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| ] ■ ! ! ! I 1 j j ! WRACK GREATEST MONEY | j WINNING SIRE — HIS j COMPLETE STUD RECORD j The noted stallion Wrack, which died Oct. 24, 1935, at the Ellerslie Stud of his owner, A. B. Hancock, never headed the American sire list, but had the distinction of being the greatest money-winning sire, with a total of ,404,163 won by his progeny from 1919 to 1935, inclusive. Notice of Wracks death was not received until late in January and for that reason was not published in the 1936 American Racing Manual. Wrack was foaled in England in 1909 by Robert le Diable— Samphire, the latter a daughter of Isinglass, and was bred by Lord | Roseberry, in whose colors he raced with j much success, winning sixteen stake races. | He was brought to this country by Mr. Han- ■ cock after his racing days were ended and j proved an instantaneous success in the stud, j He was among the twenty leading sires ten of the seventeen years his offspring have appeared in racing, and collectively they ; won 1,914 races and ,404,163, as mentioned , 1 above. Among the best of the sons and daughters of Wrack are such as Petee-Wrack, Little j Chief, Blazes, Fair Star, Careful, Knobbie, ! I Single Foot and others. Wracks complete record in the stud in j ■ this country follows: Races Tear. Winners. Won. Amount. I 1 1919 7 20 $ 28,876 1920 16 45 117,528 1921 32 96 171,284 1922 44 100 183.134 1923 39 141 187.980 1924 61 158 213,724 1925 59 194 221.021 1 1926 61 207 342.629 ; 1927 48 135 228,517 i 1 1928 47 102 118,516 1929 51 99 135.530 , 1 1930 47 144 155,943 1 1931 42 128 137,676 1932 30 81 82,670 ! 1933 29 105 58.935 1934 40 82 51,545 1935 33 77 49,643 Totals 686 1,914 ,404,163 •
