Phar Lap 1930 Melbourne Cup
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Phar Lap 1930 Melbourne Cup
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Author : Bonsai Books
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Phar Lap 1930 Melbourne Cup written by Bonsai Books and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with categories.
Melbourne Cup 1930
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Author : Geoff Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 19??
Melbourne Cup 1930 written by Geoff Armstrong and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 19?? with Sports & Recreation categories.
Phar Lap's assault on the Melbourne Cup generated unprecedented excitement across the country. At the same time, it filled many bookmakers with dread a victory for the favourite would cost them plenty. He'd have to be stopped, whatever the cost. For the newspapers, the twin stories of sporting greatness and seedy corruption were a sensational cocktail. Readers lapped it up, while for the poor punters, suffering during the Great Depression, a Phar Lap triumph was their best hope of turning one quid into two. Melbourne Cup 1930 is the story of four days in November that became at the same time the most famous and infamous in Cup history. It began with a gunman, like something out of a Chicago gangster movie, apparently trying to kill Phar Lap on a quiet suburban street. With his life in danger and those closest to him terrified, the champion was spirited away to a secret location, while one of the city's most celebrated detectives searched for the culprits. Meanwhile, the other horses, owners, trainers and jockeys were preparing for the biggest race of their lives. Their many diverse stories and the memories they invoke of Cups gone by are an integral part of this unique tale. An hour before the jump, Phar Lap's whereabouts remained a mystery. Finally, he arrived at Flemington, to go almost immediately to the start as a huge crowd cheered him on. The police had been told to put men down the back of the track, in case the gunman tried one last time, but they now believed that the original assassination attempt might not have been all that it seemed. Nothing it appears could stop Phar Lap now
They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They
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Author : Geoff Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Pier 9
Release Date : 2010
They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They written by Geoff Armstrong and has been published by Pier 9 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Phar Lap's assault on the 1930 Melbourne Cup generated unprecedented excitement across Australia. For the newspapers, the twin stories of sporting greatness and seedy corruption were a sensational cocktail. Readers lapped it up, while for the poor punters, suffering during the Great Depression, a Phar Lap triumph was their best hope of turning one quid into two. This is the story of four days in November that became at the same time the most famous and infamous in Cup history.
Me Phar Lap
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Author : Jan Wositzky
language : en
Publisher: Slattery Media Group
Release Date : 2011
Me Phar Lap written by Jan Wositzky and has been published by Slattery Media Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Horse racing categories.
Tommy Woodcock spent a long lifetime with horses, but is best remembered, and loved, as the young man who strapped and looked after Australia's legendary racehorse, Phar Lap. The 1930 Melbourne Cup winner and the people's champion of the Great Depression died mysteriously - cradled by Woodcock - in the US after winning against the odds in Agua Caliente, Mexico, at his only start overseas. The horseman called Phar Lap "Bobby", and knew him best. And Woodcock is fondly known, too, as the old man, who almost 50 years on, trained the gallant Reckless, second in the 1977 Melbourne Cup and winner of the other major "two-mile" races on the Australian turf calendar at the time, the Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane Cups. Reckless is the same horse Woodcock let children ride at the track on race day, and was pictured with bunked down in the straw, on the front page of The Age newspaper. Woodcock's life story and his great and heart-breaking moments with Phar Lap and Reckless are told in his own down-to- earth words by a master storyteller, Jan Wositzky, in this updated and revised edition, with a new introduction.
Phar Lap
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Author : Jack Spinty
language : en
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Release Date : 2021-10-01
Phar Lap written by Jack Spinty and has been published by ETT Imprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The first booklet published following the death of Phar Lap, the greatest of all Race Horses, is once again in print; this time augmented by a great selection of 'Big Red' Memorabilia, compiled by Tom Thompson from the auctions of jockeys Jim Pike, Billy Elliott and strapper Tommy Woodcock. With race day programs and souvenirs from his Melbourne Cup and Agua Calient triumphs, here is a fine reminder of the Wonder-Horse!
