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ARE GOOD TO BET WITH. Of one feature of -the betting at Oakland on the opening day, the San Francisco "Chronicle says: "The hew currency those clearing-house certificates were a distinct success. There were few of the hooks that refused to accept them, and the bettors had no trouble in backing their choices merely because they had paper money instead of the gold. Men who bet the certificates got them back with some added if they woii, but they were satisfied with any kind of wealth, and not a murmur was heard."
