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, ; I 1 1 i 1 ". ,- 7 - 1 t WINDSORS REMARKABLE MUTUEL SALES. Detroit. Mieb., August S3, — That the recent suc-cessiul - sseetings at Windsor, operating for the first t time under the mutuel system of wagering, marked 1 the passing .1 the bookmaker for all time Horn that t section of the country was the general opinion after r the record-breaking success that the system achieved I during the fourteen dais the s].ort held sway at tiie I Parmer -Hendrie coarse. The moat ardent enthusiast t Ol the lnutcel style of betting was unprepared for t the signal sarf«ai of the Bjall sa. Never before 1 lias any track in this countrv enjoyed the record volume of wagering done at this track. It exceeded the most roseate expectations of the management t and proved that their lack of preparedness cost t them an immense sum of money. The equipment of 1 27 machines were wholly inadequate to handle the t Offerings and it is doubtful if 40 would have been i enough. According to present arrangements there will he installed for next years use a number Of f machines that will be ample to handle the money offered in convenient fashion. When it first became known that the Windsor r track would install machines, the bookmakers and I their numerous supporters, predicted that the new v style of betting would not meet with great success, . at leas! at the outset, and that it would require several years for the Detroiters. who largely compose the Windsor track patronage, to digest the c system thoroughly. How bad their predictions were e can be gleaned from the fact that during the first t meeting of seven days ihe daily average of 20,000 n was maintained. This was truly a remarkable e showing, far more than the management expected and it also t.n.k the prop from the bookmakers and I their supporters. If any doubts of the success of f the system remained it was effectively dispelled at t the second seven-days meeting, when the astounding - average of over 9293.000 was reached, making a a grand daily average of nearly 38,000 for the e fourteen days of racing. The last four days of racing were the banner r ones, as on each of these days not less than .S202. nmi o was handled. Had the equipment been adequate the e money handled would have exceeded 00,000 on n these days. Long lines of bettors were still stand-lag I- awaiting opportunity to place their money as s the off bell sounded in each race and 950,000 is a a conservative estimate of what was shut out on each h of these days. No track in the country can boast of the success scored by the Windsor plant, though the e rec.rd for one day is still held by the Churchill II Downs- track, on last Derby day there, over r 00,000 was bandied. It takes quite an army of men to handle this s amount of money seven times a day. take it in. t. pay it out and follow up this operation seven times. ;- The Windsor Jockey club has not been niggardly •v in the employ of men. They hail 125 employes in " the mutuel department. These were divided as follows: Thirty-seven cashiers, twenty-eight ticket . sellers, tweiity-siven clickers, twelve money count en, six calculators. -i messengers, four ticket room men. two money changers and two board markers. Gene Blrod was in entire charge of ibis crew, ami ; everything went like clockwork. Klr.nl has developed . a perfect -ystem in the handling of money. tickets and nun in the mntnel department, and ", there is no one in the country as well r quipped to " do ibis work as the same genial Kugene.
