1882 Derby -- black jockeys gang up on favorite -- sandbagging trainer cashes big bet

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Originally Posted by OldDog

I laughed!

Hurd, if the quote is accurate, sounds a great deal more articulate than trainer Morris.

As for Hamilton, they didn't mince words, did they. Amazing article. I wonder how many pro athletes today have done much the same with their money?

Either that... or Green B. Morris is Mortimer.

Yeah, that was pretty brutal what he wrote about Hamilton. "Perhaps the most stupid and uninteresting person that ever passed through the gates of a race course"