Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1907 — Croker Wins Derby. [ARTICLE]

Croker Wins Derby.

Richard Croker, the one-time master of New York City, as the leader of Tammany Hall, who has been living in England and Ireland for several years, and devoting himself to the breeding of race horses, achieved the greatest distinction of the English turf when his 3-yfar-old colt, Orby, ridden by the American Jockey, Reiff, won the Derby race at Ep>som Down*. The stakes amount to $32,800, and Mr. Croker is said to have won SIOO,OOO additional in bets at ths prevailing odds of 10 to i