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...Market Wise, with Basil James up: the 56th annual Suburban Handicap; defeating famed Whirlaway by three lengths; before a Memorial Day crowd of 52,000; at New York's Belmont Park. The day's pari-mutuel handle was $2,176,071, a world's record for one day's racetrack betting...
...Horse Fair, & floppy-eared chestnut pulled farther & farther in front. It was Mrs. Payne Whitney's The Rhymer, a four-year-old who-despite the fact that he was ridden by Eddie Arcaro, smartest jockey in the business-had been listed among "the field" in the pari-mutuel betting.-At the finish line The Rhymer was a head in front of Best Seller, a 58-to-1 shot. Third was Olympus, another "field horse...
...Because the pari-mutuel setup is geared for only twelve horses, when there are 13 or more horses running, two or more of the less formidable contenders are grouped as "the field...
Others affected by Santa Anita's fadeout: the State Treasury, which will lose nearly $2,000,000 in taxes (mostly from pari-mutuel handle); the track's restaurant concessionaire, who last week removed $80,000 worth of liquor, canned goods and other provisions, 4,300 track employes, including pari-mutuel clerks, veterinarians, Pinkertons, parking attendants, waiters and the bugler who toots the horses to the post...
Last week their worries appeared to be needless. During the first three days of Tropical's meet, 21,000 racing fans turned out, poured $698,000 into its pari-mutuel machines. It was a larger turnout and larger turnover than the track enjoyed during its first three days a year ago. "It shows," chirped Tropical's Board Chairman Herbert Bayard Swope (see p. 54), "that the first war jitters are over and the people want relaxation such as is furnished by racing and other sports...