264 TRAINING AND RACING. 



long box divided into partitions, each of which has a 

 slit like those in letter-boxes. On each partition is 

 written the name of a race, in the order they are to be 

 run. The person managing the Pari Mutuel is provided 

 with cards printed in the following form : 



Having received a card, the intending backer fills it in 

 according to his fancy, and places it, through the slit, 

 into the partition set apart for the race on which he 

 wishes to invest. This partition is closed on the horses 

 arriving at the starting post, after which no more cards 

 can be put in. When the day's racing is finished, the 

 amount invested on the losers in each event is divided 

 among those who backed the winners of those respective 

 races, after deducting a percentage, usually 5 per cent., 

 for the benefit of the Race Fund. Let us assume that 

 in one of the races the winner was backed by A for 

 Us. 10, by B for Rs. 25, and by C for Rs. 15, and that 

 the other horses in the same race had been backed 

 for Rs, 160. The total here would be Rs. 210, from 

 which to calculate a percentage of Rs. 10 at 5 per 



