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FINANCIAL AND SPECULATIVE SIDE OF RACING IN 1906. In 1000 Daily Racing Form published full charts on 6,844 facta, eovei tag the fifty meetings given by the thirty principal racing associations in the Cnited States and Canada, and from these charts the aeon panying table, which affords at a glaan a summary of some of the most saaiallal feature.- of the years lacing, has been oomiiilcd. What probably bltncsta the owners of the horses most is the fact that the vast sum of ,191,681 was distributed for these ti.siO races and that the average per raee was a fraction more than 50. Tlie columns containing the numbers of winning horses and winning owners at each nieet-teg affords interesting comparisons. By taking an average of the money distributed at each meeting. eithw for tlie number of days or tlie number of races, an idea of the comparative condition of racing in the several localities is obtained. On 112 of these races there was no betting -111 at Rockingham Park and one at the Inited Hunts Racing Association at Bennings — s , the total number of tutting facta was 0.72s. Of these races favorites won 2. 752. or .41 pet cent. Second chiices won .2.! iH-r cent, and otlu r than first and second favorites won .::ii pet cent. At the three days meeting of the Inited Hunts Baring Association, where stecplechasing was largely in vogue and where the Hampton Stable practically swept the boards. .56 pet cent, of the winners were favorites. At Bennings in the spring and Saratoga in the summer the publics choices scored in .52 and ..".1 per cent, of tlie races respectively. Those were the voist meetings of the year from tlie viewooini of the bookmaker. Favorites did not fare well at Belmont Iarks meetings. At the ■« apriag only .:;:. per cent, first choices won; at tlie second spring meeting .;!!» and at the fall meeting ."!». The reverse way of niiinin- is thought by many to have li -concerted Ihe publte in its estimation of the chances of its choices. At DoagbM lark. the new plant at loulsville, favorit -s won only .:::; per cent. Ibis was the poorest showing at the western tracks. The table follows: 9 ? 2 g 2 X " 2 - Z.: % 2 - » » S ? ? iT oB S o SS" ** - Track. Dates. * g 9 • ...■ ■ . " "• =" - . • al Oakland—January 1 -April 17 !M 546 2.! ; All $ 365,633 2.".7 110 1S .4:: Ascot Park— Janiiarv IMarch 17 66 ■ :: 172 ::.".2 196.250 171 7.". 157 .42 Fair Qtoanda .laiiiiarv lM.ir.li 17... 66 466 WO ::71 238,017 1«". loi 14 .4! Citv Park — Januarv 1-April 7 S4 .".7i 213 474 277.27.! 226 133 217 ..2t Onklawn -iMbrnarv 17 Iel.ruarv 28.. 4L 252 ■* 212 l Ni.P7". 112 71 St .41 New Louisiana March l!l-April 14... 24 147 111 201 67,145 .".« ::7 ..4 .MS Beiinings-March 2f. April 14 is ms til 155 iis.4:»". 56 26 :Ci ..".2 Arkansas J. C. April 7-April 14 7 41i :. 