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Letter - Tom Woodcock to Miss Helen Fussee, 18 Mar 1932
Reg. No: HT 1108
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- Summary:
- This letter was sent by Phar Lap's strapper Tommy Woodcock to the donor's aunt on 18th March 1932, just two days before the running of the Agua Caliente Handicap. It was in response to a fan letter she had recently sent to the horse. The letter was sent with three photographs, one of which survived and was donated with the letter.
- Description:
- A rectangular piece of white paper, folded in half vertically to form four pages. The front and back pages contain extensive text handwritten in black ink, with the back text written the reverse direction to the front text. The letter has also been folded once horizontally for posting.
- Acquisition Information:
- Donation from Ms Dorothy Hunt, 2003
| Discipline: | History |
| Dimensions: | 177 mm (Width), 309 mm (Length) |
| Dimension Comment: | of letter open |
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| Tagged with: | correspondence, horse racing, horses, sport, racing industry |
| Themes this item is part of: | Tommy Woodcock, Race Horse Strapper & Trainer (1905-1985), Leisure Collection, Phar Lap in America, 1932, Phar Lap Collection |
| Primary Classification: | SPORT |
| Secondary Classification: | Horse Racing |
| Tertiary Classification: | correspondence |
| Inscriptions: | Handwritten on front page: Dear Miss Fussee/ Your welcome letter/ received a few days ago concerning/ our horse 'Phar Lap;./ I am enclosing you/ two photographs of the horse taken/ at this race track, the other being/ the two jockeys and Dr. Nielsen./ I was away when the/photographs were taken so am not /in the picture./ We think we will/ win the race, so the photographs/ will be a prize for you, as you/ will look upon them in years Handwritten on back page: to come./ I again thank you for/ your kind words about the/ horse./ Yours truly/ Tom Woodcock |
| Author: | Mr Tommy Woodcock, Agua Caliente, Tijuana, Mexico, 1932 |
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