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i j : j ; I ! ; " IMMENSE BETS ON EPSOM DERBY. i The sums which modern plungers are said to win ton turf events sink into modesty when compared with some winnings which have been gathered In ibv bettors on the English Derltf. , Sir Joseph Hawley on three occasions won from 50,000 to 00,000. viz.: On Teddington in 1S1. iMusjid in 1S59 and Beadsman in IS08. He would have won as much on Blue Gown in 1SG9 had He .not hedged. ... 4,. 1 The largest sum ever taken by one man on the Derby is said by Bailys Magazine to have gone to ;Ir Savior on Macaroni in 1SC3. but the amount is "not stated. Mr. Chaplin won a larger amount foil Hermit in 18C7. but did not get ha f .of it. : .Mr. Merry was said to have won fSOO.OOO on Thor-linanby. but the. real amount was. $:K0.00. The hiilf-lengtli by which tiic Irish colt Barbarian iwas beaten by Daniel ORourke 111 1Su2 made 1 difference of 50,000 to bookmaker Dayies. He lost $:i50,000 on the Epsom week when West Aus- i,rTtoargesthamofthat was ever stood on one horse was by Mr. Jacques and his confederate. iThis was on Mildew, which was backed to win is 1. 350.000 in the Derby won by Voltigeur. No bookmaker has won the Derby since Oarat-tacus carried it off in 1SG2. He was ridden b:v a stable lad. and was the property of Charles bnewing.
