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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 Comp Speed Mile Syracuse Aqueduct Bclmont Park Douglas Park Juaroz Lexington Churchill Downs Saratoga Latonia Fort Erie Fair Grounds New Orleans OrleansBlue Blue Bonnets Havre do Grace estimated Laurel AAiiulsor Tijuana Mex Empire City CityReno Reno Hawthorne Dee Est EstTrack Track CompSpeed Mile MileMile Mile Itprnrd Jamaica ItprnrdJamaica estimated 930 138 138Essex Essex Park 930 138 138AVoodhine AVoodhine Park 925 1 39 39Oaklawn Oaklawn 925 139 139Pimlico Pimlico 925 139 139Overland Overland Park 925 1 39 39Devonshire Devonshire Park 915 139 139Connaught Connaught Park 910 l39f l39fHamilton Hamilton gn5 139 139Dorval Dorval Park ioo 140 140Anaconda Anaconda 900 140 140Mount Mount Royal 900 140 140Kcnilworth Kcnilworth Park estimated 900 140 140Grand Grand Rapids K95 l40Vf l40VfJefferson Jefferson Park 890 140 140Del Del Monte 875 141 141Bowie Bowie 875 141 141Maxwelton Maxwelton Park 875 141 141Tiioriicliffe Tiioriicliffe 875 141 141Mexico Mexico City 870 141 141Cheyenne Cheyenne 870 141 141Piping Piping Rock 845 I42y3 I42y3Kempton Kempton Park 845 142 142Tlie Tlie foregoing table is based on an arbitrary arbitrarydecimal decimal basis of 25 points to a second running down from a theoretical mile iu 135 valued at 1000
