There were others who had sweepstakes on his height, before the score he would make, or the men he would bowl.
"Winding Paths"
Gertrude Page
Although boating was formally recognised by the masters in 1840, it is a fact that the first race honoured by the presence of a headmaster was the Sculling sweepstakes in 1847, when Dr. Hawtrey was rowed in a boat to see the racing by two undermasters, the Rev.
"Boating"
W. B. Woodgate Commentator: Harvey Mason
A lottery with 1500 square miles of territory as the sweepstakes and 100,000 people playing its wheel of fortune.
"Land of the Burnt Thigh"
Edith Eudora Kohl