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Show oo BETS 10 TO 1 WAR WILL END THIS FALL. The "books'" made on the probable duration of the war, and posted through Lloyd's Exchange In London, now run as follows: That war will end before May 1, 1915, 3 to l against. That war will end before June 1, 1915, 2 to 1 against. That war will end before September 1, 1915. even money. That war will end before December 1, 1915, 10 to 1 on. That war will end before March 1, 1916, 15 to i on That Germany will take Warsaw, 5 to 1 against. Explanation of "on" and "against" terms as used by English bettors: "3 to 1 against," war ending May 1. You get $3 for $1 if you think the war will end so soon and are willing to back your Judgment. 'Ten to one on," the war ending before December De-cember 1. You would have to risk $10 on the chance of winning $1; the bookmakers are so confident the fighting fight-ing will be over by next winter It Is evident that the English figure fig-ure this way . The combatants are still so strong and evenly matched that there Is little chance of peace during the coming summer. It Is, they think, about an even chance that they will be tired of fighting and ready to shake hands by September, and. so think the bettors, everybody will he so done up that there is almost al-most no probability of fighting after he Mrtjjfal 9' winter, |