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COMPARATIVE MILE SPEED OF TRACKS. Pat reference in estimating the time records in the daily entries the comparative mile speed table of American tracks, now in operation, taken from the Aineiic.in Racing Manuel, is printed below. Dee. Bat Tr.ik. Comp. Speed. Mile Mile. Record. Syracuse « !» t 1 :.!0 : i B-li t Park ilS." 1 :.!• ■. Aqueduct 188 1 :: ;.. Jaarea 188 1:3*14 Lexington M8 1:37--, Churchill Downs MS 1:37-.-. Saratoga MB 1:87% Latmia M9 1:87% Fort Erie MB 1:87% Doaglaa Park BM 1:87% Blue Bonnets !»•"•." 1:87% Havre de Grace estimated ... J63 1:37 :. Laurel ..v. 1:87% Windsor !»."■". 1:37% Tijuana, Mez B68 1:3s Bcao *.:;.-. 1:38% Hawthorne ! 3i 1:38% Butte BM 1:38% Jamaica estimated BM 148% Empire city BM 148% Woodbine Park .12:. 1 :3» Fair Grounds New Orleans ... JSS 1 :3!» Pimlico v2.- l::r. Overland Park BBS 1:30 Oriental Park Havana 888 1:30 Devonshire Park 1 !»1." 1:3!-. St. Louis Fair Grounds 812% 148% Oaklnwn BM 148% Hamilton 00." 1 :3.t „ Anaconda 0 H 1:10 Essex Park 900 1:40 Mount Royal 900 148 Kenilworth Park estimated .. .900 1:10 Connaught 1ark S75 1:41 Mexico City BM 141% Bowie BM 141% Piping Rock BBS 1 42 % Kempton Park M5 148% Dorval Park S20 148% The foregoing table is based on an arbitrary ■ decimal basis of 2. palate to a second, running ; down from a theoretical mile in 1:30, valued at 1 , 000.
