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TREND OF RACING January 1 to June 16, Inclusive Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press i Daily Average Attendance * ,— Daily Average Mutuel Handle—, Meeting. 1951. Days. 1950. Days. Change. 1951. 1950. Change. tAscot Park 2,723 13 2,715 40 -f $ 129,666 $ 109,865 +18% Bay Meadows 9,522 40 7,570 46 +27% 724,006 502,611 +44% tBelmont Park 23,411 30 24,063 31 —2% 1,927,766 1,753,957 +9% Beulah Park 4,325 20 4,445 20 —3% 161,122 130,213 +23% Bowie 8,027 12 7,210 12 +11% 591,788 542,610 +9% Charles Town 4,781 16 3,303 18 +41% 240,817 178,934 +34% Churchill Downs 15,947 19 16,433 19 —3% 695,337 663,317 +5% tDelaware Park 12,944 17 10,785 32 +20% 892,915 711,305 +25% tDetroit 11,236 20 9,216 35 +22% 585,319 429,797 +36% Fair Grounds 5,329 76 4,554 90 +17% 218,609 174,579 +25% tFairmount Park 7,062 17 6,710 30 +5% 214,731 146,713 +46% Garden State Park 17,112 25 15,328 25 +12% 1,356,335 1,196,924 +13% Gulfstream Par* 11,543 42 11,061 41 +4% 818,831 698,753 +17% Hialeah Park 17,327 40 16,514 40 +5% 1,301,397 1,092,435 +19% tHollywood Park 25,413 25 27,058 20 —6% 1,583,610 1,452,487 +9% Jamaica 26,900 36 25,625 30 +5% 2,120,051 1,849,689 +14% Keeneland 7,257 11 7,809 11 —7% 295,721 282,372 +4% Laurel 11,726 24 11,485 12 +2% 814,304 728,548 +11% Lincoln Downs 11,294 30 8,066 36 +40% 697,283 483,795 +44% Lincoln Fields at Wash. Park... 10,558 29 9,893 29 +7% 694,596 611,066 +13% tMonmouth Park 19,645 1 14,460 47 1,207,031 1,010,735 Oaklawn Park 7,057 30 7,173 30 -1% 366,719 364,326 +1% tOmaha 7,430 20 7,360 33 +1% 288,920 263,326 +1% Pimlico 10,938 19 11,431 21 —4% 748,024 728,414 +2% tPortland Meadows 4,343 22 4,152 25 +4% 108,640 88,905 +22% tRiver Downs 5,943 14 3,256 43 +82% 170,923 125,342 +36% Santa Anita Park 23,813 50 25,708 50 -7% 1,518,925 1,559,636 -2% Sportsmans Park 9,933 19 9,202 19 +9% 596,254 503,967 +18% tSuffolk Downs 12,712 48 11,873 43 +7% 809,349 691,691 +17% Sunshine Park 2,209 43 1,876 51 +18% 125,125 102,915 +21% Tropical Park 8.446 41 8,357 41 +1% 566,600 438,984 +29% tWaterford Park 7,536 25 169,821 tCurrent meeting. NOTE— Average daily attendance and mutuel handle for 1950 are for the entire meeting. Winner— Br. g, by Quatre Bras II.— Blue Marque, by Blue Larkspur, trained by V. R. Wright; bred by W. P. Chrysler, Jr. WENT TO POST-6:32. OFF AT 6:32 EASTERN STANDARD TIME. Start good from stall gate. Won driving; second and third the same. BLUE BADGE, showing marked improvement over his recent start, was sent to the front at once, made the pace to the stretch under steady rating, then responded willingly when set down for the drive and held FRIENDLY SANDS safe. The latter saved ground while in hand to the last three-eighths, was sent to the middle of the track for the drive and finished fast, but could not get to the winner. CHIEF JOHN 0., forwardly placed throughout, held on well in a good effort NITRO FIRE raced prominently from the start, but was weakly handled during the stretch run. MIVAL could not better her position when hard urged during the drive. CHANCELOT tired after showing early speed. BLEWSO was outrun. BOLD KING was far back throughout, giving a dull effort. NONPAREIL showed nothing. Scratched— 31385 Airdrome, 115. Overweight— Friendly Sands, 2 pounds; Mival, 1; Chancelot, 1. j* Attendance, 7,698; Total Mutuel Pool, 82,728.
