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COMPARATIVE MILE SPEED 0E 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 Rncins Manual, is win ted below: Dec. Est. Track.. Comp.Speed. Mile. . Mile Record. Saratoga ..1. .095 1:30 Syracuse 994 1:30 Aqueduct .990 1:30 Belmont Park 9S5 1:30 Latonia .980 1:30 Douglas Park 980 1:30 Juarez ,.080 1:30 Lexington 1.965- 1:37 Churchill Downs .............. .965 1:37 Laurel 960 1:37 Fort Erie .960 1:37 Fair Grounds New Orleans . . . .955 1:37 Blue Bonnets .955 1:37 Windsor i:.. .955 1:37 Tijuana; Mex. .............. i . . .950 1:38 Oriental Park Havana .945 1:38 EmpIret:City.V.r;. "i935 1:38 Reno? .935 1:38 Hawthorne; .931. 1:38 Jamaica .930 1 :38 Essex Park i930 1:38 Woodhlhe "Park ......... ,925 1:39. Oaklawn ..V 25 1:39 Pimlico v.... .:..... :925. 1:39 Overland Park .925 1:39 Devonshire Park .............. .915 1:39 Connaiight-Park 910 1:39 Hamilton 905 1:39 Dorval Park 900 1:40 Anaconda... ..- .900 1:40 Mount Royal .900 1:40 Kenilworth Park . estimated... .900 1:40 Jefferson Park1 .900 1:40 Orand Rapids .895 1.40 Bowie 875. 1:41 Cheyenne1 .875 1:41 Del Monte .875 1:41 Havre dc Grace S75 1:41 Maxwelton Park .875 1:41 Thorncliffe ...... J.... .875 1:41 Mexico City 870 1:41 Piping Rock . 845 1:42 Kemp ton. Park .845 1:42 The foregoing table is . based . on an arbitrary decimal basis of 25 points to a second, running down from a theoretical mile in 1:36, valued at 1.000.
