Amado Greyhound Park Opens as Arizona Tracks Expand
Amado Greyhound Park represents Santa Cruz County's newest sports attraction as Funks circuit expands to Tucson Phoenix and Pensacola. The state has collected over 16 million from pari mutuel taxes since 1942, funding public services, while charity programs have donated more than 300 thousand dollars since 1954.
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Nogales
U.S. Highway 89
Old Mexico
Pena Blanca Lake
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Tubac National Monument
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Santa Cruz County
Amado Greyhound Park Leads Funks' Racing Circuit Expansion
David Funk leads the Funks' Greyhound Racing Circuit expansion with Amado Greyhound Park in Santa Cruz County. The firm operates tracks in Phoenix Tucson and Pensacola and introduced The Big Q parimutuel betting. Arthur Funk administers operations and charity work while Albert Funk manages Tucson and Pensacola plants.
Slim Howell Leads Greyhound Circuit with Four Decades of Experience
Nathan T. Howell known as Slim, director of racing for Circuit, boasts 41 years in greyhound racing from early days as a leadout boy at Hialeah to guiding Phoenix tracks. He has served as Racing Secretary in Portland and as director and presiding judge for various venues. He originated the $50,000 Phoenix Futurity set for this fall in the Valley of the Sun.
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Hialeah
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Freeland & Bird
Phoenix Greyhound Park
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Amado Greyhound Park
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Aldritt
United States
Ted Fio Rito Joins Circuit Public Relations
Ted Fio Rito, famed starmaker with a 35 year career in entertainment, joins Circuit Public Relations. Once a leading orchestra conductor in the twenties and thirties, his songs continue to be sung and hummed by fans of good music.
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al Jolson
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