b'200196196FREDERICK WOODHOUSE, JNR.(18471927),Blue Spec,oil on canvas,signed and dated 1906(partially obscured by mount) lower right,50 x 68cmPreviously sold under the title Gay Friar atThe Melbourne Cup was the next target the Leonard Joel Auction, November 1990. and Blue Spec was taken to trainer, Walter Blue Spec was sold in Sydney duringHickenbothams stables in Victoria in 1904 1903 for 155 guineas, to P.A. Connollywith this in mind. From this base he won of Western Australia. He was then takenthe 1905 Moonee Valley Cup and then to Western Australia where he won thethe 1905 Melbourne Cup in the record Kalgoorlie Cup and Perth Cup, the two mosttime of 3:27. Blue Specs victory in the important races in that state. Blue Spec hadMelbourne Cup was the trainers fourth carried Connollys red and white colourssuccess in that important race.to the start of an amazing five consecutive$5,0008,000and two later wins in the Perth Cup, with different horses, for his owner.'