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'GREAT RUNNERS ALL --Jim Ryun, centre, world record miler from the Uni- versity of Kansas, holds Sportsman of the Year tro- phy and stands with some great runners of the past after receiving the trophy in New York. From left are Wes Santee, Jim Grelle, | Thoroughbred Betting Reaches Peak Level By THE CANADIAN PRESS If the thoroughbreds had run a little slower this season you couldn't have blamed them. They had a whopping $184,682,- 860 in betting money riding on their noses, It's the 17th straight year in which Canadian racetrack bet- ting tas scampered to a peak level, Last year wagering reached $169,926,335. The figures do not take into account bets on harness racing, not compiled on a national basis until January. The harness han- dle is expected to approach 000,000. On reds, the national betting performance was matched in all six provinces where tracks are operated, Old|i records toppled in Quebec, On- tario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia. in thoroughbred layout, and operating revenue an d $900,000 to the federal govern- ment for its supervisory serv- ices. These include film patrols, saliva tests and RCMP surveil- lance. Ontario racing fans led the pack as usual, plunking down $104,645,712 during the 196-day season. Last year they wagered $101,872,209 in the same period. The two Toronto tracks, Woodbine and Greenwood, han- died just over $74,000,000 for a gain of about $3,300,000. This was more than enough to offset the dip at Fort Erie where the $30,586,609 take was about $600,- 000 off last year's form. PRAIRIE BETTING UP Prairie tracks harvested cash in step with the grain bounty. Betting at Assiniboia Downs Winnipeg, Manitoba's only was up inces, with 1965 comparisons bracketed: Quebec: Blue Bonnets, 731,317 ($15,787,423). Ontario: Woodbine, $43,767,790 ($42,199,479); Greenwood, $30,- 291,313 ($28,536,486); Fort Erie, $30,586,609 ($31,136,244). Manitoba: Assiniboia Downs, $9,334,088 ($8,410,026). Saskatchewan: Regina, $1,- 549,762 ($1,452,812); Saskatoon, $937,679 ($938,398); Prince Al- bert, $50,775 ($49,151). Alberta: Edmonton, $11,896,- 806 ($10,440,569); Calgary $8,- 578,365 ($7,605,575); Lethbridge, $434,382 ($397,242); Millarville, $25,494 ($24,740); Lake Mc- Gregor, $11,938 ($7,940); Stet-| tler, $7,240 ($5,938). | British Columbia: Vancouver, | $23,429,215 ($20,805,115); Vi-ce- toria, $2,036,225 ($2,090,614); Williams Lake, $13,862 ($16,- $21,-| Glenn Cunningham, Ryun, Rafer Johnson, Bobby Mor- row and Billy Mills. They. were guests at a luncheon honoring Ryun. -AP Wirephoto World's Fastest Miler: Has 'Slow And Easy' Pace NEW YORK (AP) -- Young Jim Ryun may be the world's fastest miler but to the Ryuns of Wichita, Kansas, he would make Rip Van Winkle look like an astrojet. "I never saw a slower child in, all my life." said Mrs. Gerald Ryun, mother of the University of Kansas athlete. "I always had trouble getting him moving. "Yeah, you'd think he could go to sleep standing up he's so relaxed," added the father, a tool worker for a Wichita air- ; plane factory. "Everything he does is slow and easy--except on the track," said Jim'. brother, Jerry, 24. The Ryuns of Wichita were in tofn recently to see their most famous family member honored by Sports Illustrated, /LOWERS MILE MARK Ryun, 19, who last July 17 at Berkeley, Calif., ran the record mije in 3:31.45, beat out such personalities as Frank Robin- son of the world champion base- ball Baltimore Orioles, champion Bill Casper and Heis- man Trophy football ge of Florida for the ward, | American two - mile mark, as the Sportsman of the Year golf winner He also set the world half+ mile record, 1:44.9 and the "T guess I do move around a! little slow," Ryun. acknowledged timidly. "Except when I'm on the track, I'm pretty loose and relaxed. I suppose I'm saving energy. In school, I study slowly particularly English." After setting his mile mark, which cut 2.38 seconds off the mark of France's Michel Jazy, Ryun suffered a back injury when he stepped into a_ hole. This was followed by a siege of bronchitis. 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