[2] They founded a brewery in Broken Hill, which Bruce managed, then in 1888 sold to the South Australian Brewing and Wine and Spirit Company.
His proudest achievement was the agreement thrashed out with Premier Thomas Price for establishment of Adelaide's tramways network.
Bruce was accorded the honour of turning the first sod, and was the City Council's first representative on the Municipal Tramways Trust.
He stood twice for seats in the House of Assembly: for East Adelaide and for Torrens, both times beaten by the Labor candidate.
Later on Fred Bruce and George S. Aldridge took shares on the horse, but had no success, so they sold her to E. W. Ellis, and within a few months she won the 1885 Adelaide Cup (held that year in Melbourne).
Theodore Bruce (ca.1847 – 1 July 1911) married Mary Ellen McFie ( – 12 October 1946) on 21 August 1876, had home "Woodhurst", Jasper Street, Hyde Park, and "St. Ann's" at Mt.