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DEAD HEADS OF NEW YORK RACE TRACX3. Commenting on the resolve of the New York traeks to abolish the free badge list, the New York Sun says: "Last year It was estimated thai each track distributed nearly 1.500 tree b.nlgis. uanj ol wiiicli were Daed indiseriniinatelv. though tlnv were not transferable. Iroliahlv so per cent, of tiiose hadcea were in daily use. It Is a fact that at one at the tracks last lull there was an ai tendance of 2.OH0 persons on ;: Tluirsdav 1 that onlv TiMi of them paid admission. There are probably 000 former owners of free badges who are aaaajaMaary a Head -ants a I the trarks through baslneaa. wbich will mean ftl.280 a day to the nianagenieiil. This sum will Bay for two overnight purses, while the mouey taken in from tlie general public will enable the trarks lo lunik even, il is believed. The admission to the grandstand enclosures at all of the tracks will be and it is estimaled Ilia: an average daily attendance of 2.50O prmooi paving tall tariff will come very uear foot lug the bills."
