Show SUMS I WON VON ON TRACKS i Two and One-Half One Millions Earned in One Season in California AS TO PARI Question as to Their Revival is Answered in the Negative BY nr BEUT J- J K COLLYER Republican Special Service Los Angeles Feb Foh 28 Two S.-Two Two and one one- half halt millions Enormous and appalling ns RR It seems this i Is hI a fair tall and conservative conserva conserva- tive estimate of oC the thc net earnings of ot the tue California race tracks during the present winter season This is a gi gl gi- gi gantic sum the drain of which on a n. community n nd ile matter how prosperous Is terrible even to tho the Initiated To who are not conVer conversant with will the gigantic earning cavIling power of tho tile tWentieth twentieth century t racing establishment there thero might lie he a disposition to doubt such an assertion In view of ot such careful attention has haa been paid to tile the compilation of ot a 0 set of ot statistics showing show show- ng ing tho the several avenues of ut revenue also a recapitulation of ot same sarna and an aggregate reF to estimate as to the tho net earn earn- ings as lor racing days das which com com- prise a n winters winter's season seaBon In tho the first place piaca It Is IJ the tho general I supposition amon among the general public that tho the racing association pays or rather hangs up six purses daB dally daily This Tills Is erroneous only only live Jive come como from tit tho coffers of the association tho the sixth purse In addition to to- tho the r regular gular cut cUI in money coming coining from the strong boxes of oC tile the bookmakers who pro rata the lie amount of ot the tho purse evenly c among the number In line lino for tor that drawS draw Allowing Allowing- for tor four tour purses with a a. 5 5 10 0 o handicap which is li a n vcr very fair criterion It Il will be bo seen that the as asS as- as S Oil It han hangs an gs s up approximately approximate I 2100 To offset this tilis direct outlay tho the association receives an average dnn dally daily contribution from each bookmaker bookma bookma- ker doing business of ot In addition addi addi- tion to this tho the association always re retains re- re taint the tue field or dollar doUar books Fielder Fielders Money Getters Getter Close observance of ot tho the earning ca capacity capacity ca- ca of ot the fielders shows that net for tor or each book boole on is a fair tair estimate esti esti- mate mato In view of ot the tile fact that two an and sometimes three of ot those these nefarious graft books are put pul on Il d dally daily It does 1008 not require a n nery very ery elastic imagination to observe e what a remunerative e asset the they are Besides these revenues there are the tho dally daily paid attendance the Ile lIege o money generally paid In advance for Cor the entire season the tile messengers or commissioners who Wile operate dally daily In the I fat stand and tand lines fines up run-up money and what not which bring the tile grand c to total total to- to tal for tor the tho two racing associations associations- Virtually a racing trust trust up up to two and ond one half million dollars for a a. winters winter's win win- ter's season neason It Is because of ot tho the fact tact that man many havo have become conversant or oror oror oror or rather that the they havo taken pencil and paper and the time to compile these various arious amounts that much capital had been made of ot It Il tho the m do by so called re re- re formers and which has hns had the tho effect of legislating the tile game out of or almost every ery state in n the Union Tho The further these people havo have delved Into the reel reeking moss mess which for tor years year ear has Ilas masqueraded under tho guise oi ot a n. s spOrt rt th tile tho moro thoroughly con COD vinced and fixed lias itus como come the tile bellel that nil III vestige of ot sport has been beon I eliminated and that everything is subordinated sub sub- to tho betting Jetting ring Nt the Same Sport In former Cormor years when whon ono one was wont ont to visit tho tile course on Derby Day thoro thero to tu witness some soma grand Irand equine struggle solely because of or tho the hereditary heredi heredi- tar tary knowledge of oC ones one's choice tho ho matter ot of breeding etc ate all nIl Is now changed No longer lonser do critics deal or dilate upon the tue merits of ot this or that campaigner because of ot f hIt his pro progenitors but rather upon tho tile gigantic and spectacular spec coupe of ot this tills or that gambler who WIlO to 10 use uso the time turf vernacular took tho the ring by the tile car ear that afternoon Then too It ha has b been en proven during tho present winter season that racing associations not ilot content to