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COMPARATIVE MILE SPEED OF TRACKS. For reference in estimating the time records in the daily entries the comparative mile speed table of American tracks, now in operation, taken from the American Racing Manual, is printed below: Dec. Est. Track. Comp. Speed. Mile Mile. Record. Syracuse 994 1:36% Belmont Park 9S5 1:30% Aqueduct 990 1:35% 1 uarez 9S0 1 :36% Lexington 955 1:37% Churchill Downs 905 1:37% Saratoga mi,-, j :37% Latonia 950 1:37% Fort Erie MS 1 :37% Douglas Park 950 1 :37% Bine Bonnets 955 1:37% Havre dc Grace estimated ... .It.-,.-, 1:37% Laurel 055 1 :37% Windsor 955 1:37% Tijuana, Mex 950 1:38 R«no tfj 1:3S% Hawthorne 931 l:3St Butte 930 1:3* % Jamaica estimated 930 1 :3S% Kmpire City 935 1 :.ts% " Woodbine Park 925 1 :39 Fair Grounds New Orleans ... .955 1:37% Pimlico 925 1 -.29 Overland Park 925 1:39 Oriental Park Havana 930 1:38% Devonshire Park 915 1:39% St. Louis Fair Grounds 925 1:39 Oaklawu 925 1:39 Hamilton 905 1:39% Anaconda 900 1 :40 Essex Park 930 1:3S% Mount Royal 900 1:40 Kcnilworth Park estimated .. .90O 1:40 Connaught Park 905 1:39% Mexico City 870 1:41% Row ie S75 1 :41 Piping Rock S45 1:42% Keinpton Park MS 1:42% Darval Park 900 l:4t The foregoing table is based on an arbitrary decimal basis of 25 points to a second, running down from a theoretical mile in 1:30, valued at 1,000.
