[3][2] At 17 years old, Lewis would race in the 1895 Melbourne Cup on Onward, finishing among the tail enders in the thirty six horse field.
[12][4] In winning the 1919 Melbourne Cup, lewis set a new race record time of 3 minutes 24.5 seconds.
[15] Lewis in the following years would see a decreases in his racing wins but would maintain consistent placings through the 1920s and early 1930s.
[19] The three-year-old refused to settle under Bobby Lewis and only ran third behind fellow Night Raid-sired horse, Nightmarch.
[2] On 15 June 1920, Lewis married Mary Irene, née Rowntree, at Christ Church, Hamilton, whom to which he had two daughters.
After retiring from horse racing in 1938 he become a grazier with properties in Glenroy and Ferntree Gully until his death on 31 March 1947.