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The Daily Dispatch: December 9, 1862., [Electronic resource], Curious Betting Fraud (search)
umns of communications in regard to a bet that had been made in sporting circles which was not of a very honorable character. The case arose out of a transaction which took place between Colonel Burnaby, Captain Stewart, and Mr. Ten Broeck, which cased in Mr. Ten Broeck losing a bet to Captain Stewart of a hundred pounds to one pound on the spelling of the word reindeer, which name had been given to a horse by certain interested parties in exchange for that of Palm Oil. The bet was made at Man head. The word reindeer is ordinarily spelt with an "e," and Mr. Ten Broeck bet a hundred to one that it is so spelt, and the bet was taken by Captain Stewart, clogged with the condition that it should be decided by "Johnson," which is perhaps the only dictionary in common use which states "raindeer" to be the proper spelling. It was charged that the bet was a "bubble" made up between Colonel Burnaby and Captain Stewart; and it appears from the correspondence that the Hon. Mr. Lawley testif