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NEW YORK COMMISSION GIVES OUT BELMONT PARK FIGURES FIGURESTotal Total of 6192030 Wagered by 124724 Fans During Past Week WeekNEW NEW YORK N Y June 3 Figures re ¬ leased by Herbert Bayard Swope chairman of the New York StateRacing Commission show that all records for a days attendance and wagering at any New York race track were left far behind at Belmont Park on Memorial Day when 51861 racegoers went to the course and wagered 1881160 through the parimutuel machines Of this large sum 355806 was bet on the Suburban Handicap still another alltime record for a single race at any New York track trackFor For the six days of racing which ended on last Saturday May 31 a total of 6192030 was wagered and the track attendance was 124724 for the six days in contrast to the corresponding week of a year ago when the attendance was 95181 95181Out Out of the impressive sum wagered 552213760 was paid to the public in win ¬ ning wages and the states share of the bet ¬ ting including breakage was 33494622 33494622The The average handle per race per day was 129000 129000The The average wager per person per day was 4964 and the average bet per person per race was 620 620The The average total daily handle was 1032005 1032005The The favor which the parimutuel betting system has found with the public is readily manifest in a comparison of Memorial Day figures for 1940 and 1941 1940 being the first year in which the parimutuel system was made legal in New York YorkOn On Memorial Day of last year the attend ¬ ance was 41859 the total days handle 1436729 of which 277646 was bet on the Suburban The states share for the day including breakage was 7634083 The states share for last Fridajr was 10186053
