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Lincoln Fields Mutuel Ploy Slightly Under Last Season SeasonWASHINGTON WASHINGTON PARK Homewood 111 June 14 Despite a disappointing day last Saturday when unfavorable weather held down attendance Lincoln Fields mutuel handle after four weeks at Washington Park is just slightly more than 4 per cent down from last season when Lincoln Fields raced its dates at Hawthorne HawthorneLincoln Lincoln Fields has handled 19445425 to date compared 20307496 in 1947 The decline is 862071 Given good weather last Saturday the drop would have been considerably less lessThe The attendance for the comparative four weeks of 1947 and 1948 is down approxi ¬ mately 9 per cent The attendance the first 24 days last year was 336492 this meet ¬ ing 305968
