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Jacket - Jockey Silks, Telford Colours, Phar Lap, 1930s
Reg. No: SH 990793
- Summary:
- The jacket was made by Ballantynes for horse trainer Harry Telford, using the colours red, black and white. They were used by jockeys riding the champion race horse Phar Lap from his first race in 1929 until his last in late 1930, as in February 1931 Telford's lease of Phar Lap ran out. As his owner David Davis then sold a half share to Telford, Phar Lap was from then on run under the Davis/Telford partnership colours, which had red and green hoops on the sleeve and a black cap.
These colours were also used by Telford on subsequent horses he trained and owned. It was retained by the Telford family, and was amongst a number of items donated to the museum by them in the 1990s.
. - Description:
- Small adult male jacket constructed from red, white and black silk. There are five self cover buttons along the front of the jacket, and one on each cuff. It has a mandarin collar around the top, with a red silk handing loop sewn inside the back. There is a printed label located at the bottom of the inside of the right front panel. The jacket appeared to be machine stitched.
- Acquisition Information:
- Cultural Gifts Donation from Mrs Nancy Telford, 1999
- Acknowledgement:
- Donated through the Australian Government's Cultural Gifts Program.
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 660 mm (Height), 670 mm (Width), 150 mm (Length) |
| Dimension Comment: | measurements of cap are D=250 W=200 H=120 |
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| Tagged with: | horse racing, recreation, horses, sport, racing industry, jackets, sportswear |
| Themes this item is part of: | Harry Telford, Race Horse Owner & Trainer (1877-1960), Phar Lap, Champion Race Horse (1926-1932), David Davis, Entrepreneur & Race Horse Owner, Clothing & Textiles Collection, Leisure Collection, Jim Pike, Jockey (1892-1969), Phar Lap Collection |
| Primary Classification: | SPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Horse Racing |
| Tertiary Classification: | jockey uniforms |
| Inscriptions: | Printed and written on internal label: MADE/ 6.12.28/ BY/ 232.5987/ Ballantynes/ Mr H.Telford |
| Manufacturer: | Ballantynes, 1928 |
| Commissioned By: | Harry Telford, Victoria, Australia, 1930 or later |
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Comments
For the first two years, during which time PL was being leased by Harry Telford from owner David Davis, he raced under Telford’s colours (red hat and jacket, with black and white hooped sleeves. His last race under these colours was C.B. Fisher stakes, the last major race of the Melbourne Cup Carnival, on 8/11/30.
In December, the lease expired. Davis decided to sell Telford a half share in the horse so, from then on, the horse raced under the Davis/Telford colours of the black cap and red jacket, with green and red hoops. The first race under these colours was the St George Stakes (Caulfield) on 14/02/31.