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Wagering at Fort Miami Trot Meeting Totals ,490,360 TOLEDO, Ohio, June 22.— Wagering at the recently-concluded night harness race meeting at Fort Miami totaled ,490,360. The meeting was for 31 nights but four of the programs were cancelled because of rain. The nightly average for the 27 evenings was 5,198. In a 39-night meeting last year, toledoans bet ,574,326. The tracks 10 per cent amounted to 57,432.60, from which it paid the state 0,371.66 in revenue. Breakage in 1950 totaled 7,877. The nightly wagering average last year was 6,008. Biggest night from a wagering standpoint was May 29, whew a total of 2,781 was risked. The second busiest night at the mutuel windows was May 19, the mutuel handle that evening being 0,846.
