LUCKY OWNER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1938, Page 24

LUCKY OWNER.

FORGOT TO SCRATCH. WON' QUEENSLAND CUI\ J>»ft in the Queensland Cup by mistake last Saturday. Wiliwear cleared away from the field to win bv three and half lengths and return long odds. 11 in owner-trainer, Mr. L. Abrahams, had intended to scratch' Will wear at acceptance time, but forgot. His forgettulness brought him £840 in prize money and a JL."•<> cup. Willwear's time. .'1.22. w iit> only a quarter of a second outside the State record. hcl<l by Soft Step and Direct Jjady. both sired by Spearfelt. «I") is 41 No the sire of Wiliwear. Ihefa \ tuii i'te. Seven Fifty, had every chance, and was ridden splendidly bv K. (onqtiest. W. Briscoe rode Wiliwear with splendid judgment a n<l showed sound tactics when he race<l away at the top of the straight, setting the favourite an impossible task. Owner-t r;i iner of Wiliwear is a Toowoomba tailor. Xames of Wiliwear and Made well, another horse owned bv Mr. Abrahams, have a tailoring sound about them. He has been racing homes for some time, but took out his first trainer's license only two years ago. at the age of TO. He ha* since met with c.vt raoidinaiy success.