Slot machines boosting
Delaware's harness racing
The once ailing and practically
left-for-dead harness racing indus-
try in the State of Delaware has
experienced 'a remarkably swift
return to robust good health that is
unmatched since Lazarus arose
from the' far side of the critical list.
The near-miracle revival of
horse racing is being provided by
the slot machine operation that
opened at Dover Downs just a few
short months ago.
Mary Bachrad, senior editor of
the racing magazine "Times: in
harness," said that the closing of
Brandywine Raceway at the con-
clusion of the 1989 season precip-
itated an era of gloom and doom
in Delaware that left the sport "co-
matose and waiting for the end."
It was true that vital life signs
were very weak, but Dover
Downs and Harrington Raceway
had responded to the demise of
Brandywine by extending their
meetings to make up for the lost
dates.
The two tracks couldn't fill the
void, however, so with purses too
low, local horsemen took their
Ducks Unlimited trap shoot set April 28
The Eastern Sussex Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual
Trap Shoot on Sunday, April 28 at Broadkiln Sportsman's Club north of
Milton on Rt. 234.
The competition will begin at noon with practice rounds available be-
ginning at 10 a.m. The cost of the tournament is $50 which includes
100 targets. There will be a wide variety of prizes awarded as well as
other competitions in which shooters can win prizes.
Greenwing shooters (up to 16 years of age) may enter their own cate-
gory of competition which includes 50 targets for $25.
Broadkiln Sportsmans Club sells shells for those needing them.
All proceeds will benefit the ongoing conservation efforts of Ducks
Unlimited which purchases and maintains millions of acres of water-
fowl habitat in the United States and Canada.
For further information contact Eastern Sussex Chapter Ducks Un-
limited president Kenny Hopkins at Holly Lake Campground, 945-
3410.
stock elsewhere.
By the end of last meeting,
purses for bottom claiming races
dropped to $500, with total purses
for an entire card of 10 or 11 races
at $9,000. "It costs anywhere
from $12,000 to $15,000 a year
for an owner to keep a horse," said
Charles Lockhart, executive vice
president of the Cloverleaf Stan-
dardbred Owners Association that
represents Delaware horsemen.
"It's impossible to do it if
you're racing for $500 to $600."
Eddie Davis, a native son with a
national reputation, had been rac-
ing recently at the Meadowlands
in New Jersey, which leads all
tracks on the continent with an av-
erage daily purse of $149,000.
One of the lures was the race
track's share of income from slots.
Dover has risen from the bottom
of the ladder to the point where its
current $75,000 in purses offered
for each program places it behind
only three tracks now, Mohawk in
Canada, and New Jersey's Free-
hold and Meadowlands.
The quality of racing stock im-
proves with almost each incre-
mental rise in purses.
CAPE GAZETI'E, Friday, April 26 - May 2, 1996 - 61
Angle Moon photo
Airborne on way to championship
Cape Henlopen treshman jumper Janelle Savage goes air-
borne on her way to last weekend's Co.Ed Relay long jump
championship. Savage has been impressive in her first year
of track and field as she captured three events Tuesday, April
23 against Caesar Rodney. For a story with complete results
on the relays, please see Tim Bamforth's Running column on
page 62.
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