No Place, pay Show

[wilderness]

The following from the Sept 30, 1942 Harness Horse and Rochester, NH.:

Briar Hanover, another longshot placed in the third heat of the 2:14 trot so unexpectedly that there was not a single place ticket sold on him, so the fortunate person that thought he might show and bought a ticket to that effect reaped a harvest, as Briar paid even $90, not a bad day's work.
end of quote

That is certainly not the way the pari-mutuel pay-off regulations work today.
Anybody have any idea when these rules changed, or if this may have been a N.H.-rule-only?

[mrroyboy]

for that matter when was the last time any horse ran 3 heats!

[lamboguy]

the good old Rochester Fair, i remember they took show betting in a 3 horse field about 20 years ago.

i was to busy eating fried dough to get that one!

[wilderness]

mrryboy,
Despite your being correct about the third heat, I don't think it would have mattered if it was a one-heat or three-heat dash.

The pay-off would have still been moved from the place pool to the show pool.