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13G FILING
ITEM 1. A) Name of Issuer:
Mid-State Raceway Inc
B) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
PO Box 860
Vernon, NY 13476
ITEM 2. A) Name of Person Filing:
ABN AMRO Chicago Corporation
B) Address of Principal Business Office:
208 S. LaSalle Street,
Chicago Illinois 60604
C) Citizenship:
USA ( A New York Corporation)
D) Title of Class of Securities:
Common Stock
E) Cusip Number:
595492109
ITEM 3. The person filing is a:
Broker/Dealer (BD)
ITEM 4. A) Amount Beneficially Owned:
14,482 shares
B) Percent of Class:
5.79
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C) Number of shares as to which such person has voting power and
or power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:
N/A
ITEM 5. Ownership of Five Percent of Less:
N/A
ITEM 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf
of Another Person:
N/A
ITEM 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary
which acquired the security being reported on
by the Parent Holding Company:
N/A
ITEM 8. Identification and Classification of members of the Group:
N/A
ITEM 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group:
N/A
ITEM 10. Certification:
By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose
of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the
control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in
connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such
purposes or effect.
SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, I certify that the information
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set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
__February 17, 1998___________
(Date)
/s/ John Kramer
__John Kramer_______________
(Signature)
__General Counsel_________________
(Title)
