CARBINE’S FIRST OWNER
Herald (Melbourne, Vic.: 1861 - 1954), Monday 9 October 1911, page 2
NOTED HORSE OWNER
MR DAN O’BRIEN.
WHY HE SOLD CARBINE.
The name of Dan O’Brien is not likely to ever die out of Australian turf history. He it was who picked out and purchased Carbine as a yearling, swept the board with him in New Zealand as a two-year-old, and, after failing by one of the greatest flukes ever heard of in connection with horse racing to win the Victoria Derby, sold the famous son of Musket and Mersey for 3000 guineas. Before his retirement to the stud Carbine won £29,476 in stakes, but out of this only about £1300 went to the man who discovered and educated him. Yet O’Brien is of such a philosophical and happy nature that he does not entertain the slightest regret over having parted with such an equine gold mine. The price O’Brien had put on the colt was paid, and he is pleased that the other man should have done well out of the bargain.
EARLY HISTORY: Born in Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, on January 16, 1847, in a dwelling (since demolished) between Elizabeth Street and Queen Street, about in a line with the spot where Kirk’s Bazaar still stands, Dan O’Brien is, for his 64 years, one of the healthiest looking men who regularly
