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When a horse listed at 12:1 odds won, but paid off at 4:1, Straus recognized the need for a more accurate and transparent system. He began developing his innovative machine, the totalisator, also known as the "tote board" using telephone relays [ 1 ] in 1928.
The Stallion is a single-engined high-winged monoplane, with wings based on those of the Lancair ES and a retractable tricycle landing gear from the Lancair IV.It has a steel-tube fuselage center section, with the remainder of the airframe of composite construction, and is designed to be powered by engines of 230–350 hp (172–261 kW).
Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion; CFE CFE738 Turbofan variant of the T407-GE-400, used on the Dassault Falcon CPX38 Proposed turboprop engine variant of the GE38-1B [17] GE38-3 An 8,000 shp (6,000 kW) class derivative engine under consideration by the U.S. military in 2006 [18] GE38-B5
Stallion Bus is an American bus manufacturer and distributor. They are the North American distributor for Higer Bus from China and their primary products include mid-size coach body built on a Freightliner chassis, Cutaway buses, Customized Mercedes Sprinter vans , and specialty vehicles.
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United Totalizator was founded in the 1950s by Lloyd and Jane Shelhamer. [1] [2] The Shelhamers owned Beaumont Race Track in Belgrade, Montana. [3]They could not find a totalizator company willing to service such a small facility, so they purchased obsolete wagering equipment to operate in-house, and soon branched out to service other racetracks in the region.
Such was the popularity and success of the Mechanical Horse that there was a separate sales department using dealers for this unique machine. During the difficult trading years of the 1930s the threewheeler was the saviour of Scammell Lorries Ltd. From 1937, a version of the Mechanical Horse was made under licence in France, by FAR.
Aug. 26—Officials with Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. are interesting in adding new gaming machines at Batavia Downs that would allow bettors to wager on horse races that already happened.