RACES was built by th e Superior Confection
Comp any in 1935. It came in two versions,
on e r acing dogs, the oth er racing horses.
T he mech a n ism was esen tially Watling and
r esembled a J en n ings LITTLE DUKE on its
back; and thou gh it was complicated and
seemingly unwieldly, RACES was fun to
p lay. It w as manufactured for about four
years. T his beautiful example ison display in
the Harrah's collection .
tion," says Harper, "and I hope it stays
together."
Britt reports th at there are eighty-
five fully restored slot machines on dis-
play in the Pony Express Museum, an d
thirty more th at are being restored at
this time. The restoration of the slot
machines is done by the Harrah's slot
department, supervised by Gin o
Ghigerri.
The museum intends to display more
The rare Mills DUPLEX is always worth another look, and here it is. The angular photograph
shows the non-flat front-a feature most other floor machines do not have.
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This is the mechanism of the Mills DUPLEX.
Note the simplicity of the mechanism as
compared to the complexity of the de tailing
on the outside of the machine. Compare this
with the opposite case in the cons truction of
the McDonald BANNER.