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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 CompSpeed Mile MileMile Mile Record RecordSaratoga Saratoga 995 136 136Syracuse Syracuse 994 136 136Aqueduct Aqueduct 990 136 136Belmont Belmont Park i 983 136 136Douglas Douglas Park 980 136 136Juarez Juarez 980 136 136Lexington Lexington 9G5 137 137Churchill Churchill Downs 165 137 137Latonia Latonia 960 137 137Fort Fort Erie 960 137 137Fair Fair Grounds New Orleans 955 137 137Blue Blue Bonnets 955 137 137Havre Havre de Grace estimated 955 137 137Laurel Laurel 955 137 137Windsor Windsor 955 137 137Tijuana Tijuana Mex 950 138 138Oriental Oriental Park Havana 940 138 138Empire Empire City 935 138 138Reno Reno 935 138 138Hawthorne Hawthorne 931 138 138Jamaica Jamaica estimated 930 138 138Essex Essex Park 930 138 138Woodbine Woodbine Park 925 139 139Oaklawii Oaklawii 925 139 139Pimlico Pimlico 925 139 139Overland Overland Park 925 139 139Devonshire Devonshire Park 915 139 139Conuaught Conuaught Park 910 139 139Hamilton Hamilton i 905 139 139Dorval Dorval Park 900 140 140Anaconda Anaconda 900 140 140Mount Mount Royal 900 140 140KenUworth KenUworth Park estimated 900 140 140Grand Grand Rapids 895 140 140Jefferson Jefferson Park 8S0 140 140Del Del Mbrite 875 141 141Bowte Bowte i 875 141 141Maxweltori Maxweltori Park 875 141 141Thorncliffe Thorncliffe 875 141 141Cheyenne Cheyenne 875 141 141Mexico Mexico City 870 141 141Piping Piping Rock 845 142 142Kempton Kempton Park 845 142 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
