The San Francisco call., 1908-05-17

EaAAa 1t<As1A< ~ 66$stSNH
Jerome Park, Monmouth. Saratoga. etc,
but per cent was charged, and this
also Is the amount deducted as COM
mission for expenses, ETC., at Churchill
Downs now.
There are II pari mutuel machines in
operation at Churchill Downs. seven
of them being devoted to straight"
0-2), and two of them for show"
beJLinE C--2-31. The tickets issued
from them are marked respectively
straight second" and third" so
that there can be mistake in deter
mining their denominations. All the
machines are located In row on one
side OF the betting ring. the seven
straight" ones being grouped to-
sether and plainly designated by
large sign overhead; then follow the
two place" machines. coupled or side
by side; then the. two third" Cor
"show') machines. also coupled
SEPARATE SYSTEMS
Each form of betting-straight. sec
ond and thirds a separate system
Of its own, independent of the other
two. The seven straight machines are
practically one, so far as the result is
concerned. Each OF them has its own
totalisator, showing the number OF
tickets sold in that machine on all
the horses in the race about to be run.
but all seven OF them are automatic
ally connected or controlled by a grand
totalisator which indicates the num-
Der OF all the straight tickets wherever
sold. This totahsator is placed con-
spicuously so that any one can see
at glance the aggregate number of
tickets that have been sold at any time
during the progress of the betting.
1t matters nothing. therefore. in which
one OF the straight machines ticket
is purchased; the IS paid for il goes
into common pool OF all the moneys
received from the seven machines, from
which pool the winning tickets are
paid
The two second or place machines
are also considered unit, the amount
of money bet in both being combined
or Jumped into single amount. from
which the winning tickets from those
two machines only are paid. The
same applies to the third or show ma
chimes. These two also make q unit
that is separate and distinct from the
straight and place betting.
PLAYS TEN HORSES
Each paris mutueI machine has 10
small compartments or boxes, showing
on It's face. Each Of these compart-
ments bears the name OF a horse in
the race to be run, and each name so
displayed has number, from I to 10.
corresponding with the ticket pur-
chased thereon. II there be more than
ten horses in the race nine of them are
listed separately-one each to nine Of
the ompartments-and the others
grouped in the field" the latter en-
bracing such horses as are commonly
considered to have little chance to win.
Each of these compartments contains
a, set of figures, controlled automatic
ally by a small lever or crank. show
Ing the number OF tickets sold on
sold it Is recorded by the operator. in
view Of all. Some of the horses may
show a sale of 200 or 800 tickets each,
while others may only show 20 or 80,
according to public favor But all
alike are recorded automatically, and
in turn embraced in the total shown /
above the 10 names In each machine.
These totals-one each for the seven
straight machines-are also in turn
taken up automatically by an electric
device and recorded in a grand totaii-
sator. as heretofore explained.
The least sum that can be bet in the
mutuals, as operated at Louisville, is
S5. The bettor receives one ticket on
the horse OF HIS choice for that sum. II
{
So tickets. or 100 tickets II he Is q
heavy speculator and bets $500 In the
old days when much betting was done
at New York tracks IN the mutuals SIS
tickets were provided for the piungers.
But all money received goes into one
aggregate sum and is divided on the
basis OF an equal dividend TO each IS
ticket sold on the winners.
II a horse should win = race upon
which no ticket has been sold "a very
remote possibility such horse Is elm
mated entirely from the calculations,
the straight money going to the horse
which came in second: the place money
Is divided between the second and third
horses, and the third money between
the horses which finished second. third
and fourth.
If, while the betting is In progress, a
horse should be excused by the judges
because of disability or other cause. the
pooling is not affected thereby, and all
mutual bets stand. The tickets pur-
chased on the horse that has been de-
clared are redeemed at IS each. such !
amount being subtracted from the pooh |
To avoid any possibility OF ccilusion
or fraud in the operation OF the pari
mutuel machines. they are locked from |
the judges stand when the horses reach 1
the post Each machine has a contriv- /
ance which is controlled by electricity, |
so that when button is pressed In the !
Judges stand all OF the machines are
locked simultaneously. It win thus be
impossible to ring up additional tickets I
on the winner after or while the race is