Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1901 — Great Beta in Hlatory. [ARTICLE]

Great Beta in Hlatory.

Lord George Bentlnck, In 1843, in betting on hie horse Gaper, for the Derby, stood to win £150,000 (8720,000), but saved himself upon Cotherstone, and netted £30,000 (8144,000). At another time a bet of £90,000 (8432,000) against £30,000 (8144,000) was booked between old Lord Glasgow and Lord George Bentlnck. The Marquis of Heatings bet and lost £103,000 (8494,400) on the Hermit’s Derby. Bell & Co. of Wall street, In August, 1900, had 8250,000 placed in their hands to bet on President McKinley’s re-election, at odds of 2% to 1. Their offer was absorbed in fractions. Lord Dudley bet £24,000 to £B,OOO on Peter in a race at Ascot with a bookmaker named Morris. Peter was beaten. A syndicate headed by a man named Lambert won £90,000 on Don Juan in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket in 1883.—New York Herald.