Among the many huge sweepstakes for the English Derby which, despite the keen eyes of the myrmidons of the law, are annually got up, is the one which is confirmed to the members of the London (Stock Exchange. The drawer of the Derby winner netted £12,000 in return for £100 expended in a ticket The House of Commons sweep, it is said allowed a first prize of £8,000, while other smaller prizes, which were nevertheless small fortunes in themselves, were known to lie in the market in circles where betting would, under its ordinary guise, be frowned out of Court.
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Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1111, 2 August 1882, Page 2
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100Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1111, 2 August 1882, Page 2
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