Show ONCE OVER T Moss Huss Racing the Onside Inside Track By Bv H. H I. I Phillips Phillips- legislative committee is taking A a see look at New York race racetracks racetracks tracks to se see how racing operates We are glad to offer some help in obtaining the Facts of Life at Horse Ovals 1 The L-The The contests are for horses bred for far speed and for racing addicts addicts ad ad- diets bred for endurance gullibility and erroneous deductions 2 The 2 The horses run from five and anda a half furlongs to a mile and three three- quarters The fans run much arth er ere A horse pops an bows a tendon or ar breaks a leg and has hasto hasto hasto to be retired A bettor can suffer all four without we weakening 3 Horses Horses begin racing at the age of at three and usually are through atthe atthe at atthe the age of eight A race addict rarely rarely rare rare- ly seems to develop beyond the tre age of ot three and is through only when in the hands of af eight pallbearers seven of whom are still listening for inside information that he may yet snap out aut of it and stage an upset I 4 A 4 A race horse borse lives on an choice oats and selected hay A bettor should live so well 5 The The ponies race under weights conditions and classifications It is realized that there are limits to toJ J what they can accomplish on a ar r given given afternoon A race track addict acknowledges no such limitations 6 Weights Weights are used to give every horse barse an equal chance The fans do dot dor t r about the same loaded or not S 7 Horses Horses wear special shoes Fans are lucky to wear any 8 Interest Interest in racing is sustained Iby by huge purses A horse can earn for tor two minutes work A Afan Atan fan tan may work all his life for it jeven i even as an optical illusion 9 The The horses are ridden by a strange race called jockeys They are too small to take a horse out of af ofa a park and yet big enough to show inclinations in that direction 10 Betting 10 Betting is done by machines A machine op- op rates crates the same as a sausage grinder grind grind- er r except that the meat goes back backo to o the butcher It Is a hamburger apparatus with a in built-in cash reg reg- ister ster It offers the only medium by which a man can spend an afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon in a cement mixer and have it come ome under the head of at outdoor sport port 11 To 11 To place a bet you go to a window These windows are mostly on an the ground floor loor to discourage jumping 12 Suspense Suspense is added to racing by y a photo A photo-finish photo is isaken taken aken whenever two or ar more jockeys joc joc- keys eys finish within telephonic communication com com- communication of one ane another 13 Racing Racing is called the Sport of at oflings Kings lings but it is supported by Deuces Wild and Jacks Back to Back It has las raised to a high art the practice practice practice tice of af talking out of one side of at the mouth and developed a race known as Whisperers Anonymous 14 First First race starts around pm p.m. Wrong information begins around 6 am a.m. All aboard |