The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-07-12

With mere shoe-string stable,
 he had achieved what kings, dukes. millionaires with pots of money, have failed to do. It is in many ways the most romantic story in the history of the worlds most famous race.
 Born forty odd years ago in
 Nothern England, Walls soon told
 his folks he wanted to be a railway
 engineer. They obliged by getting
 him the dullest job on the railway
 that of kid engine-wiper in
 roundhouse. One day he saw an engine with steam up. The engineer and firemen were off eating their pulled open the throttle and satis- zine,
 He next thought he would like to be a Scotland Yard detective. To do so, he had to start at the bottom as an ordinary coy. He joined the London police force and for some time pounded the pavements. Get ting tired of this, he determined to be an actor. He got a job with rowing seaside. company. Not until he fell under the eye of the famous manager, George Edwards, did he develop into 8 first-rate actor of farce.
 Not many years ago, Walls branched out as an ctor-manager on his own. He acquired a lease of the Aldwych theater, reputedly 8 "Jonah," and turned it into a winner with the farce Irons of Money" in which he starred with that other funny fellow, Ralph Lynn. He has never looked back. He followed this with another suc-- cess, "Plunder," and this with still another which is now running Dirty York;
 But acting and managing could not absorb all the energies of al man like Walls. He became mas- ter of hunting pack and kept | up his hunting until an accident | last year almost cost his life. He | turned his attention to films and | made some of the best in Britain. i
 All his life he had loved horses and soon owned fair string. One of these he named Tons of Money. He believed in the nag and bet a | wad on him. So did the public. l Tons of Money went to the post a | hot .favorite seven years ago in | the Lincoln. It limped home last. | The public had lost tons of money.
 The past few months Walls was one of the busiest men in Great Britain. He rose before dawn and helped in the training of April the fifth. Then after a nasty break fast, he would go to the film studio | and put in full days. work. Then to his theater, which he would leave about midnight. That he kept his training stables going at all was due to the faith he had in this one horse which cost him about $1,000. He advised everybody to bet on the nag. With memories of Tons of Moneys showing in the Lincoln, many people treated Walls tip as a huge joke.
 But Walls backed his horse heav- | fly. So did his company at the 1 Aldwych and everybody at his film 
 Aside. from his bets, Walls drew ] down about $3O,000 as Derby prize, i and will probably net about $780, 900 when the horse is put to stud. | But even that is not at all.
 The lucky comedian . manager | owner put in the pro- cess of manufacture a film to be | known as Up for the Derby" in- troducing the celebrated Sidney | Howard as a small bettor. who l turns trainer and trains a Derby Walls had his cameramen l at the Derby to get the real thing. The real thing turned out to be- the winning of the Derby by his | own horse. It will add 200 per cent to the drawing value of the | film in British theaters.
 April the Fifth is the first horse trained on Epson Downs to win the Derby since Amato won in | 1888. Walls. lives on the Downs and his horse was trained near hsi home.
 Actors are notoriously supersti- tious folk. but Walls loves the fig- ure IS as much as did President Wilson. Look at the 13's:, |
 Horses name-Aprii the Fifth 13 letters.
 Owners name-Tom Kirby wall | --13 letters. f
 Jockeys name-Fredericls Lane --13 letters.
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