The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-29
'PAR| -MUTUEL SYSTEM OF
BETTING SURE TO PLEASE
Layers at Laurel During Meet
Starting Thursday.
BORROW TO CARRY TOP WEIGHT
Harry Payne Whitney's Gclding Is
Awarded IOnors I'm Baltimore
Handicap-SeveraI Stables Arrived
From Canada Yesterday.

BALTIMORE. MD. September oS-
When tho rncegoers pass through the
gates Of the plant OF the Maryland State
Fair at Laurel Park on Thursday. many
changes Will he noted one of the most
interesting Will be in the installation
OF the Dari-mutuel machines.
BY the opening day twcnty-siX ma :
chimes of the latest style will be ready
for operation. While the Eastern turf
set has had considerable experience
with the French mode OF betting at
Pimlico. the iron men at Laurel will
afford II more interesting study.
over those used at the Hilltop. They
eliminate the clicker, having an clcctr
cal connection. and will be operated
with the ease OF cash register, only
one man Is required to sell tickets 10
the Spectator and register the sale.
heretofore two men were necessary.
Despite the passing OF the CHECKERS
to operate the machines there will be
employment for in the neighborhood of
100 men, including ticket sellers. box
men. caicuiators and board markers.
The machines Will be arranged In the
following variety: $50 straight, 500
and 81 straight. place and show. To
avoid congestion in the ring, Manager
NJ, j. VIM has had iron passageways.
one OF which serves as an entrance to
the ticket seller. while the other Is to
be used as an exit.
the approval of the racing public Will
be the construction OF thirty cashiers
windows. This Will do away with tho
delay. which usually occurs I'm paying
OFF when there are not AN ample mum
Der OF cashiers.
The way the pari-mutuel system will
a hit even among those who had
tendency to favor the old style OF
speculation. on a blackboard eighty
nine feet In length and which can be
seen from every point OF the big ring
will be shown everything that has
" oh hI
OF tho horse. the number OF the ticket.
the amount of money wagcrcd. etc.
TO the extreme north of enclosure Will
be the Office Of Assistant General Man
agcr Harry T.. Breivogel. from whcr.
the public can procure any information
and where complaints. If any arise, will
be listened to and rcmcdied when pos
sible. The ring is we'll lighted. and IS
probably the fnest Of it's kind in the
country. These Innovations should APP
peal To the advocates OF the sport OF
kings.
While the machines may not net tho
association the same financial returns
as when the ring was open TO the
layers, there is little doubt that the
new system viii be e success. Not only
way between Baltimore and Washing
ton, with uneGualcd train service, but
gu of the stars OF turfdom. pilotcd 10y
jockeys OF superior class. will partici-
pate during the meeting. which prom
Uses 10 he the most brilliant ever
staged on an American race course
the confidence OF the public ana TO up-
lit the sport. Tho public will make
The choice. and the Introduction or the
machines have done much 10 purify
the sport. There Ia no credit betting
which has always given "A blncl; eye to
the game. The French style proved to
he the only salvation TO racinl. In Ken
lucky. IT was In the season Of 1907
that the machines were FIRST operated
at Churchill Downs. the picturcsuuc
course OF the new Louisville Jockey
Club.
The Court OF Appeals OF Kentucky
hcld that machines were perfectly
legal. The Kentucky State Racing
commission issued q ruling IL favor OF
the mutueis. and as the result the
tracks in the Bluegrass State have be-
come prosperous and free from scan
dai. The sport there has been built
ON a sure and permanent basis, ANA
there is no reason why the same con
ditions should not prevail in Maryland.
pamphlet OF an Instructive design
mas hcem complied BY Assistant Man
HEcr breiVoEeL IL shows how tho cal
cul;ttlnE IL done, and will familiarizc
CONTINUED I"ifth pnu,.l