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FIRST BIG KENTUCKY DERBY WAGER. Lexington, Ky.. March 2. — Baafl Ben today wagered J. W. Parrish *P_MM;n to H.aOO hat Midway will not win the- Kentucky Derby, 13,080 to ,000 that he will not be se-.-oud. and Xo.lNMI to si 000 that he will not 1«- third. J. O. Keeae is stakeholder, the money i- up. the bet is play or pay. The wager grew out of a diseussion of the merits of a numbi-r of running haesea and followed a declaration made- by Parriah that he expected to win the Derb and tlii-. ao tar as is known here, i-tie- first big wager that baa beea made on the Derby, which is to be run at CharchiU Down-. Louisville, Saturday, May D..
