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BIG RETURNS IN FRENCH MUTUELS Pari muluel returns are larger than usual this year because favorite form has not been maintained and the French crowds usually flock to favorites. Soon after its institution this state-controlled system of betting gained popularity by the victory of an outsider named Aliborou, which returned 52 for . Even this sensational figure was surpassed at Maisons Liffitte in 1910, when a two-year-old filly named La Manche, which had never before appeared on a racecourse, wou from a field of about foity. Her price was ,330 for Iu the paddock, and 02 for ih the open inclosurc. These rare examples work wonders in the way of popularizing the totalizator with the outside public, for there have been numerous cases of a casual visitor to a racecourse choosing a horse lit random, and winning a small fortune with a modest outlay.
