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CROWD HANDLE RECORDS FOR DECORATION DAY Several records of various nature came tumbling down at five race tracks scattered throughout the country Memorial Day when many thousands of sportsloving fans wended their way through the turnstiles while loosening purse strings Heading the list of new records was the 1881160 that was wagered by 53904 fans on the eight races at Belmont Park This sum tossed into oblivion the 1588009 record that a large crowd bet on May 17 of this year The attendance Memorial Day also set a new record for a New York track trackWagering Wagering on a single race run in the Empire State reached a new peak when the handle of the featured Suburban Handicap shot up to 355806 as compared to the pre ¬ vious record set in the same race last year when 277646 was bet National records for the Daily Double and steeplechase also were set 74208 being wagered on the Double and 86923 on the chase chaseNear Near Boston a crowd of 46366 wagered 956421 on the eight races at Suffolk Downs The betting thus reached a new high while the attendance was the second largest ever to witness the sport at that track trackA A recordbreaking crowd of 27051 fans bet a record sum of 731508 at the popular Dela ¬ ware Park track at Stanton Del This sum represents an increase of about 50000 over the previous record recordFairmount Fairmount Park at Collinsville 111 played host to a recordbreaking crowd of 27000 fans who wagered the record sum of 203406 on the eightrace card No records were set at the Lincoln Fields track Crete 111 but 31000 bet 639086 on the eight races racesAt At Inglewood Calif some 50000 fans poured 1142584 through the mutuels to top the former record of 1141851 set last year
