Show I UTAH IRON C COUNTY RECORD C CEDAR CIT CITY UTAH WAGER IMAGED BY MACHINE o oThe The operation of machines is iss I. I con considered by many wh where re they have not been in use to be com Ill I'll- rated An As a matter of 01 fact you buy buya i a ticket In a pool with those at the races who have either cither the same ame or ora ora ora a different rent opinion as yours as to which horse wins The f amount you win Is la regulated by the number of tickets that are bought on the other horses As an illustration if II there ire are six horses running and ono one two tW- dollar ticket sold on each horse the winner wlmer would receive the ant lie pool A straight ticket means to run first R pla place ticket means to run second A show ticket means to run third rf If f you wish to kG buy luy a two-dollar two ticket on a horse to win you go to toa a two dollar straight machine a five five- dollar lar ticket to win a five dollar straight machine etc The same applies applies ap ap- plies if II you wish to buy a ticket on ona a horse to run Place or Show As each ticket is purchased the he operator rings it up on the machine above bove the name of the horse As each ticket is registered on each horse hone the number of oC tickets sold on these machines machines ma- ma chines would show above the machine on what Is called the total sold After the race the total number of ot tickets sold fuM M on each hors hors- is taken off orf each machine which are then tabulated and the amount paid by each two dollar ticket is posted on a large board in front of ot the grandstand to further keep the public The total number of ot tickets on each horse Win Place flace or Show are posted on a board in I the mutual room As there is just room for Cor ten i on a machine If II there should be over ten horses in a ra race e nine are are selected which have shown the best cart i tt performance by the racing sec ace secretary and posted on the machine The balance ore are grouped and put in what hat is called the field and run as asne one Ille ne horse so if IC you wish wish to purchase A ticket on any on ono one of oC t hie horses you ou ask for a field ticket and should any of these Field horses win it would be the same ame as one horse The ticket number of each horse is 1 shown sho on the program opposite the horsa's name and after purchasing I tickets you Ou should hould compare the number number num num- ber on your our ticket with witla the number on the program as ns a guard against any error or mistake on the part of the sellers The r he machines machine c cannot be regulated regulated regu regu- by any anyone one Individual as to prices price It makes no difference to the association holding holdin the races as a. to which horse horae wins as the association simply deducts a small mall percentage the total amount of money that goes through the machine to cover the purses and expenses of at operating the tracks This percentage Is regulated regulated regulated regu regu- by the racing commissioners who also supervise the operation of these machines This is II a both for or the association and the pub- pub He lic It can readily be seen that the parl pari system while one loses the other wins whereas under the old system it often otten happened that one m man n might win all aU of the money that would be wagered You can therefore therefore therefore there there- fore see that where a horse pays even money that practically fifty percent of the people have won Every lover of at thoroughbreds who wishes to wager wag wag- er is given an equal chance t lei If t. t |