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SHORTEST BETTING ODDS The American record shortest price is 1 to 100, quoted against James It. Kecnes Sweep and Suffragist, coupled in the Lawrence localization Stakes at Shecpsliead Bay, July 4, 1910. The Keene pair ran first and second. Catesby "Woodfords Hindoo Star was the only other starter. Sweep won in a canter by five lengths, with Suffragist a like distance ahead of Hindoo Star. However, to Han o "War belongs the honors of having that same price, 1 to 100, quoted against him on three different occasions in the Stiiyvesint Handicap at Jamaica, June 22, 1920 ; the Lawrence Realization, at Belmont Tark September 4, 1920, and the Jockey Club Stakes, at Belmont Park, September 11. 1920. The next shortest price ever quoted against a race horse in this country was 1 to 80 about Bosebon at Belmont Park, August 16, 190G, when he beat Beauclere in a seven-eighths race under 123 pounds in 1 :22. nose-ben Avon by twenty lengths.
