Average Handle of 55,777, Daily Racing Form, 1949-05-03

Average Handle of 55,777 HAVRE DE GRACE, Md., May 2.— Saturdays mutuel handle of ,083,776 was the best of the meeting to date and brought the average daily play to 75,-777 against a mark of 19,557 for the same number of days in 1948. This represents an increase of 22 per cent. With three more days of action here and four days at Pimlico in the fall, the association anticipates a final betting average of between 75,000 and 00,000 per day.