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Trend of Racing This Year January 1 to May 14, Inclusive , -Daily Average Attendance * y-Daily Average Mutuel Handle-, Meeting. 1949. Days. 1948. Days. Change. 1949. 1948. Change. tBelmont Park 24,332 8 27,351 25 —11% ,827,720 ,091,708 —12% Bowie first meeting 12,323 12 12,317 12 — $ 825,732 $ 803,028 + 3% tCharles Town 3,677 18 4,500 39 —18% - 176,003 240,193 —26% tChurchill Downs first meeting... 20,177 13 16,914 19 +19%. 726,547 739,406 — 1% tDetroit 20,284 2 11,439 85 689,937 612,224 Fair Grounds N. 0. 5,273 90 5,601 75 - 5% 212,676 238,926 -11% tGarden State Park first meeting 14,560 11 14,333 40 + 1% 1,088,174 1,238,351 —12% tGoIden Gate Fields 13,866 36 11,479 41 +12% 852,462 722,916 +17% Gulfstream Park 10,991 40 10,849 38 + 1% 667,324 646,110 + 3% Havre de Grace 9,420 21 8,898 14 + 5% 720,641 658,555 + 3% Hialeah Park 16,510 40 16,471 40 + 2% 1,066,551 1,120,155 — 4% tJamaica ....27,404 26 28,515 39 — 3% 2,125,079 2,018,028 + 5% .Keeneland 8,047 11 8,060 11 — 285,867 296,372 — 3% tLincoln Downs first meeting.... 10,252 30 8,305 43 +23% 571,490 469,998 +21% Oaklawn Park 7,446 30 6,981 30 + 6% 366,365 376,843 — 3% Pimlico •. 14,108 8 15,138 12 — 6% 820,945 894,198 — 8% Santa Anita Park 28,216 50 32,836 50 —11% 1,748,389 2,174,555 —19% Sportsmans Park first meeting. 11,689 18 11,491 18 + 1% 648,295 665,773 — 2% tSuffolk Downs first meeting.... 15,503 13 14,743 42 + 5% 783,447 848,231 — 7% Sunshine Park 2,604 40 3,256 50 —20% 102,327 100,612 + 2% Tropical Park 8,544 40 8,879 40 - 4% 467,074 582,532 -20% tCurrent meetings.
