On the eve of the Melbourne Cup, Douglas Stewart Fine Books , Melbourne , is offering this original photograph of Phar Lap taken at Bacchus Marsh ,Melbourne, in March 1931 , before departing for America , priced at $1800. The boy in the snap on the famous horse, which came to grief in the USA , is Gerald Telford, son of trainer , Harry Telford .
Another offering , at $300, is the idiosyncratic religious anti-gambling tract, published in Sydney in 1928, written by Reverend Wyndham Selfe Heathcote , said to come complete with an extraordinary dream of The Cosmic Mystery Cup run at Randwick .
Hands up how many people know Phar Lap,winner of the l930 Melbourne Cup , with a lot of lead in the saddle , was a Kiwi horse sired by Night Raid out of the Winkie mare Entreaty ?
