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hasersa'badbet’ : .. >■'1 "■M b be early 1970b, horse racing eras enjoying a tremendous upswing of business — the economy was humming, awl though television was a major part of American entertainment., attendance at I oirtdoor sporting venues (baseball, football, horse racing) was high. Steeplechasing had long been part of the program at many rf % the east coast's major tracks: several courses previously had; installed permanent, living hedges as obstacles, but all had gone ta the cedar-stuffed boxes for jumps as turf racing gained a foothold. But pari-mutuel numbers did not he: track officials found ; as they do today that gamblers were more reluctant to bet on steeple-1 chaae races. ’Chasers are notorious for their proclivity for falling down, . they said, and form did net hold as true as it does an the flat It waa*^ harder game to bet, and track owners had to hold with the bottom Bnet if jumpers could not draw in the j - *■ i
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