LATE SPORTING

Greymouth Evening Star, 15 April 1932, Page 8

LATE SPORTING

MASTERTON RAGING CLUB.

[PEE PBBB9 ASSOCIATION.] MASTER-TON, April 15. The Masterton races opened in overcast weather- There is a fair attendance, and the course is in good order. Results: —

NOVICE STAKES, 51 furlongs—(s) Gay Song (Shand) 1, (2) TbQrnproof 2, (1) Clangor 2, Scr.—WilJowmere. Won by a short head; a length.

LAWN HANDICAP, 1 mile.—(3) Capetown (Shand) 1, (2) Lyrical 2, (1) Jpie de Vai 3. Also started—(4) Kai-, muk. Won by 11 lengths; half a length. Time 1-42.

HIGH-WEIGHT HANDICAP, 1 mile. —(2) Balloon 1, (1) Full Mark 2, (4) Black Mint 3. Also started— Easterly and Miss Hastings. Won by a length;, two lengths.

MASTERTON GOLD CUP, U miles. —Grand Jury 1, Shrewd 2. Scr.—lmateagirl. '

PHAR LAP /4QT POISONED. PATHOLOGIST’S REPORT.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. Mr Hooper, of the Medical Foundation of the University of California, reported to-day that Phar Lap died of colic, or acute indigestion. The condition, the report said, probably resulted from fermentation of food in his stomach, causing bloating, or distention, of . the muscles of the heart, and stopping that organ. Chemical analysis, \ they said, revealed two milligrams of a deadly poison in Phar Lap’s stomach, about the normal quantity of this poison to be found in the amount of green food Phar Lap had eaten, This amount should have been beneficial, the path ologists said. MR. TELFORD’S ANGER. H. R. Telford spent most of the day on which Phar Lap died aWay from Braeside, Mordialloc, his training establishment, which wajs formerly the headquarters of Phar Lap, and it was not until late in the evning when he returned that he heard of the death of the champion. He was staggered at the news (says a Melbourne writer). His emotion was outweighed by a strong feeling of anger and resentment at the connections of the horse in the United States neglecting to seid him a cable message announcing Phar Lap’s death or a confirming message. At first Telford refused to believe that the horse was dead and said that it was merely a cruel hoax or a rumour. When assured that the news was correct he said, ‘Tye only’got your word for that. I have had no word from America,” he continued bitterly. “I have four direct representatives with the horse and yet they have fold me nothing about it. I haven’t got a cable yet. I think it is extraordinary. I cannot say anything,- because there’s nothing to say.” Telford received a message only the day previously from T. Woodcock in which h© stated that Phar Lap was in the best of health. On the same day Telford also received his share of the stake won by Phar Lap in Mexico.