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I I , • , ■ 1 • : . . ;. , 1 • " [ ■ NEW YORK THE LEADING STATE I MAINTAINS ITS PREMIERSHIP AS FIELD OF RACING-SUPREMACY SERIOUSLY MENACED BY KENTUCKY AND MARYLAND Dai lag the raclag caaapahra or mis the money dtatilaaUea in -take- aad paries la Ike states af New Tork, Kentiieky and Maryland alone amounted to over su.rimuMM. each of them lealishaHaa. eaaaideraMjr in exceaa af ; l jiimiimmi. New York aaatatalaed it- leaderaUp a- a teli of raciac, hat s,, great was the advancement in the Kentucky and Maryland sMda that it- aapnaigljl in that regard is aillaaalj nieiiaied. It 191S it led Kentiieky liy tsfg.144, hat in 1!H! this difterenee was redneed to s|t;. l«»J. N, r was Maryland much lie-hind Kentucky. i»ins deprived of second place hy the trine f S3. sis. ot leas iatereatfaag eras the gala retarded in Loaiataaa and Caha. The yield af the various ieida of racing in 1P19 was: i Baciag Hints i!iys Rasj Dtetriba- Diatrihn- Distribn- Distriha- , Locality. 1 1». DJ1*. tion Hllti. tion 1!M7. tioii 1*18. Hon 1»1». N"w fork HA sTl $ 659.429 s P72.P73 1.15C2M .31",S82 Keatacky rjl 771 170.438 74C.8K 734.195 1.147.8M , Maryland lLTi s7 1 5TO.723 71a.ii:»i 7ti."..li7s 1,148.542 Louisiana M tS7 ItiH.sn L73.XH." S74.1M 428.558 Caha ill •;»•; MS.9H3 SS8.M« 2M, 17 407.1* Arkansas gj LM 42.868 P0.250 123.1M 114.000 Wyomiag lti lf3 20.150 .iii.tidii 7.:;.".;i Nevada 1P ll-J 78,500 42.350 23.240 Ltl. :.. Virginia 10 "7 ::.:;i u 2.265 8.325 10.825 West Virginia •" :-2 0.900 Illinois :t Js .-,7. is.-, 7.7"0 Bastera Canada l :i 9»»i.J4." 674.110 3,840 4..",i Pennsylvania "J M 8,805 4,156 3.150 Indiana ... 6,000 Mexico ... 4«i7.tiL0 225,225 Missouri ... 21.700 Michigan ... 14.200 California ... i*.o7." Delaware ... 6.000 Massachusetts ... 9,185 Alabama .•. . . ... .!.:..• New Jersey ... 1 ,525 Totals 06 4*08 33,842,471 34,060,253 33,425.347 34.042,865 In ttlG no track in the United state- or Canada distributed among ariaakag owner- a daily average of ,i- mack a- sip. ikmi. In l!l" PMrataga and Woodkiae Park attained thai distinction, la mis Saratoga, Kiiiirei and iteimont Park Terminal exceeded that average, the latter heeaaee at stake raeea of considerable value in a aaeetiag of one day. Bat in 1919 six tracks — Latoaia, rimlieo. Laarei, Saratoga, hurcliiil Dowaa and Iteimont Park — pave more each day than the ansa named, latoaia leading with the record average of over 313,099 aad 1imlicn fallowing with over ."S12.MK . In what have been considered the palmy days if American raciag the then foremost ori; a nidation, the Coney Ishind .lockey hd . ex i ceded a daily average of over 311.099 at some cf its Sl.eepshead Iay meetings, and in its way it was considered a wonderful thing. Bo it was. Init it pales in comparison with l.atonia and Iimlico records of 1010. The following tahie shows the average distribution per diem of the various raekeg ergaaiaatioas ami their average for the three atecediag yeata: Raring Races Daily Av. Daily Av. Daily Av. Daily At. Days linn Di-tiilm- Distribn- IHstribo- Diatriba- Tiack. 