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PROFITS OF OVER ,000,000 Earned by Tracks in Ontario Windsor Ranks First with 30,000. TORONTO. Out.. December 29. The aggregate profits made by the racing associations in Ontario during 1920. according to figures submitted to the provincial treasurers department, work out at about .,275,000. A credit balance was Jhe outcome of every meeting, with tin- exception of the second of the Ontario Jockey Club, which showed a slight deficit, but the spring meeting netted a gain of 15,752. In the matter of profits the Windsor Jockey Club ranks first witli 1920.sh30,000, Kenilworili following with 05.000 and the Niagara Racing Association third with S2.000. The Western Racing Association came out on the right side by hB05,000. the Ontario Jockey Club by 1 1,000, Hamilton Jockey Club by .."9.0IO, Thorncliffe Park. 2.. 000: Metropolitan Racing Association. .$."7,000. and the Toronto Driving Club, 3.075. An analysis of the returns made to the provincial treasurer by the racing clubs of Ontario for the year shows that a total amount of over S12.000.000 was wagered at the various meetings. The figures submitted by the Windsor Jockey Club heads the list with S7.S19.377. Kenilworth comes next with SO. 902.317. The Ontario Jockey Club is third with . 727.372. Ret in ns regarding the meetings at Diifferin Park. Toronto, were available today, these showing that at the meeting under the auspices of the Metropolitan Racing Association the amount wagered was .1K,102, and at the Toronto Driving Club ,029,020. In the case of the Metropolitan Racing Association the net gain is given as $."7.2S3, the receipts including 1S.."10 from the mutuels. being 47,730 and the disbursements 0.445. At the Toronto Driving Clubs meeting a net gain of .:5.070 is recorded. The receipts total 3:1.207, of which 02.925 was from mutuels. The disbursements figured 0,131.
