At New York's Jamaica race track one day last week State Senator John J. Dunnigan swaggered up to a freshly painted pari-mutuel window, loudly & proudly proclaimed: "Much time has passed since I began my fight for pari-mutuel betting at New York tracks, so I am purchasing the first $2 ticket on Time Passes," †
At the end of the day, the 25,000 spectators, who jampacked Jamaica's old stands, had poured $821,946 into the machines. It was the largest crowd Jamaica had ever seen and it was a larger handle than even Senator Dunnigan...
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