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APPROXIMATE ODDS BOARD New Mammoth 120 Foot Betting BettingIndicator Indicator Introduced Tuesday Tuesdayto to Aurora Patrons The spiking into place of the last panel in the mammoth new 120foot odds board in the Aurora infield was a job more signifi ¬ cant than most carpenters are called upon to do in a lifetime It signalized that the numerous improvements and innovations upon which crews have been working for weeks have been completed and that the Fox Valley Jockey Clubs plant was in readi ¬ ness for the staging of its twelfth annual spring meeting the first ever conducted under a racing commission in the state of Illinois IllinoisThere There will be a great many changes in the Illinois racing picture this season Some of them are innovations in the conduct of the sport itself and their value remains to be proven in the laboratory of actual racing conditions which Auroras twentyday meet ¬ ing will provide Others such as the pres ¬ ence of race track bars for the first time since racing was legalized here are regarded as certain of success by the race followers But the most striking of the physical im ¬ provements at Aurora is undoubtedly the new odds board which will be holding the undivided attention of the turf enthusiasts during the first three weeks of the Illinois season seasonSeveral Several new principles have been em ¬ bodied in the construction of this largest of Americas approximate odds boards On the ordinary race track board the names of the horses are arranged in a column from top to bottom with the successive readings of approximations strung out behind them The limited height of other odds boards nec ¬ essary if the spectators in the stands are to be able to see over it to watch the horses in the back strech makes it impossible to have the numbers representing the odds more than a few inches high and makes it necessary to use binoculars to see the betting lines from many parts of the course courseOn On the Aurora board the names of the horses are stretched across the top of the board in ten horizontal panels with the suc ¬ cessive readings of the odds beneath each horses name This change while it may for a time give the odds board an unusual appearance to eyes unaccustomed to it per ¬ mits the use of numbers almost two feet high and permits every line to be seen from every section of the stands lawn club ¬ house and paddock without the use of binoculars binocularsThe The fact that the latest reading of ap ¬ proximate odds is elevated highest on the board directly beneath the names of the horses will likewise give greater visibility to the final line of which bettors are al ¬ ways most anxious to get a glimpse as they leave their seats in the stand to descend to the betting ring ringAnother Another feature of the new board is that it will contain all information pertaining to the races placing of the horses running time riders mutuel prices Daily Double and Quinella payoffs instead of having this data scattered over several boards Be ¬ cause Aurora will offer both the Daily Dou ¬ ble and the Quinella in the way of wager ¬ ing innovations during the running of its daily sevenrace cards the convenience of the new board becomes readily appreciable
