Rodney Rouse Dangar

Mr. Rodney Rouse Dangar, well-known Australian pastoralist, prominent philanthropist and racehorse-owner, died in Sydney last Friday, aged 79.

Son of Mary Phoebe Dangar - Rouse and  Albertus Augustus Dangar

Mr. Dangar, a former A.J.C. committeeman, owned and bred Peter Pan, twice winner of the Melbourne Cup.

He turned down an offer of £50,000 by American buyers for Peter Pan. The horse won £34,938 in stake money.

PETER PAN'S OWNER.
Mr. Dangar at Kalgoorlie.
KALGOORLIE, Sept. 15.—Mr. R. R.
Danger, owner of Peter Pan, leaves for
Sydney tomorrow and will be unable to
witness any of the racing here. How
ever, this morning Mr. R. R. Gibbs, a
member of the committee of the Kal-
goorlie Racing Club, took him in hand
and included me in the party. Mr. Dan-
gar was motored to both racecourses and
was charmed with them, being particu-
larly interested in the excellent view from
the grandstands of the racing tracks from
the start to the finish. He expressed sur-
prise at what had been so ably done to
foster racing on the Goldfields. Later
Mr. Dangar, who has been interested in
mining for years, was shown over the
surface workings of the Lake View and
Star mine.
Mr. Danger told me that he is giving
Peter Pan a light season at the stud to
begin with and the mares to be sent to
the dual Melbourne Cup winner will in-
clude a few of his own. Mr. Dangar said
that his colt Brazilian, a half brother
to Peter Pan who won the Novice Handi-
cap at Randwick on Saturday, was a
good sort and likely to win races. "But,"
he added, "there will only be one Peter
Pan."

Mr. Dangar was a director of the National Bank of Australasia, Ltd., and of the Australian Mutual Provident Society, an ex-president of the Union Club, and a councillor of Cranbrook School.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. D. V. Ritchie, of Edgecliff.
Mr. Dangar contributed freely to dozens of charities, founded the Peter Pan Kindergarten, and endowed many hospital beds.
The funeral will be at South Head Cemetery to-day after a service at All Saints' Church, Ocean Street, Woollahra, at 11 a.m.