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Wagering on Ontario Circuit Down Slightly Over 1946 TORONTO, Ont., May 30. Though mu-tuel figures covering racing in Canada are only released officially at the close of each season by the Department of Agriculture, it is reported unofficially that wagering through the ten-day-old Ontario racing season shows a slight downward trend. The initial meeting at Woodbine, plagued by unfavorable weather, was running well behind the comparative play of a year ago, until the final day of the session, when a record 48,105 Kings Plate attendance, reported to have created a new high for a single days wagering, picked up the average. The meeting wound up unofficially about 00,000 short of the previous years handle. This in spite of the fact that the corresponding period had two Saturdays and a holiday, against the 1947 meeting, which found the holiday falling on Saturday. The current session at Thorncliffe Park is approximately 80,000 down from the corresponding meet of a year ago, but the comparison is made against the 1946 transplanted meeting at Woodbine Park as against the present meet on the associations home grounds which is not as readily accessible for the race-going public.
