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Show HARDING "ODDS" I BREAK ALL 1 RECORDS 1 NEW YORK, Oct. 30. Odds with- out precedent wero lnld on Senator H Harding to win this year's election H today. Tho odds wero 6 to 1 and 7 H to 1 and thero aro no equal odds on H record since 1878, the first yenr that' bets wero entered on records In Wall !H street. vjM Governor Cox Is tho longest shot 9 In tho history of presidential betting S hnvlng oven less chance than William H Jennings Bryan had In his thrco un- PI successful runs for the prenldoncy. Only three times In tho twelve preelection betting yrrs recorded, S I has tho Wall street favorite failed to H !Wln, But In nono of theso years did S the odds approach those of this year. ; Wilson overturned Wall street's calculitlons by winning the election ,In 191 despite odds of 10 to 9 on Hughes. In tho Clovcland-Blaine M fight in 1884 Wall street wns wrong W again, betting 10 to 6 against Clove- V land. In 1888 the street was again m on tho wrong end. These nre tho B exceptions, however. iV mom m |