Martin, are you sure the machine is made by Mills?  The only horse
racing machines I knew of where made by Watling, Bakers and Pace,
where the Bakers machine actually became the Pace machine.

I believe only the Bakers/Pace machine was a "player piano" type
machine.  If it is, in fact, a Bakers or Pace machine, then I have
rolls.

Unfortunately I don't know much about the Watling horse race machine
except that it is a very rare find.  The Bakers and Pace machines,
although not your ordinary run-of-the-mill machines, are usually
a little easier to come across.

If you need help identifying the machine, drop me a note.

Jeffrey Ross

 [ We need to differentiate between the music rolls and the
 [ separate punched paper rolls (or loops) which moved the horses.
 [
 [ This is an interesting corner of mechanical music and I'd like
 [ to place some photos and text about the machines and mechanisms
 [ at the MMD web site.  Bowers' Encyclopedia, page 82, mentions the
 [ Mills Race Horse Piano, the Seeburg Grayhound and the Western
 [ Electric Derby.  Please write to me <editor@foxtail.com> if you
 [ can provide photos and information.  -- Robbie