PHAR LAP'S INVASION
BIG MATCH PROMOTED
CHICAGO, ~26th, March,
"I cannot think of any better possible break to American racing' than the invasion of Phar Lap," said Colonel Matt Whin, .directing genius of the Kentucky Derby for the last 33 years,
and also managing director of Wasiiington Park and Lincoln Fields (Chic* ago) and Churchill Downs and Latonia (Kentucky). Colonel Winn. began making plans to-day for staging a big match race for Phar Lap, aml some of the best stake runners in June at Washington Park for a purse of from 25,000 to 50,000 dollars, depending on the thoroughbred, chosen to oppose the Australian. It may be the winner of the Kentucky Derby, or the. winner of th© American Derby, Twenty Grand, or Mate, or all of them. The best thoroughbreds in racing will be chosen for Phar Lap's opponents. ■ : • Colpnel Winn is a specialist in promoting match races and international contests. . , .
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 73, 28 March 1932, Page 4
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152PHAR LAP'S INVASION Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 73, 28 March 1932, Page 4
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