select issue with order v8.1

Hello,

I have an application that is doing something stupid in that it is
tacking on its own order clause at the end of the statement I am
providing.

For example, I am putting this statement in:
select ev_id,type,ev_time,category,error,ev_text,userid,ex_long,client_ex_long,ex_text
from clients_event_log limit 100

It is tacking on ORDER BY ev_id.  The problem is that isn't per the
syntax.  Can anyone think of anything clever to get around this stupid
application doing what it is doing?  For example, anything I can do
beside limit?

I appreciate the thoughts!