MEN WHO HAVE WON THE DERBY. 59 



If Sir Joscpli Hawlcy had possessed no other 

 horse than Bkie Gown, and never won any other 

 race than the Derby of 1S68, he would have gone 

 duvrn to posterity as one of the most fortunate turf 

 magnates of his day and generation. It was found 

 after the race that all the usual backers of horses were 

 ' on Blue Gown' to a man ; it took one book-maker and 

 his staff of clerks three or four days to send off the 

 various sums of money which his customers had won 

 on that 3'ear's Derby. For a time Sir Joseph was a 

 l^opular idol ; he had run Blue Gown to oblige the 

 public, so it was I'eported ; but the great fact of the 

 matter was that P]lue Gown scored the victory on his 

 merits ; neither Green Sleeve nor riosicrucian could 

 have won. Sir Joseph was undoubtedly one of the 

 most fortunate turf-men of the present generation ; 

 but it is no secret that he won almost nothing but the 

 stakes by the victory of his horse Blue Gown. The 

 stakes that year amounted in the gross to £7,000. 



The baronet of Kingsclere was wont to throw in for 

 large sums over his Derby horses ; £80,000 is said to 

 have been pocketed by him when Teddirigton, Beads- 

 man, and Musjid won. Sir Joseph had backed Blue 

 Gown, so it was said at the time, to win a similar 

 amount, along with his other two horses, Green Sleeve 

 and Rosicrucian, After the big bet in question had 

 been taken about Blue Gown, it was thought by Sir 

 Joseph that he was inferior to the other two, and in- 

 structions were given to hedge all the money for 

 which he had been backed, which was done. Enor- 

 mous sums had been laid against Blue Gown for the 

 Derby by all the leading bookmakers; and if that 



