. iTiloyd 'Stakes. "However, ready or ot ,rt2adj% 'PhuT 'Lapl will -let 'Waterliue now ,th»t,.he '.has ■•b'.e.en .galloping 'before ; is:air'oy.er. . ' ■ ■ "• .' 'Glare-haß. -also1 been .accepted for the rn9ervv«o.d Stateg, but notliing has ;t>een card: -of ithw-expensive ,«x-Xew .Zealander ince *tberantumn;. Wateriine :is the ruling favourite for the !anlfield Cup, and ~]?har Lap and The Jinimcr -are! the most Melbourne kip ..candidates.. . .