Blue Peter Compared With Our Champions
Comparison of Blue Peter with our own champions. Defaulter, Phar Lap, and the Australian star Ajax discloses that he is smaller than any of these but has a rather long neck.
Details of the measurements arc as follows:
Height.
It will be observed from the above that Ajax has an unusually short neck.
hands. Girth, Bone. Rein. Phar Lap . . . 17.1 79 9 — Elue Peter . . 16.0] 74 8 50 Ajax . 16.1 73 ;u 42 Defaulter , . . 16.3 74 9 47
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Northern Advocate, 22 July 1939, Page 11
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84Blue Peter Compared With Our Champions Northern Advocate, 22 July 1939, Page 11
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