1»i!»- 1010. tion 1!H»;. lion DM7. tion litis. tion 1910. , Latoaia 30 939 96,382.67 9 7.329.67 9 7.098.25 913.386.02 Iimliio 29 182 5.411.92 7.361.35 B.858.58 12.541.35 | Lnnrel 27 1s!i 3.000.00 7.823.70 10,466.25 11.702.00 | Saratoga I -* 1 " s 7.:«l.7!i 10.135.96 10.705.26 11.475.27 ■ Churchill Downs 28 1! 7 t;.7Jl. ;7 7.sj7.!il 8.245.53 11.019.25 i Belmont Park W9 6,609.47 8.020.10 9.705.26 10,476.57 Havre de Grace " d 210 4.003O9 5.318.50 5.553.50 !t.lH!t.7ii Aqueduct 29 171 3,887.67 6.298.97 7.973.34 8.936.31 Jamaica 27 102 4.080.36 o.s iL.t;7 6,496.67 7,763.81 Empire City -• 1T4 559.69 7.048.75 6,519.27 7.t-:c:il Lexington 20 140 1,01632 5,384.76 5.403.18 7,176.25 ; Bowie -" 189 9,801.90 4.432.61 5,014.44 6,928.41 Belmont Park" Terminal Caited Hunts.. 1 24 3.407.30 4,888.38 lti.snii.uo 5.168.75 New orhans Fair Grounds 34 "7s .:m, ».sj t.282.05 4..h:7.:» 4.943.52 Jefferson Park New Orleans 40 :.7:i 2,977.08 2,910.13 3,915.20 1 Kaklawn Park 80 li 2,041.33 3.149.99 4.971.67 3,800.00 Havana lu ,;!,,; _.:!--. H 2,341.69 2.864.70 :i.tiis.iii 1 Woodbine Park Toronto 1 1 7.7i:!.:»:i 10.080.71 2.700.00 8.579.09 Gentlemens Driving Park Baltimore 5 :t". 2,940.90 U.oiiii.iki 2,229.99 2.800.00 | I tint- Grass Fair Lexington, Ky.i 8 :;- 058.33 2.700.00 , MbertyriUe HIl.i :■ 1" 2.583.33 , •"• •J...l... Xi Richmond Va. -- •• • Timontum •"• •"••"• 1.509.09 2.519.00 2,130.00 2.48i .00 , Hagerstown "Mdll •" 84 2.280.HI I CUrksburg W. Va. 5 :r_ l,989.»ai i Itose Tree Media. Pa. - 1" 2.173.90 1.383.33 I,o7u.90 • Chevenne !• """■ 1,584.21 1.590.00 1.4:::t. 17 i ],.„,, 19 ll-J 1,002.04 1,628.85 1.223.16 1,386.84 1 Blue Bonnets Montreal 1 5.108J7 5.588.37 1,050.00 950.00 . Paducah Ky. :; ir ...... *.16-?J Arlington Va. ■"• P •»•«• «°«J9 . Lexlngtoa Colored Fair 9 18 •• •" , Ashland Ky. * » *»-m Mt. Sterling Ky. * u _• _ 401.25 - Douglas Park C.oC.l.r.L ..Pis.., i, ,.s;i.,.,i Marlboro ••• 2.94O.00 2.380.00 2.4410.00 Prospect i.uk ......■•- •■■ 1.880.90 J.1.",i.Mr 2.170.00 . Indi.inap.dis......!! 1,090.09 Windsor t;r.i«.71 S.572.14 Fort Erie 5.354.64 6,23a.00 ■ Hamilton : .890.64 i;i:,l.-» • Kenil worth Park Wlndaor ... 4.407.11 6.900.00 7.:ilf..L,.1 -..«» «..U-» Piping Uock ••• Devonshire Park l.:Ks..,. :.....i.nii Connaugbt Park ••■ 3.736.43 4.697.8ti ThornclilTe Park . . . ■•• _ l.olJ.ss Dorval Pari ••• o.a.s..., 8.8tiii.O0 Mount Boyal Park ::. ItHMHi S-fOJ.li llillce-t Park ■HE*0 " !:1 - Dufferin Park 2.873.00 ?lf7u9.90 Essex Park ■ • • -■ •■"" Delorimier l-ark -7!1:: H-H! . Tijuana 2.033.82 2.376 .M ■rand Baplds ••- -,■.-" ..•.,•.;;• u ir. nt«u HK-00 rSSr-So _. lt._.i Miisonneiive Park ••• -..11-..1 Maxweltoa Park ist. Lonls ... ...... -•J70/"! Ilewhtt Ba Park Boekaway ... r-rr-A v !lr ." King Edward Park I,088.o1 2.DW. on Wilmington Del. r00000, Del Monte Call ••• , • - - 1.820.33 l.-t..., Juarez ■•• I Via 11,11, N V • ■ I.WJOT Jefferson Park Shrewsbnry Pair ••• •1-" Kemptou Park • -_ -., ,-.,•,.; •. .-., - Grand Totals .980 4,408 98,712.51 .528419 9 5.015.32 s 9.708 02 - :
