MACARONI'S OWNER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2396, 1 February 1900, Page 40

MACARONI'S OWNER.

Tn winning tbo Derby with Macaroni, wriles Mr Corlett, Mr Naylor probably look out of tho ring in bets tho largest sum. that was ever

won by one man, viz., £100,000. Mr Merry was stated to have won that amount with Thorinanby, but £70,000 was nearer to the mark, p.s at no time were long odds ever laid iigain^t that sterling winner. Against Macaroni, on the other hand, as much as 1000 to 5 was betted after Lord Stamford's Automaton had oe.itcn him for the only lace in i\hich he took part at two years of'age. Mr Chaplin's winnings on Hermit exceeded anything that we evei* heard of, but they were mostly on paper of the South American sort, and did not realise much. Mr Naylor had the game nearly all to himself, whilst when the Marquis oi Hastings won so heavily over Lecturer, there were a good many standing in. Macaroni, like all the Sweetmeats, showed a rare amount of quality, but &o far from being a clashing horse, as we have seen slated, he .stood only 15.22 when he won the Derby. On the Saturday before the race he was equal favourite with Lord Clifden at 5 to 1. The heavy rain on the Derby Day was thought to be much against him, as it was said that the Sweetmeats loved to hear their feec rattle. As a matter of fact, the heavy going was more against the long-striding Lord Clifden. Macaroni did not know defeat that year. We never saw a horse with his tongue out so far os hi- was when he won the Doncaster Cuy>. • A curious fact in connection with that race was that in the field were the first, third, and fourth in the Derby, and the winner of the Oaks, and that all they ran for was £300. That id the kind of race we love to dwell upon. Undoubtedly Macaroni was a really great horse.