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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 Kst KstTrack Track CompKpeed Mile MileMile Mile Record RecordSaratoga Saratoga J95 130 130Syracuse Syracuse 94 l3Gy4 l3Gy4AiiULduct AiiULduct iH 135 135Belmont Belmont Park 985 130 130Douglas Douglas Park 980 13G 13GJuarez Juarez 980 130 130Lexington Lexington 905 137 137Churchill Churchill Downs 9 5 137 137Latonia Latonia 9iO 137 137Fort Fort Krie 900 137 137Fair Fair Grounds New Orleans 9r 137 137Blue Blue Bonnets 955 137 137Havre Havre de Grace estimated 955 137 137Laurel Laurel 955 137 137Windsor Windsor 955 137 137Tijuana Tijuana Mex 950 133 133Oriental Oriental Park Havana 940 138 138Empire Empire City 935 138 138Reno Reno 935 138 138Hawthorne Hawthorne 931 138 138Jamaica Jamaica estimated 930 133 133Essex Essex Park 930 138 138Woodbine Woodbine Park 925 139 139Oaklawn Oaklawn 925 139 139Pimlico Pimlico 925 139 139Overland Overland Park 925 139 139Devonshire Devonshire Park 915 139 139Connaught Connaught Park 910 139 139Hamilton Hamilton 905 139 139Dorval Dorval Park 900 140 140Anaconda Anaconda 900 140 140Mount Mount Royal 900 140 140Kenilworth Kenilworth Park estimated 900 140 140Grand Grand Rapids 895 140 140Jefferson Jefferson Park R90 140 140Del Del Monte 875 141 141Bowie Bowie 875 141 141Maxwelton Maxwelton Park 875 141 141Thoracliffe Thoracliffe 875 141 141Mexico Mexico City 870 141 141Cheyenne Cheyenne 870 I4iy5 I4iy5Piping Piping Rock 845 142 142Kempton Kempton Park 845 l42ys l42ysThe The foregoing table is based on an arbitrary decimal basis of 25 points to a second running down from a theoretical mile in 135 valued at 1000
