WINNERS ON THE FLAT.

Globe, Volume IX, Issue 1258, 30 March 1878, Page 3

WINNERS ON THE FLAT.

[From the "S. and D. News.] Lord Falmouth's name has long been in everybody's mouth as the most remarkably successful sport-man of hits age, and this year may be said to have crowned tlie edifice of hia good fortune by placing a Hum of no less than £31,.'!7S to the credit of Ids account The names of his "< racks" by means of which this immense sum has be"n accumulated, will be familiar as household words to most of us, and we need only remark that while the chief employer of labor at Heath House towers high above his fellows as a winner, its director is first upon the list of trainers who have done well by their masters, and its head jockey, Kred. Archer, has distanced all his cotQpetitora, not only in respect

of the number of races won, but also as regards their importance in a monetary point of view. Count I agrange, first on last year's list, runs a fair second to Lord Palmouch in 1877, the instigator of the great "reciprocity question " having topped his most dreaded opponent by over £20,000, so that it is to be hoped wo shall hear no more, at least for some lime to come, of the protection of British racing interests, by a policy of excluding foreigners from sharing our prizes. Had not Ohamant given way before the Derby, wc should have found Count Lagrange more than a few hundred pounds ahead of Lord Lousdale, who, it may be noted, is actually a-head of Lord Falmouth in the number of races won, and he comes of a school, the pupils of which rim the entire gamut of racing, s > to epeak, from selling races to Sellings, from .£'so plates to cups and other great weight for for ago rac°s. if Lord Lmsdale has done well, Lord Hartington may be said to have done better, for with a far smaller stable he has pulled together over £IO,OOO, and looks very much like "training on" into one of our leading men on the Turf, while a most experienced mentor is at hand to fee that he does not get out of the proper groove. Close up with the leader of the Opposition is another capital sportsman, Mr Houhisworth, who has slowly but surely been working his way up the ladder of racing success for some years past, and seem likely to hold his own to the end. With confederates, wet-nurses, or wire-pullers, ho has marked out for himself a course, and propounded a policy, which experience shows to be most conducive to success in the long run, while his stable management is worthy of imitation by turfites of older standinu, though he is perhaps rather too mdulgcut in the matter of sparing his horses. At a rather longer interval we find that plucky purchaser, Mr F. Gretten, credited with £7780, an amount perhaps hardly commensurate with his lavish outlay, but still sufficient to give him encouragement to proceed; and there can be no doubt of John Porter's ability to give a good account of his pupils, provided only the material placed under his charge be good enough. Placida has placed Mr. " Pulteney " seventh on the list with a grand total of £7271, and it is not often that Ave find a "great unknown" so high upon the return of winning owners ; but he might just ?.s wed drop the mask now, for to have the Oaks generally makes the lucky individual sufficiently a man of mark to put off his flimsy disguise. The Duke of Westminster is little more than a beginner, and wc trust that ail his "good luck" is to come, though it must he admitted that his £(JISO will go some way towards "taking the st : ng" out of his account at Russley, and it is some consolation to know that his grace is well able to afford the the luxury of a rac'ng establishment. Lord Roseberry knows his way aboil* the Turf sufficiently well to take very good care of his interests, and though, as a shrewd Scot, he may possibly regard his £0135 as a only a partial set-off against his expenses at Ilsley, he may comfort himself with the assurance that after all it; is a snug tittle sum, and that "things might have been worse." Robert Peck heads the list of winuina trainers ! ' with the comfortahle " tottle" of ,£5750, which will keep him in coals and candies during the recess, and certain of his brethren of the craft should not winter badly, seeing that Tom Jennings has amassed £4SSS to go on firming with ; while his neighbour, Joe Pawson, netts £3154, and may live at home at ease for the next few months. Harking back, we find Mr !!. C. Vyner "sandwiched" between Messrs Peck and Jennings with close upon £SOOO as his share of winnings in 1577, when he has had no " crack" to help along ; and the Duke of Hamilton's 18 races have mounted up to £4Bol—not a bad year's work, considering that his grace has more second class horsts than first-raters under Blanton's charge. Mr Mitc'tell Innes has been fortunate enough to nett an average of £IOOO per race, thanks to Glen-Arthur; and Mr Charles Bush creditably represents the goodly fellowship of fielders with a winning score of £3814, and the little fish must have been sweet indeed, for it has taken no less than twenty-two races to pull this amount together. Lord 'Ailton is never left "out in the cold," and. Wad low has placed £3755 to his credit, mainly by the aid of Footstep and Cradle, two usef.il young f-'ee-Saws ; while the Duke of Montrose shows up for the first time among such good company with £3720, a result mainly due to llopbloom, but helped on by some other useful ones under Goddard's care. Next come two of the Northern division, a novice and veteran ; and while Beauclerc has brought Mr Perkins's name in'o repute, which may be swelled to notoriety next Juno ; Mr Jardiue has had a better year than usual, and Bates has some capital stuff to work upon at Middlebam, whence another Derby winner may hail ere long. Lord Anglesey's racing revival has resulted in producing the very respectable sum of £3455, and may his lordship go on and prosper —a wish all of us must echo in the case of Mr Sterling Crawford, one of our pluckiest, but yet, unluckiest, buyers and bettors. Ersiiia has done Mr " Ellertou" a good turn, and to Hampton does Mr Ilobson owe bis position in the list, which we need not notice any further in detail, but will p.'oceed to make a few remarks in passing on its most noticeable features. Among those who may be said to have done fairly well are Messrs. Alexander, Ansley, A. Baltazzi, Pi iocs Batthyany, Lords Kesteven and Lascelles, Capt. Prime, the Duke of St. Albans, Prince Soltykoll', Lord Stamford, and Lord Zetland, and altogether it will be found that most of our best known sportsmen have had their share of luck, few of any note having failed to run into four figures.