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Show Pari-Mntuel System Unwieldy! i And Costly, But It is Accural Now that it is a suro thing that the pari-mutuels have come to stay there is a great deal of interest Bhown all over the country by men with racing plants as to the workings of tho system. sys-tem. .Tohn ITachmoistor, tho nianagor of tho Latonia track, has become sort of a fall guy, and he certainly is tho target for aU that are gunning for information. in-formation. Tho pari-mutuels wore tried at Latonia La-tonia in 300S; and after tho meeting got $20,000 behind tho gates wore closed. Two years ago they were again installed, in-stalled, and from that time on public interest has gradually increased and tho play in proportion. Tho public had coniidouce in the gamo, and. that was shown by the steady increase in tho total nmounts wagered daily. To hold tho interest and confidence of tho public tho mutuels must be conducted con-ducted so that thero cannot be tho breath of suspicion. Suspicion and distrust dis-trust are tho two foes ol! tho betting system, it is no wonder that tho pub-he pub-he was slow in accepting this proposition. proposi-tion. For years it had been accustomed accus-tomed to wager with the figures right before it. Ono know exactly what was due from the bookmaker. If the odds did not, suit one, why he did not havo to bet. Imagine this plan wiped out and ono put in whero 3rou do not know what Ton win until tho figures are posted. post-ed. Tho Taco trackB appreciated the situation and made evory effort to avoid. error and conduct) the betting absolutely ab-solutely corroct and on tho square Mistakes have been made, but only in the early days, when things woro new to the expoTt mon who figure out tho results. re-sults. , Sinco then there has been but ono discovery dis-covery of error, and that was at Lexington, Lex-ington, whore a bettor watched tho total bet on a horse and when tho figuxos wore shown he raised a holler and the mistake was discovered and corrocted. I W. S. (Hops) Laudcman is the in-' in-' 6pector. His first report was ou the Latonia meeting, in which ho highly praised the work of the accountants. Tho same ones are now holding1 forth at Louisville. Aftor each race the amounts bot on tho various horses straight, pluK show aro posted and the voluntSH ports can figure it out themselvH will net any one $1000 if aa erH found, ;i3 that is the standing oqBif Manager HachmeiBter at LatomjE Onco in a while you will noa iaE that tho take off in the mutuels tMj day was $5000, which said the ttfoBl tale was equal to fifty hookHJ That is far from correct, as thfiK ling of tho pari-mutuel betting'iiJB expensive. On tho opening dayijBl tonia, which comes on 'May will be twenty booths occumHi ticket Hellers. Each has a cliE record tho bets on the indicator.C an item of $300 a day right thenuh there will bo twenty cashiers; t&K ! couplo hundred ana more in 8K Then, with four experts, foutB! counters, four men at the ticksBj a manager and a general boofcbjV that i3 quite an array of talent.'B the tickets cost $100 a day, &nd;H-couple &nd;H-couple of board markers and rsjB. gers to pay off. IB The system h&s been bo hauled and everything moves 'S with machine-like precision, wi&.B" ly a chance for an error to creep. course, thero is till plenty of rooM improvement, and no doubt some.iH will come along and perfect tha'H and recording of bets. There baijH much of a hue and cry for'i to which- should show all tho tirWH bet recorded. Thero is no bucIt'mH in use at "present. Thoro W8S?H France, but it made so rqeaVH. that the government discarded H3E tho pad sytcui is used and erery-flB bet is made one of tho ElipsiR off. Over in Australia there is'B, izcr, but it will hardly fill thebUlK many and Austria have none anoL in South America the pari;anitnjH tin? places look like a round houtH There are little windows whaH make your bets and on the othH are the cashiers. On the xoofjH totalizer, which shows at intervtB amount wacerod. That is all txuH lie gets to look at. Geel bat jH there be a scream if that 'Was'tjH in Kentucky. J2B |