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ROCKINGHAM PARK MEETING ThirtyOne Days of Racing to Begin at Salem Track Next Saturday riant Greatly Improved and Totalizator Added for Convenience of Patrons Plenty of High Class Horses SALEM N H June 18 Boots and Sad dies will sound again over the sweeps of the Rockingham Park lawns and go echoing through the wooded New Hampshire hills next Saturday opening day of the thirty oneday race meeting under the auspices of the New Hampshire Breeders Association The famous silks of C V Whitney who has nominated Equipoise the pride of the stable Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt who has entered Discovery and E R Bradley who has nomV inated Burgoo King Kentucky Derby win ¬ ner of 1932 Tick On and other horses for the Rockingham stakes and other colors of the countrys best known racing families will be seen in competition competitionBesides Besides Burgoo King and his illustrious mates from the Bradley Stable which have been nominated for the twin features on opening day the Granite State Handicap and the Roseben Handicap are Sgt Byrne Hickory Lad Sun Archer Blessed Event Dark Secret Sarada Monel Springsteel Clotho Dark Hope Gold Step Sobieha Kievex Rip Van Winkle Teralice Coequel and Boy Valet ValetPatrons Patrons of the sport will see a new and greater Rockingham Park this season For the protection safety and convenience of the patrons managingdirector Lou Smith has installed a 250000 totalizator totalizatorTRACK TRACK A BEAUTY SPOT SPOTThe The track inclosure has been sodded land ¬ scaped and beautified With the wooded hills as a background Rockingham Park is a beauty spot The track has been resur ¬ faced and trainers who have been condi ¬ tioning their thoroughbreds there say Rock ¬ ingham Park now is one of the fastest tracks in the country and predict that rec ¬ ords will be made during the meeting meetingSecretary Secretary Jim Monroe has built several new barns increasing the stall capacity to more than 1500 Even this will not be enough if all the applicants ship their strings RpckinghamMort to Rpckingham Mort Mahony parimutuel chief has added more than fifty men including thirty two sellers to his crew The sellers winr dows have been increased to 110 eightyfive on the main line and twentyfive in the clubhouse clubhouset t The new totalizator can handle more than 600000 per minute Over 250 miles of wires are used and there are more than 10000 eleci trie light bulbs in the board the indicator and other parts The machine has been de ¬ signed to carry out the most intricate func ¬ tions to which any electrical apparatus ever has been subjected without the loss of a single jmpulse It registers and adds a hun ¬ dred wagers per second if necessary and mistakes are virtually impossible The tote is not a labor saver for its installation meant the addition of more than fifty men to Mart Mahonys parimutuel crew crewHOW HOW TOTE OPERATES OPERATESThe The totalizator keeps the bettor advised at all times as to the amount wagered on each horse and the total amount in the pool and hence the value of his own investment It fulfills the same function on the race course as the ticket tape or quotation board does in a brokers office It assures the honest dis ¬ tribution of the pool Among poolAmong other things it prevents the issu ¬ ance of tickets after a race has started or at any other improper times timesBeginning Beginning next Saturday the Boston and Maine Railroad will run the usual racing specials from North Station Boston direct to the trackside Prices will be the same as last year 1 admission to the grandstand lawn and paddock and 250 to the club ¬ house
