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TICKETS IN DERBY SWEEP Numbers Drawn on Leading Can- didates in English Classic — Youngster Draws Favorite. Complete lists of tickets drawn in the million-dollar Stock Exchange sweep on the English Derby have been received in this country. Each prize this year is duplicated. There are two first prizes of 25,000 each, two seconds of 5325,000 each, two third of 62,500 and two fourths of 7,500. Tickets drawn against the leading candidates are numbered as follows : Horse. Ticket NumberSL Cragadour D12338 E66036 Gay Day A69209 B985S6 Costaki Pasha C74107 F61260 Mr. Jinks E38565 G16077 Kopi A76571 D4090O En Garde H23449 134481 Walter Gay E34S93 H57959 Reedsmouth E72776 G29407 Rattlin the Reefer D21S62 F33774 Brienz E3.097 125703 Osiris G3t 910 I 98353 Bosworth .S..A10977 C63595 Hunters Moon E76512 J TC13 Buland Bala B2C270 I 934 Midlothian B91290 J 77464 Reflector E9C043 D72796 James Gibb, aged 7, the son of Mr. F. T. Gibb, a city contractor, who lives at West-cliffe-on-Sea, holds ticket DI2338. and therefore is favorite in the "market" for one of the 25,000 prizes. The height of his ambition, as he disclosed, is to "buy a new house for Mummy." But Mr. Gibbs, who kept six tickets of the lot he bought, writing James name on the one that has turned to gold, told an interviewer that possession of the ticket was a "family affair" which would be discussed after he returned home. "I am not a bit overwhelmed," he added. "We have not won yet — and I have my business to attend to. In all probability we shall sell a percentage of the ticket." In addition to the major awards there are 340 consolation prizes.
