DOES HORSERACING PAY?

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 88, 15 April 1891, Page 3

DOES HORSERACING PAY?

THE HON. D. S. WALLACE'S TUBS' CAREER.

WINS £50,000 IN ELEVEN SEASONS.

Last week's issue of tho " Melbourne Sportsman " contains a long and interesting article anent the Hon. D, S. Wallace, and congratulates tho Victorian sportsman on his attaining that high position so long occupied by the late Hon. James White, of heading the list of winning owners. It looks but yesterday, says the " Sportsman," when the Queensland squatter, D. S. Wallace, mingled with the busy crowd ab Flemington. If we remember correctly, it was the never-beaten Grand Flaneur's V.R.C. Derby and Melbourne Cup year. He was so enamoured at Mr Long's victory thab some few days afterwards he.purchased the five-year-old Napper Tandy and Sir Joseph, for 630 guineas, and the hurdleracer, Discount, by The Gondolier—Undine. On the 7bh April, 1881, Mr Wallace's Discount was successful over the sticks, winning the Hawkesbury E,acing Club Hurdle Race, and in less than two years from this date Mr Wallace achieved a series of victories.

Mr Wallace wasn't on the turf very long when he had a slap in at the Maribyrnong Plate. Kalo, a black colt, by Yattendon—Gipsy Girl, was his representative in Sengenhoe's year, bub ran nowhere. This colt and another of Mr Wallace's lefb some years ago for New Zealand. At the annual sale of blood stock in 1831-82 Mr Wallace made the following purchases, which, with one exception, proved a frost:—Maribyrnong—Habena brown colt, 400 guineas; Selfwill. a splendid bay filly, by the imported Hawthornden— Spoilt Child, 360 guineas ; Good-bye, brown filly, by Maribyrnong—Adieu ; and Capri, by Yattendon—Mandragora, 235 guineas. The best of the whole bunch was the grey filly, Duenna, by Kingston's son, Lecturer, out of Signora. At tha commencement of the season 1882-83, Mr Wallace had collected together a payable team of racehorses, who won £1,192. The following year business in Mr Wallace's stable was evoa brisker than the three previous seasons pub together.

In the season of 1883-S4 Mr Wallace won the Caulfield Cup with Calma and the Champion Race with Le Grand, bub at the close of the A.J.C. Autumn of 1883-84 a cloud came over the fortunes of D. S. Wallace on our public racecourses. During the seasons 1884-85, 1885-86, and 1886----87 tho black jacket, white sleeves, and red cap could scarcely have won in stakes £700. Tho advent of Mentor was the "rainbow at night " to Donald Wallace's stable and

its then few followers. Mentor's Melbourne Cup waa the forerunner of future prosperity to Hickenbobham's stable. Thab year Mr Wallace bopped bhe blue and whibe for pride of place in the distribution of the V.R.C. Spring prizes. His cheque amounted to £4,611, against £2,615 received by Mr White. As will be seen from the annexed table, Mr Wallace has made remarkable strides in bhe racing world, gaining second honours to our late lamonbed in bhe list of winning owners in 1888-89 and 1889-90. This season alone Carbine has won for his honest owner close upon £16,000. With the assistance of Wilga, Megaphone, Bendigo, Werong, Duramboi, Kneecap, and Moonga, and tho winnings of Carbine, the Hon. D. S. Wallace's 1890-91 racing club cheques amount to nearly £20,000. We are glad to be able to chronicle tho fact thab Mr D. S. Wallace has risen to the zenith of his racing ambition by occupying the premier place among the thousand candidates for turf statistical winning honours. Prior to the present season the late Hon. Mr White monopolised the leading place in the list of lucky owners. Trident won £7,236; Dreadnought, £5,399 ; Abercorn,. £4,179 ; Volley, £3,672 ; Carlvon, £3,067 ; and the wonderful two-year-old Titan, £5,407. When we take into consideration the few racehorses at present, or in tho-past, running in Mr Wallace's colours, his non-suc-cess in tho majority of classic events, we aro not at all surprised at the late Hon. James White overlapping him in ten against eleven seasons. The following should prove intoresbing : —

*Gold Cup, value £200, included. The £94,845 credited to Mr White does nob comprise the whole of his winnings, for on looking up turf records wo find Tommy Hales having the winning mount in the best part of the 252 races, which amounted in stakes to £121,733. From the above table it will bo seen that the season 1888-89 brought both gentlemen well together. Mr White had no less than eleven horses to win £14,496, whilst Mr Wallace had only Carbine, Mentor and another to babble for £10,326. Mr Wallace's winnings from the 23rd December, 1880, to the close of the Australian Jockey Club mooting amounted to £45,1.72. of which Carbine won £26,903, Mentor, £5,830 ; Wilga, £3,806 ; Le Grand, £2,901.

Hon. D. S. Wallace's Winnings. ieason 1880-81 ... £514 — „ 1881-82 .. 1.233 — , 1882-83 .. 1.132 - . 18S3-84 .. 5,793* — , 1884-85 .. 209 — ' 1885-86 .. 338 — „ 1886-87 .. 138 — , 1887-88 .. 1.884 — „ 1888-89 .. 10.3.5 .— „ 1839-90 .. 8,977 — „ 1890-91 .. 19,500 — Total .. 49,904 — Hon. Jas. White's Winnings. £3,051 2.554 2,771 9.570 9.071 15.277 13.733 1(5.728 ] 4,496 22,039 nil 94,845