Thread: Top Money winners through 1920
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Old 11-30-2011, 03:39 PM
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The anti-gambling sentiment in the U.S. caused a drop of the number of race tracks in the U.S. from 314 in 1890 to 25 in 1908. This likely explains the drop in purses.
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