MILLIONAIRE’S LUCK

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11957, 30 May 1933, Page 4

MILLIONAIRE’S LUCK

SwEEi’STAKE TICKET

GRAND NATIONAL WINNER. Statements that a millionaire u-ed a former butler's name as a non-de-plume uu a ticket for the 3ri-H Grand National sweepstake, and that boll, would claim the £30,000 that the ticket has won. are incorrect, says Hotspur in the Daily Telegraph. Tlie story has been linked witm the name of Air. F. AY. Proctor, an ' "un-icau .who lives Paris and

who drew Kellsboro’ Jack, the Grand National winner, in the sweep, but lie did not. as \va s reported, take the ticket in the name of lu’s late butler, whose name, according to tho story, i\vus Barrizoki.

A day o r two before the sweep closed Air. Proctor was in the American bar of the Ritz Hotel iu Paris. Believing that liis wife had neglected to get the usual tickets, decided, though reluctantly, to take three. .which were offered to him to complete a book. The lion-de-plunio be selected twas a play on the words “Ritz Bar’ J reversed. Air Proctor forgot about the tickets until memory returned with a rush when lie received official notification that tjiie of lii s tickets had drawn Kellsboro’ ' Jack. The next day lie and his wife flew to London and disposed of half tlie ticket to a London syndicate.

On tho day of the race Air. ujud Airs. Proctor flew to Liverpool. They saw the race, and had the thrill of seeing their horse one of only two racing neck and neck for th c last fence, aim! then th e one to remain on its legs. The unbelievable had happened. for they won half the prize of £30,000. plus nearly £I,COO paid to them for the half share of their, ticket. The point is that tlie ticket is in order and that it will certainly be •'onoured in due course. The London syndicate wins f£IS,QPO . less what they paid for the half interest In tlie ticket. / ‘ . .