corral a gigantic g sum as has been cited hero here have allowed themselves to be cooperative cooperative op co In the tile arranging or manipulation tion of ot races thus dragging gIn the sport many more stops steps lower lower- Tile 1110 following Is a conservative compilation compilation com corn of the earnings of ot the management manage manage- ment of ot tho tile Santa Anita course at Los Ios Angeles Ca Cal Average number of ot books on dan dally daily 25 5 2900 Extra pro rated b by bookmakers bookma kers Field books operated by associations asso asso- average 2 1000 Attendance average dally 2600 2500 Less purses five O races 2100 Total 1700 1 0 racing days at 1700 Fines and antl up run-up mono money for season Messengers at nt 20 par pOI day clay Privilege rl money conservative conserva l tive tivo Less wear and 1111 teat tear salaries etc ete Net ct earnings for Cor season Inasmuch as tho the earning power of the thO Oakland course Is la moro more than thun double dou don ble that of Santa Anita It will easily cosily bo be seen how magnificent these Institutions for tor the improvement of thoroughbred thoroughbred thor thor- really are lre Incidentally there is a moral Have 0 I mado made myself eJ clear nr I Will 1 tho the parl be revived cd Straight ht from tho the shoulder comes tho answer no Racing associations Pot not to mention the tile public In general have havo voiced their condemnation of ot this tIlls ancient method of ot in such luch n n. convincing manner that with this fact tact staring them In iii the tho face tace it would be ue little less Jess than foolhardy I for tor any or or- or to countenance the tile further use uso of ot tho the Paris commission system of or betting Tho The ono one blow blon needed to snap the tile thelast last Jast string that held the lie historic past pastor or rather attempted to hold the tile long long- ago with tho the advanced and system of or wagering wag was delivered doU buL but buLn buLa n a few low days das n ago o when tile the Texas legislature legislature legis legis- lature on whom tho tile supporters o of the tile pinned their faith unanimously unanimous unanimous- ly y passed tho motion rejecting the to parl- parl as a a. system to be permitted on Oil tho the courses in tho Lone Star Slur state At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same time this body of or lawmakers went vent on record as approving of ot the bookmakers and the organizing org of ot u n racing commission to have governing powers over all al tracks in the state state Certain men high In power in iii a 0 racIn racing rac rae In ing way tried to force tile the mu pan on the racIn racing people and for tor a atma time It i looked as if It the they would gain their end The decision of or tho the Texas lawmakers ers Is tho the outgrowth th ro of or tho the season of or and general allaround allaround all all- conflicts turf wars a al- al around rumpus caused b by tho the revival nl of ot the parl purl last lant spring In Ken Ken- tu tucky dy To tile the wide awake it became became became be be- came apparent tho the vor very first day on which the tile ero placed in use uso that the they would prove pro a failure That the tite pet et scheme of ot certain Kentuckians was that and moro more Is now history The pari 19 came within an ace nce of ot sounding the tile death knell knel of ot tho the sport of at kings In the Grass state Are Art Unsatisfactory In Iii the tile first place tho they thoy gave Jno the tho player play play- er or no chance chanco to win In They Thoy were likened to a n card gamo garno saro with wih a hole hoie In iii tho tim table table They have bave time and again been declared stronger than tho the shells Indeed all ni of ot the tho familiar means menns b by wh which Ich eat ens easy marks were formerly re- re 1 fW tl of ot the tainted such as US the tile I i famous faro furo bank wheel of ot with ith the tile hidden magnet etc the parl- parl wih assumed In a short space pace the place pineo of or honor as an tho surest of ot the sure intro things s. s With their resurrection and Installation installation lh 1 tion at Churchill Downs Louls fo Louisville last ton spring came hardship for tor the tue horsemen Like most of or tho the sure tiling games gamnes It would have havo been a wonderfully paying payIng pay pay- Ing investment In for tor tho tile racing associations had the tue public fallen falen to tho the snare hut But tons ut a hal same game that could pass I muster i crude for tor forthe forthe too thirty years cars ago proved pro the modern of ot toda today tolay Tho Tile public came saw Naw an and turned I away The They Thoy evidenced a desire to play I P a the tho ponies but the thoy refused pointedly I I to buck the tho slot slot I |