The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-07-20
Enormous Sums Won and Lost on tn,
Derby Race.

The sporting journals of London state
that the last Derby race '' cleaned out" quite
a number of the aristocracy, and never
were such immense sums won and lost as on
that occasion:
Mr. ChampIn wins the almost fabulous
amount Of GI40,000 A few years ago,
when Sir J. Hawley won the Derby, and
landed 100000, it was n nine days wonder
Capt Machell and Sir f. Johnstone win
100000 apiece, and l believe Steele Is q good
winner, notwithstanding the large sums be
stood on D'EstourneI and The Rake 1
recollect a certain Mr. i. Robinson (Sir
r. PeeD losing about e2O 900 in Blink
BOnny' year, but this sinks into insignif-
cance beside tne 9I20,0 600 Of Lord Hastings,
and the 100000 to Lord Stamford
Among the large bets which have been
won and lost / may mention GT000 to $4,000
against Vauban, won by Capt. Machell of
Lord Hastings An even bet of 10000 on
three made by Lord Hastings in which the
winner was not included. bet of 100000
on Palmer against Hermit between Sir
Joseph Hawley and Mr. Chaplin, and another
Of EjUOO on Marksman against Hermit, be-
tween Mr.. Merry and Mr.. Chaplin. As
public writer 1t Is no use to disguise the re
! port that Lord Hastings would be unable to
settle which Is false, because l am well as
sured every farthing viii be paid His lord
ship bore his loss most stoically and looked
after the race as If he had won E50O00
Lord Stamford, since Diophantus won the
/ two thousand, has been the most unlucky
mortal on earth At one time he stood to
/ win 10000 on Hermit, which he attePwaTd
" hedged, finally losing an immense fortune
! by his success.
/ a woman in London dreamed that Her
NIT would win the Derby, and by backing
/ that horse at her persuasion her husband
made an enormous fortune.
Mack" the talented and wellinformed
Washington correspondent Of the Cincinnati
/ Commercial, has recently had lengthy con
versation with President johnson. Speak
/ ING Of the President, Mack says:
In regard to Che Brownlow militia he said
! he had received a hundred petitions from the
/ best people Of Tennessee, asking him to send
! United States troops there to protect them
{ against the outrages now being committed
| bv this State Guard" ] asked him If he
| could under the constitution, send troops
! into Tennessee without the request of the
Governor or Legislature He replied that
! that was a difficult question which he had
not yet determined. lie certainly could
I
station them at Knoxville, Nashville, Chatta
nooga, and such points, and if any disturb
ance occurred while these troops were there
it would be the duty OF the commanding Of
ficers to use them IN supPressiug it. III
feared very much that BrOwnlOw militia
would provoke riot and bIOodshed. / told
him that was what they were organized for
aud the only question was, whether, whel
they got ready for fight they should have
armed soldiers or unarmed citizens to shoo
at J thought the best way would be to re
gard the militia as an iasurrectiOu and sen'
| soldiers to suppress it and clean it out. III
didn't know, he said what was best to b
done; he wanted to see the peace Of tn
State preserved, butdidn't know exactly hoH
to preserve it. lie regarded the State Gov
ernment of Tennessee as the worst dcspot
ism be had ever heard of-a military des
poti5m ia its worst form-and about th
r meanest despot he had ever heard Of at th
head Of it.