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ANENT THOSE LONG ODDS AGAINST PLENTY PLENTYThe The following communication from a St Louis reader interestingAn of Dally Racing Form is interesting An item In your issue of July 5 regarding long odds against Plenty a horse that won at Ease St Louis in the spring of 1803 shows the usual historical chaUge a score of years may make Ths price was 250 to 1 laid by Elie Perles who was making probably the only one there a 1000 ex ¬ tension book to small play The odds at that time were considered huge Two persons purchased a dollar ticket leaving but 500 to 2 to Arthur White no more could be had Barney Schrelber was not there and twenty years intimate acquaintance with him as a successful and wary bookmaker gives as surance that he neverjald 3000 to 8 on a winning ticket In his career And a reference to him prob ¬ able will prove the tale mythical mythicalKeith Keith White
