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Percentage of Winning Favorites Runs High on Maryland Tracks Maryland being one of the strongholds of racing in the United States and the first section in the ISast to stage racing in the spring the comprehensive table below showing the percentage of winning favorites second and third choices and outsiders also winning favorites at oddson and those defeated when held in the same high regard may prove of interest to turf fans fansThe The quality of racing in Maryland is second to nine in the country and that it is run on the highest plane possible with expert supervision is demonstrated by the even average of favorite winners dver a long period of years The year 1928 was the poorest in nineteen years when the percentage of winning favorites fell to 31 However 1929 saw the per ¬ centage rise again to the mean level between 39 and 40 40That That the average of forty per cent winning choices in Maryland can be depended upon 5s assured by the period of time which the tabulation covers and by the great number of races it embraces 14467 In all 5803 favorites won 1920 of them at oddson while 1282 were defeated at oddson Outsiders won the greatest number of races but that designation covers all prices from the odds just above the second choice to the extreme outsiders r c of ofDefeated Number of Winning Winning Winning Wing at Defeated Winng Kaces Run 1st Choices 2d Choices Outsiders Oddson Oddson Favtes Totuls and Grand Percentage 14467 3429 1020 1282 40 No betting on one race jOue dead heat
