THE DERBY SWEEP.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 172, 24 July 1933, Page 8

THE DERBY SWEEP.

NEW ZEALAND PRIZES

SEVEN TICKETS WIN £100 EACH,

Although not as successful as in the Cesarewitcli sweep last year, New Zealand ticket-holders in the sweepstake organised by the Irish Hospitals Trust on the Derby, run at Epsom on May 31. won £700 in cash prizes of £100. These seven were the only ones of a total of 4531 prize-winning tickets which came from subscribers in the Dominion. Thev arc as follows:—AA3s9Bl, Mr. J. Tolich, Te Awamutu; AC74779, "Jean and Grace," Ponsonby, Auckland; AJ35845, "Seagull," Sandringham, Auckland; AJ3OIGO, "Dole," Wellington; AK38764, "The Last Round," Ashburton ; AL35922, "Spellbinder," Westmere, Auckland; and CWBS9OC, L. Mills, Ohura. Although seven prize-winning tickets were also sold in New Zealand for the Cesarewitcli, the total prizemoney amounted to about £12,000 disregarding exchange advantages. Every corner of the world —• from Palestine to Portugal, from Hongkong to Hawaii—figured on the prize list. The bulk, of course, went to Britain, where, of j the total prizes of £1,979,840, just £1,007,208 was allotted. The United States came a poor second with £159,000, and Ireland was third with £108,267. Good luck—or a gambling instinct— thrives in South Africa, where £94,120 was won, and Canada was scarcely less fortunate with £77,212. France (£50.910), Holland (£43,731), Dutch East Indies (£32,000), India (£10,389), Belgium (£15,850), the Malay States (£15.750), Switzerland (£7720), and the British West Indies (£2321) were all represented. Of the 1900 prizes of £100 each, Britain took 1310, the United States I(J3, Ireland 123, Canada 68, South Africa 55, France 47, India 37, and Holland 29. Other tickets went to China, the Channel Islands, Syria, Honolulu, Egypt, Arabia, Mauritius, Penang, West Australia, Haiti, Burma, and the I Aleutian Islands.

Hie comedy of the noms de plume was once more evident. According to the special supplement of the Dublin "Irish 1 less to hand, some laughable names were adopted to hide identity, for few winners clioose to let it be known to the world that they have won fame or fortune. Of the 19 tickets winning £30,000, only two had direct addresses. Such popular names as "Five Mugs," ' t^. en Hopefuls," "Forget-me-not," "Ten Wise Crackers," and "Fourth Time Lucky were all represented among the biggest money, while £15,000 and £10,000 winners adopted sucli names as "Thank You, Nurse," "I Wish I Had It." "Kismet," "Heaven Sent," "White Elephant," "Aidez Moi," "Holy Year," I. L. Ben-Yomin" (Sussex), "Per Ardua," eto. Every type of language is spoken on the counterfoils, from Latin to Lancashire and from Gaelic to Gujarat).

Some of the smaller prizes went to Bcotiful," "Sock It To Tm," "Nonorocitul, Ich Bring© Gluck," "Oguu," "Jsot Wanted," "Beer Wallowor," and "God Send You Back to Me." A Trinidad punter picked the eventual winner, Hyperion, to judjje by the name on his ticket, but lie did not have the luck of the draw. He won £1521 with Madagascar, an unplaced horse 1 The most common names chosen seemed to "Hopeful," "Hard Up," and "This Time Lucky." "Kia Ora's" were entered from English counties in plenty. Comedy, pathos, desperation, the final gamble of hard-earned wages or the careless spending of the wealthy—all are eager for sudden fortune, and most are disappointed when the day of the draw arrives.