Phar Lap
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Author : Michael Reason
language : en
Publisher: Museum Victoria
Release Date : 2014-10-01
Phar Lap written by Michael Reason and has been published by Museum Victoria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Phar Lap is one of Australia’s best-loved icons. The story of the gangly foal who became one of the greatest racehorses ever has captured Australians’ hearts for generations. Phar Lap: A True Legend, written by museum curator Michael Reason, has delighted and informed readers for the last five years. Now this fascinating story has been updated to include new evidence which finally reveals the reason behind the champion’s untimely death. Illustrated with archival images of the great horse, as well as colour images of many of the intriguing Phar Lap objects in the museum collection.
They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They
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Author : Peter Thompson
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2010-10-01
They Shot Phar Lap Didn T They written by Peter Thompson and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Phar Lap's rise to greatness in 1930 triggered extraordinary excitement across Australia but it also spooked bookmakers, who faced ruin if the wonder horse won the Melbourne Cup. Rumours were swirling: would Phar Lap be stopped, whatever the cost? They Shot Phar Lap, Didn't They? starts with a scene straight out of a Raymond Chandler whodunit, as two shadowy figures, one armed with a shotgun, try to assassinate Phar Lap on a quiet suburban backstreet. With his life in peril, the champion is spirited away to a secret location, while one of the city's most famous detectives leads the hunt for the culprits. On Cup Day, an hour before the jump, Phar Lap's whereabouts remain a mystery to the public. Finally, he arrives at the track, a huge crowd cheering him on. The police have been told to 'have their men along the rails' because the perpetrators of Saturday's attack intend to strike again. But was the 'shooting' all that it seemed? Only one thing is certain--after all he'd been through, it would take a phenomenal performance for Phar Lap to win this Cup...
The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery
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Author : Arthur W. Upfield
language : en
Publisher: ETT Imprint
Release Date : 2018-09-01
The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery written by Arthur W. Upfield and has been published by ETT Imprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-01 with Fiction categories.
Melbourne during the depression. A seedy, corrupt city. Someone has struck at the heart of Australia's soul: they have killed the horse that would have won the Melbourne Cup. For what motive? Profit, blackmail, a betting scam? Only Tom Pink, the rider of the murdered horse can find out. Tom, born into the underworld he now tries to defeat, exposes graft and blackmail that reaches to the upper echelons of Melbourne society. His life and the lives of those he holds close will never be the same again. The Great Melbourne Cup Mystery, written in 1933, a year after the mysterious death of Phar Lap (winner of the 1930 Melbourne Cup) is a previously lost classic of Australian crime fiction.
Phar Lap
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Author : Geoff Armstrong
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2003
Phar Lap written by Geoff Armstrong and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.
The book studies the many mysteries of Phar Lap's career, including the infamous shooting that occurred just days before his great triumph in the 1930 Melbourne Cup. The book examines the way an emerging media played its part in building the legend. The authors provide an analysis of his previously unexplained death in North America and explain why Phar Lap is much more than a racehorse.
The Phar Lap Mystery
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Author : Sophie Masson
language : en
Publisher: Scholastic, Incorporated - (Scholastic Press)
Release Date : 2010
The Phar Lap Mystery written by Sophie Masson and has been published by Scholastic, Incorporated - (Scholastic Press) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Children's stories categories.
Phar Lap is not only a winner, he is a real star. Millions of Australians love him. But that's not enough for Mr Davis. He wants to make Big Red into a world star. Sally's dad is a private detective, and he's just been offered the case of a lifetime-investigating who tried to shoot Phar Lap before the 1930 Melbourne Cup. Helping her dad investigate, Sally begins to feel a sense of mounting dread as Phar Lap goes from victory to victory-and collects not only millions of friends, but also some dangerous enemies.