The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-05
FAVOR PARI MUTUTL system
LOUISVILLE RACEGOERS SLY
IT'S 4 Success
Turf IN kentueky safeEuar'ied ~ m.
BeIilng aethOts InAuaurAied d,
FrenchmAn- Machines Ds Ava, W,b
Ilouknlakers and Are Popular O,lf.

Nuft " MeNt4eAg NAeAaaFNFu ~ ne
neIiIng MethOds InAuguraird h,
Freedman Machines Ds Ava, wan
Ilouknlakers and Are Popular Oud.
Increased patrO mage has demon ..s..
| 20 the oiicials Of the New Louisville Hr.. a..
/ Club that the pari mutuel ysiem ~ berlin,
| i better liked to-day than the hoOkmaEnr
msthOda 30 long In vogue. says TOE luls.
VILE CoHrisr-JasFHaI II was IN usf r q
Col. Matt ] Vim Of the New lu..trs
| Jockey Club and Charles ? trHnga.
! president Of that organization. conceived
the idea Of Introducing on the '..r....
Downs raoecourss the pari mutue. rr.bal
Of wagering
The adoption Of this system urrae,.
tlOnably IL doing more 10 fOrtify rtp .rar
OF the turf. safeguard and rees'an..l +.
than all other agencies aud inhuen,r. ION
| bined Its popularity on the Louisville
| track IL established and ~ operai ION res.,
with the approval Of all classes uho wage.
on the outcome Of races.
SO successful has the system prove
here that canada v considering me al.
visibility OF supplaniing the bookmakers
with tho machines. Tennessee hopes 10
revive the sport through the medium of
the mutuels. and Missouri Illinois and
Louisiana may see the game restored IN
all Nv old time glory through the system
Just to all bettors alike
Pari mutuel means equal or reciprocal
particlnstion by all alike -Pari. French
word. means equal and -mutuel" means
an interchange. division or participation.
Thus. instead Of the boOkmAker. the public
:. a = Ia. ~ tha nefra ann, 81 -.
played in the various pari mutuel machines
goes into a general pool. from which the
winning tickets are paid less a commission
Of per cent, deducted for expenses by ths
racing association and legally author.
lied by the Kentucky state Racing COM
mission.
Alert to the existence Of the growing
preiudice against the boOkmaker. Messrt
Winn and Granger correctly figured that
the mari mutuel pool system was the al
walton OF the game. with the result that
those who viewed its adoption a. first
with misgivinRa now unduallnedly indOpa
A. The New louisville Jockey Club To-
day has systemafixed the machines 70 that
10 the bettOrs they are - much an accom-
mediation a. any ring OF boOkmaksrs that
ever laid odds In the West.
I'm 10 this meeting az Churchill Downs
Il has always cost g. 70 buy mutuel tickst
under the new system. This year this
same custom stood for Derby day, With The
exception that three q the machines we're
In these tickets we're sold AZ $50 each They
are the first go mutuels ever sold on Ken
lucky racetrack, and 20 popular did they
become Derby day that they VIII be con-
tinued a. = fixture AZ the Downs.
There were q round dozen machines ssf
up on Derby day, and the same number
still remains In operation 10 the betting
ring For ave days following the Derby
al the IS machines were reduced 10 a.
machines which was a move that struck
a popular chord. 10 was however found
expedient after noting % many persons
doubling their bets In the ~ devices. ~
put ave Of them hack on q Is basis az n
was evident that four devices were sul-
fcient to accommodate the - betiors
man desiring to wager 500 can patrOul1a
the higher priced machine ana he en'un-
bered with only ten tickets. II he wants
20 bet s7a the g. tickets are not ~ cum
hersome. ana then again 20 many person.
like 70 bet Just IS on each race. where's
tho closest they could come 70 this on 'hH
g. machines would be 20 lessen their hs
20 - o. increase d 20 "a
II - probable no more popular move
was ever made on . raCetraCk than tho
introdut Non Of machine ~ a substitute
for tho odds aid bv bookmasers on var.
Gus track The new device Was manu-
iactured IN Louisville by Granger a Co.
and IL tho most perfect Of a. kind in a.
i.teuye u h. daily surrounded by pstror
Oi the track anu o. one or mo most fns-
cinattng features o. the betting ring
The idea is 70 seleCt from the board the
three best races Of the day. A. COM
btnation h selected by the bettor hiq 30.
lection l. given q nulnher and the numb
Of the ticket handed 70 him correspond
10 the number Of his selection on the boar
AfeF all Of the combinations have boz
PLAYED. and forty-nine are possible In add
ton 10 the field the latter covering oil Hst
assigned 20 a number the holder Of fnIt
ticket stands 20 Win In case all the foftr.
IN favor Of the field Il ordinarily large All
a player has q chance 20 hedre his bet
4 review ~ the irst eight days Of ~
meeting shows that three field tirkstF
have Won The smallest odds paid hv
the field we're a shade IN excess ~ even
money. on Derby day the field paid DO
70 J. The shortest odds on a winning tiJket
three winners correctly piCked-was g.,
to g. The longest odds were paid whom
The holder Of each g. ticket on this COM
binatiOn drew down over ti7g for each :
Twice In the eight days noted the field 90
not Vin I'm the combination until the final
race In that contest. where a number 10
horses weFe running for the field. bad e
hettOF selected any one Of them with f7s
two previous winners. Kings Daughter
and Donau. he would have won the entire
pool and the odds would have been more
Waa won by Forehead and nobody had
AZ tho business IL increasing daily IN
this new device Il seems only a question
Of time when some lucky buyer Of one n
The pRri mutuei combination tickets WIl
hold a card calling for enough money %
buy a house and lot.