AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS.

Otago Witness, Volume 25, Issue 2321, 25 August 1898, Page 36

AUSTRALIAN STATISTICS.

Thfi eoinpiler of statistics for liie -&.us-1890-1 Musket ■ «r.l xnth £IW9I> «"» Gra«ttaster second with ="]>»'■ ."" ?st s f=$ s t 13 »fr c LoS won at weight for age. His sons and daughters have, however, won handicaps over all 'distances, and everything he gets seems capaUeoi winning races. . Carbine has had a good ,-season, thanks prinmpally to Amberite Mid he just beats Trenton, who would probably Lye even beaten Lochiel if Aurum had loeen able to go through with his autumn engagements. Trenton's record for the last seven years shows that in that time his stock have v/on £59,436 dn stakes! Gozo, by Wild Oats, 2ias been a consistent success for several years, and this season his sons Gaulus and Ihe Grafter have placed him very high m tne list. Neokewgat, of course, owes his high place to Lady Mostyn's victory in the Manfcyrnong Plate. The big son of Talk o the Hill kept a good placo in the winning stallion list all through his stud career. Another very consistent horse is Splendor, the local sire. For the last eight years he has always fceen wall up the list, and this yeai he is seventh, next to St. Swithin, for whom Merloolas has done so much. Thunderbolt, the most successful stud horse now in South Australia, is again well up in the list, but Abercorn makes a poor show, and it would seem ihat Chester has failed to leave a worthy successor behind him. At the head of the winning owners is Mr "W. Tl. Wilson, with This is the fourth time Mr Wilson lias headed the list since Strathmore, La Tosea, Zalinski, etc., credited him with \SI4-,030 in 1891-2. In seven years the St. Albans liorses have v/on £53,878 in {.takes. This is a £ne total, moro especially as it does not include cither the Melbourne or Caulfield Cup, or even a Newmarket Handicap. These are. tho three best betting races of the year, and no doubt Mr Wilson would hive done better df he had the late Mr James White's good tfortimo in these race?. Mr James Y/lute -won £121,385 in 12 years, and in 1889-90 he^topped the list of winning owner.- with £22,039.