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either, separately, is checked. The chances of all the 

 horses are combined together, and the buyer of the 

 chance which contained the names of the winners 

 of both events takes the lottery. Let us suppose that 

 two races The Planter's Cup and Selling Stakes had 

 each three entries as follows : 



Planter's Cup, Selling Stakes. 



Kingcraft. 



Exeter. 



Chorister. 



Lurline. 



Butterfly. 



Brandy, 



The combined chances would then be : 



1. Kingcraft and Lurline. 



2. Kingcraft and Butterfly. 



3. Kingcraft and Brandy. 



4. Exeter and Lurline. 



6. Exeter and Brandy. 



7. Chorister and Lurline. 



8. Chorister and Butterfly. 



9. Chorister and Brandy. 



5. Exeter and Butterfly. 



These nine chances will be drawn for, and auctioned 

 off, in the same manner as if they represented nine 

 different horses entered for one particular race. 



Pari Mutuels Can never be an adequate substitute 

 for lotteries in this country, for the simple reason that 

 they entail the trouble of exercising one's judgment in 

 trying to spot the winner, instead of leaving the matter 

 to chance. Scores of men gamble in lotteries, who do 

 not know one horse from another, possibly not even their 

 names, but they like a quiet " punt " with the chance of 

 drawing a horse ; they are the true supporters of lot- 

 teries ; but as they do not care for racing, it would afford 

 no interest to them to back one horse, in preference to 

 another, in a Pari Mutuel. 



Pari Mutuels in India are usually managed in the 

 following manner : near the Race Stand is fixed a 



