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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 EstTrack Track CompSpced Mile Saratoga Syracuse I Aqueduct Belmont Park Douglas Park Juarez Lexington Churchill Downs Latonia Fort Erie Fair Grounds New Orleans OrleansBlue Blue Bonnets Havre dc Grace estimated estimatedLaurel 137 Laurel 137 Windsor 137 Tijuana Mex 138 Oriental Park Havana 138 Empire City 138 Reno 138 Hawthorne 138 Jamaica estimated 138 Essex Park 138 Woodbine Park 139 Oaklawn 139 Pimlico 139 Overland Park 130 Devonshire Park 139 Connaught Park 139 Hamilton 139 Dorval Park 140 Anaconda 140 Mount Royal 140 Kcnilworth Park estimated estimatedGrand 140 Grand Rapids 140 Jefferson Park 140 Del Monte 141 Bowie 141 14114L Maxwelton Park 14L Thorncliffe I 141 Cheyenne 141 Mexico City 141 Piping Rock 142 Kempton Park 843 142 142The The foregoing table is based on an arbitrary decimal basis of 25 points to a second running down from a theoretical mile in 136 valued at 1000
