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RECORD ODDS IN THE MUTUELS All records for odds in the parimutuels wei broken when AYishing King won at Uitoiiia Juno 1 li t payin 188550 for 2 straight i4SO for idjcc and 172GU for S2 show Prior to A is it in Kir sensational showing the American iiiutiid record payoff was 5x5070 for 2 which was what UK barkers of Muzetta AV received at Lexington Vv Mav 7 1910 Muzettu W paid for place only IW for S2 and for show 1950 Muzotta AY s Mr lit iiayoff displaced the record of lli8 on Mtkujiick tickets at Jerome Park October 12 IS whith hHherWbSdbeeu the highest odds yielded by a pirl inutuel winner in this country Aishiiig Hints odds in addition to being a record for the mil tucks are not far behind the record bookmaking MM A number of yoars ago while races were lift in conducted on the old East St Louis trae Iluniv Schreiber the wellknown bookmaker and horse owner laid 1000 to 1 against the chances of a mure called Ilenty Knapsack MeCarty who AVIS very well known on the turf in those days bunded to Mr Schreibcr and said Give me rth of that mare Ilenty Mr Schreiber ae eipted the wager and Ileuty won McCartys ticket i ailed for 3000 to 83 This is undoubtedly the iiu t pricid horse that ever won hi the history tf tin turf In this country countryNixt Nixt to Ilenty the longest odds on record as laid 1v bookmakers against winning horses were on ItVtonla at Chicago Washington Iarki and lirisht Skic at Oakland February 10 1909 500 to 1 being ulitJinuhlf in both instances litre are the exact figures of the largest winning Sj straight inutuel tickets ever sold soldValue Value of ofllor llor e Track and Date S5 Ticket TicketNiUaiaek NiUaiaek Jerome Park October 12 1872 SI 17800 17800AYpakonita AYpakonita Saratoga July 17 1882 107820 iini1 Louisville October 5 1 00 950 80 oiiin1 Spragne Washington May IS 1X82 71000 llivard 15righton Beach August 1 18S7 70000 70000Jircy Jircy Gr eii Louisville May 18 190S 59000 SaMli Brighton Ueach August 10 18SO 00500 I iiiThmont S June IS 1892 55280 llnttie F Baltimore May 21 1879 01885 01885K K S fluke Brighton Beach Sept 8 1884 02275 02275Put Put rides Washington May 5 1887 152223 152223Philander Philander Brooklyn September 18 1SS9 GOSOO GOSOOJuliet Juliet Chicago AVashington Park June JuneSO SO I8S5 57000 0 a Brighton Beach September 9 1889 53200 53200Lfvaiit Lfvaiit Latonia September 22 1SS3 505 SO SOKiy Kiy tine Brighton Beach July 4 1SS8 498 498Oilaniiot Oilaniiot Louisville May 4 1909 471 1 rol t Brighton Bench July 24 1885 445SO 445SOOk Ok loiij Brighton Beach Sept 1 1880 42510 42510Tilfinl Tilfinl Brighton Beach November 1 1881 42215 42215Pic Pic ilo Saratoga August 18 1874 41890 41890LIV LIV Middleton Saratoga August 1 1879 40500 40500Aurrlius Aurrlius Monmouth Park July 28 1885 40375 40375Jo Jo Uwis Sheepsbead Bay June 19 1SS3 40805 40805Tlie Tlie biggest paying ticket of less than 5 value Picr to that of Muzetta V was a 3 ticket sold at fiilttnberg November 13 1880 on Pa villo ou which the lucky holder realized 37383 At Churclill Downs May 13 1911 Jack Parker paid 41150 for Other recent notable payoffs on S2 inutuels A Powers Latonia November 3 1911 27980 iirrillon Toronto May 27 1911 22730 Henry AValbank Latonia October 27 1910 21140 Chas F Grainger Churchill Downs October 20 1910 SUni80 SUni80Wishing Wishing Rings place payoff also constituted a new record Limbo paid G81SO for 5 at Sheeps I ad Bay September 1 1888 Bryce paid 40555 for 5 at Churchill Downs May 21 1909 Camel paid S41710 for 5 at Cburchill Downs October 11K Crow Robb paid 21180 for 2 at I exingfon Svptiiulxjr 22 1911 and Carl ton Club paid 20210 fc r 2 at Churchill Downs October 12 1911 TinHe were tbe best niutuel payoffs for place prior to AVishing Rings RingsAVhen AVhen La Manche won the Prix du Rhone at Miilsrjiis Lamtte In Franco September 28 1910 and luld iOS to 1 in the parimutuels a record was cstah li lad for long odds in that country Because La Mamhe was an unknown horse nolxnly bet on him ixci pt his owner AVhen the race was over it was Uncovered that each hundred francs bet on La Manphe had won 50790 francs francsProbably Probably the shortest odds ou record in this coun ¬ try wa 1 to 100 quoted against James R Keencs Sweep and Suffragist which ran coupled and finished flv t and second In the Lawrence Realization at Kluepshcnd Bay July 4 1910 Catesby AVoodfords Hindoo Star was the only other starter in the race