03 17.MW Hi IS 11 X Nashville — April 11 -April 21 10 7£* : 1 115 2.s.7i« 27 12 2 » .4c. Iinilico April 16 April 2.s 12 74 7s 12:: 32,120 24 X* :!U J2 Aqueduct April 16-April 26 1 IM 7.". 136 71,370 2t; 14 21 .4:! Memphis April It; Mav 0 22 133 11« 2 »7 84,080 52 41 42 .:« Bexinu-tou— April 2.: Mav 1 S 4! 4o 1 4 1S.7 MI 1! 11 If» .:fii Jamaica— April 27-Mav t 11 66 !»•: 14K 77,605 :M IS 21 .4.". Churchill I low ns -Mav 2. Mav 2!1 24 D.2 12:5 2:!N !M».!i2 ;7 oj gg 41 Belmont Park— Mav Ifr.M.,, i .",4 I2» 13! !*,70r. IS l.s IS .3:1 Toronto — May ll June 2 13 S7 S.t t30 62,800 43 21 23 .4!» Cravescnd Mav 21 .May 2ti 6 •!!» 64 BK 66X866 lit 0 11 ,4!l Belmont Dark -Mav 2.N June ti i ~A 7S VJ4 142.:« 3 21 IS IS .3!l Latouia— Mav 30 July 4 31 214 1.-.7 2!»1 125365 7it 47 SS .37 Buffalo — June 4.1uly 7 36 isn 117 2*t7 91.985 71 44 66 M Hamilton— June .".June lti 11 •» «*» HO 2ti.l"" 23 lti 26 .34 Oravesend— June 7 June 20 12 7.S BHt ltBt 173, Mil 36 20 2.8 .3S Windsor— June 16 July 7 lit 114 S3 117 43.470 53 21 4*t .40 Sheepshead Bav- June 21 Julv 10 17 M6 Km; Ids 310,840 .".S 22 45 .SO *Rockinghaui lark— June 2S-.Iulv 21.. 21 12 l 42 122 50,180 4 2 3 .41 Latonia— Julv 5 OipttaibM 1 51 342 1S4 34 i 14".. 12.". 125 7S Vi .37 Fort Erie — July 10-August 22 3S 253 153 27S 14.100 86 7t !I2 .3.". Brighton Beach — July 11-August 4 22 13«t 158 240 2s2.4tt » 06 ."*S 42 .42 Saratoga— August 6 August 31 22 133 126 2:1* 266,166 68 24 41 .51 Windsor — August 2." Septemlier 14... 18 115 04 172 30,465 47, 24 4« M Sheepshead Bav -Sept. 1-Sept. 15... 13 S_* Kt7 107 20O.0O.-. 35 13 34 .43 Ii.uglas lark— Sept. 3 Sept . 26 IS 111 103 1S2 49.075 37 21 7.3 .33 Toronto — September 15-September 22. 7 44 .".1 St; 28,265 15 14 15 .34 Grareacnd September 17-8eptaiber 26 12 77 113 173 143,313 33 10 34 .43 Kv. State Fair— Sept. 17-Sept. 22 6 24 43 .". t 6,166 l«t t S .42 Hamilton.— Septeinlx r 25-Oetober 3... S .".2 70 BHt 19.025 21 11 2 .4*1 Brighton Beach October l-october *; »; 36 83 66 it:t.27 t it; 7 IS .42 Churihill Downs let. 1 Oct. 20 IS 10S 111 ISO 47. U7." 43 22 43 .40 Belmont Park— October 8-Oetotwe Jo 12 72 102 153 160,840 31 IS 20 .43 Latonia — October 22 November 17 24 143 120 201 60,500 56 20 07 .30 Jamaica— October 22 -November 2 11 r.s .x; 142 oo.otm ::i ir, 22 .40 vlnited Hunts Assn.— Oct. 27-20 3*1.. 3 lit 31 34 11,145 11 8 4 ..".S limlieo — Noveinlx-r 1 November 14... 12 78 01 138 38,206 26 21 2S .:.7 Aqueduct — November 3-Novemlier 15. 11 07 it." 138 7."..!KK 31 17 l!t .4t; Bennings — November 10-Deeeaaber 1.. 14 86 D 4 I4.t *:.iii 42 13 "M .4!t Oakland — November 17 December 31.. 38 22s 132 2t~2 115,080 KM tKt 84 .40 Ascot lark -November 20-Deeeaabet 31 2s Bus lit; 21s 77.1Ut 66 44 M ..".0 City Park — December W-December 22 12 74 .14 151 42..V.S 29 is 27 .: Fair Bounds— November 21 Dec 31. 20 123 IIS 10S 63.233 40 2.". 40 .40 Jrand totals and M reentage 1.000 6.S40 83,191,681 2.7".2 1 .337 2,4.U .41 *Betting on nine races only. tNo betting on one race.
