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REFUND IN DAILY DOUBLE ON SCRATCHED HORSE AURORA 111 May 2 The action of the representatives of the Illinois Racing Com ¬ mission in approving the refund of 2 wag ¬ ers to the bettors who had coupled the scratched horse Birthday Gift with a horse in the second race seems to have set a precedent in the handling of Daily Double betting bettingPrevious Previous to this afternoon the Daily Dou ¬ ble has been a play or pay proposition and when a horse has been scratched after tick ¬ ets have been sold on him it has been the bettors misfortune The scratching of Birth ¬ day Gift upon which many tickets had been sold from the third race came after the horse had been badly kicked in the pad ¬ dock The order came from Chris FitzGer ald steward representing the Illinois Racing Commission CommissionThe The order to refund the bets came from Oscar Bachman who represents the com ¬ mission in the mutuel department There were no complaints from ticket holders who had coupled losing second race horses with Birthday Gift but there were numerous complaints from those who had coupled Birthday Gift and the second race winner
