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Show TURFMEN INTERESTED IN MUTUEL MACHINE Tribune Special Sporting Service. LOUISVILLE. April 11. The first trial of the Paris mutucl machines made on American race tracks since the reform wave began to sweep over the country will be a thorough test by the now Louisville Jockey club at its spring meetings to open here May 5, and the result will be awaited with interest by turfmen all over the country. coun-try. . Eleven machines will be set up in the old betting ring. Five will be used for registering straight bets, two for place, and two for" those who desire de-sire to take the extreme position on the betting limb. No wager of less than $5 can be made. Manager M. J. Tv"inu devoted three , weeks to perfecting a ticket, which will not bo easilv understood and difficult diffi-cult for counterfeiting or changing. As all tickets bear Mr. Winn's signa hire, to alter them for the purpose of fraud would be a forgery. A big blackboard black-board in the ring will permit of the display of figures after each race, showing the exact amount to which a winner is entitled. An order for 500,-000 500,-000 tickets has been placed. Col. Winn has announced that the club will not allow pools of horse against horse to be sold. Jumping Taces will be one ol the big features this spring at Churchill Downs. Many of the best tiinpcr-top pers in the country will be here. |