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NEW YORK COMMISSIONS REPORT Albany N Y March 11 The annual report of ofe e State Racing Commission was printed yesterday d placed on senators tlesks After rehearing the licenses granted to racing associations last year e report sines on to say that the total number of ofys ys raced hi the state in 1909 was i9 which wart ineiitysix less than in IiiiS and ninetyseven less than in 1P07 Proceeding the commissioners say J sayJ e attendance at the races the amount of mon ¬ eys distributed in purses and stakes and the amount of the tax on gross receipts which was paid to the Btate all fell below the preceding year The gross receipts during the year of all the associations were 1O54U540 in liOS they were lr lJet UO and in 1007 they wen 4928iS3iO 4928iS3iOThe The moneys distributed as prises among the own ¬ ers of the competing horses wire in IIMKI about the sum of S2 Oftl in 1908 about 15SOQOO and in 1907 about 20YJOit About fourfifths of the gross receipts from all sources during 1919 were distributed as inrscs and premiums and two of the associations viz those at Belmont Park and Ja ¬ maica paid to the horse owners alone more moneys than their total gross receipts receiptsThe The amount of the live per cent tax for the year 1009 was 5270177 being less than for any year S n li uce JS05 is 1870 8G1W