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NORTH AMERICAN RA CING RETURNS VAST SUM OF OVER 60000000 DISTRIBUTED AMONG AMONGHORSEMEN HORSEMEN RACING OVER THE TRACKS OF THE THEUNITED UNITED STATES CANADA CUBA AND MEXICO American racing fur the past sixteen years has yielded the vast sum of VI02Jii This is a re ¬ markable showing when it is taken into consideration that it includes the lean yars of the turf when repressive legislation almost wiped out the sport Dark were the days from 1010 to 1010 but the trend upward has been going on steadily since then even despite the restrictions and curtailment caused by the great war Nor was the apex reached last year when the stupendous figures of 7773407 were recorded Judging from the increased values of stakes and purses for 1021 and the possible opening of new racing fields it will not be surprising if the eightmillion mark is passed Here are the figures showing the racing revenues of the American turf from 1005 to 1020 inclusive an interesting tabulation showing the lean and prosperous dajs 1905 5372402 220155 5001557 10015 510t 531 313850 5420381 1907 4945709 420785 100S 3812151 430540 18000 1000 405155S 488007 42800 24000 3170005 1010 310005 301088 187105 3170005J042333 J042333 I 1011 1583074 430710 251058 337957 1012 1507025 530110 100100 301025 301025J020003 1013 1800878 504040 224805 J020003 j 1911 1030800 0093iu 240270 2004525 j 1915 1702705 088052 228420 853037 853037i842471 1910 2273521 000245 407020 i842471 1917 2027033 074185 225225 4060253 101S 135037 3840 3425 1 1010 4231197 4520 4042805 1020 4003007 1800285 402900 7773407 Totals for 1C Yean ii30053 750850 I It is also of interest to know from where the groat sums mentioned above came and as about three fourths of it represents the revenue derived from tracks of the United States the following compilation shows the part the various states played in rolling up those great totals the figures however only in eluding the racing from 1513 to 1020 inclusive j State StateNew 1013 1014 1015 1JIS 1010 10JO Totals Totalsiris20 New York v 402003 580800 530170 iris20 ii7aS2 irosior 7217251 721725174inj Kentucky v 539750 524405 570S1 74inj 1117 1304050 0318004 03180047l Maryland 355000 413500 438374 7l 5073 l143r 42 1374000 5785785 5785785i74100 Louisiana 87800 i74100 423558 5225SI 1751247 South Carolina 183450 200105 4745 307300 Arkansas 122150 114001 3G92BS Nevada 7400 280050 Montana 133300 133550 L00010 Virginia 07035 14400 2010 3325 10825 10100 114820 Idaho 110000 llpOOO Wyoming 30000 27350 S i500 Colorado 34000 13095 77005 Illinois 2000 7750 i S35 S357J California 7J V 50070 Ohio 10000 415000 Oklahoma Massachusetts Indiana Pennsylvania Missouri Michigan Texas West Airginia Dist of Columbia ColumbiaDelaware Delaware New Jersey Alabama