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ONE-DOLLAR BETS AT LONDON A. M. Orpen to Introduce Popular-Priced Wagering at New Canadian Half-Mile Track. TORONTO, Ont., April 27. For the first time in the history of the Canadian turf single dollar pari-mutuel wagering will be in vogue at an Ontario track, the Orpen confederacy of Toronto controlling the Long Branch and Dufferin tracks in Toronto, Kenilworth Park in Windsor and Queens Park in London, having decided to introduce the popular wager at the last-named track;. This must not be confused with the single-dollar combination in which two dollars is really the lowest sum that can be expended on any one race, one dollar to win and one; dollar to place, or, as is the custom at some tracks, another dollar to show, making a total of three dollars. At the London seven-day meeting being inaugurated on July 20, it will be possible to make a wager with just the one dollar, either for first, second or third, as the patron desires. If the popularity of the one-dollar combination can be taken as a criterion, the latest move of the Orpen confederacy in the interest of the individual of moderate means should turn out to be one of the most welcome innovations in recent Dominion turf history. The move is in keeping with the enterprise that characterizes A. M. Orpen, grand old man of Canadian racing, and his band of associates. The Queens Park track at London, where this important wagering experiment is be--ing made, is a half-mile track, and the impending meeting is the first under the auspices of the Orpen group. In the old days London was a great center for the runners, the Kings Plate having been decided there on a number of occasions. Reintroducing the horses there and over a half-mile track should be a decidedly popular move, especially with the single dollar -wagering in vogue. .
