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TREND OF RACING January 1 to May 26, Inclusive Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press t Daily Average Attendance » /-Daily Average Mutuel Handle-* Meeting. * 1951. Days. 1950. Days. Bay Meadows ... 9,522. 40 7,570 46 tBelmont Park 22,886 12 24,063 31 tBeulah Park 4,570 ✓ 17 4,445 20 Bowie 8,027 12 7,210 12 Charles Town 4,781 16 3,303 18 Churchill Downs" 15,947 19 16,433 19 tDetroit 18,617 2 9,216 35"" Fair Grounds 5,329 76 4,554 90 tGarden State*Park 16,599 23 15,328 25 Gulfstream Park 11,543 42 11,061 41 Hialeah Park ... 17,327 40 16,514 40 tHollywood Park 26,459 10 27,058 20 Jamaica 26,900 36 25,625 30 Keeneland 7,257 11 7,809 11 Laurel 11,726 24 11,485 12 Lincoln Downs 11,294 30 8,066 36 tLincoln Fields at Wash.-Park... 9,661 11 9,893 30 Oaklawn Park 7,057 30 7,173 30 Pimlico .....v.. ..... 10,938 19 11,431 21 Santa Affita Park 23,813 50 25,708 50 Sportsmans Park 9,933 19 9,202 19 tSuffolk Downs 12,874 30 11,873 43 Sunshine Park ..- 2,209 43 i;876 51 Tropical Park 8.446 41 , 8,357 41 tWaterford Park / 7,981 7 Change. 1951. 195a Change. +27% $ 724,006 $ 502,611 +44% — 5% 1,900,226 1,753,957 + 8% + 3% 162,624 130,213 +24% +11% 591,788 542,610 + 9% +41% 240,817 178,934 +34% — 3% 695,337 663,317 + 5% 739,016 429,797 +17% 218,609 174,579 +25% + 8% 1,324,590 1,196,924 +10% + 4% 818,831 698,753 +17% + 5% 1,301,397 1,092,435 +19% — 2% 1,548,368 1,452,487 + 6% + 5% 2,120,051 1,849,689 +14% — 7% 295,721 282,372 +4% + 2% 814,304 728,548 +11% +40% 697,283 483,795 +44% — 2% 632,730 611,066 + 3% — 1% 366,719 364,325 + 1% — 4% 748,024 728,414 + 2% — 7% 1,518,925 1,559,636 — 2% + 9% 596,254 503,967 +18% + 9% 805,466 691,691 +16% +18% 125,125 10215 +21% + 1% 566,600 438,984 +29% 155,510 tCurrent .meeting. NOTE— Average daily attendance and mutuel handle for 1950 are for the entire meeting.
