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TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO MAY 3 1952 INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press Daily Average Attendance x Daily Average Mutuel Handle Meeting 1952 Days 1951 Days Change 1951 1951 Change tBelmont Park 25153 5 23759 34 + 6 2197214 1882014 + 18 Bowie At Laurel 11816 15 8027 12 + 47 992029 591788 + 67 Charles Town 4737 19 4781 16 1 317546 240817 + 32 tChurchill Downs 30857 7 15947 19 + 93 1260927 695337 + 81 Fair Grounds 6810 81 5329 76 + 27 294786 218609 + 35 tGarden State Park 19846 5 17112 25 + 16 1454557 1356335 + 7 IGolden Gate Field 11564 39 9081 41 + 27 847926 630740 + 34 Gulfstream Park 13774 41 11543 42 + 19 1055911 818831 + 29 Hialeah Park 19292 40 17327 40 + 11 1515926 1301397 + 16 Jamaica 29223 24 26900 36 + 9 2457773 2120051 + 16 Keeneland 7900 11 7257 11 + 13 365804 295721 + 24 Laurel Park 13643 18 11726 24 + 16 1060675 814304 + 30 Lincoln Downs 12633 30 11294 30 + 12 798234 697283 + 13 Oaklawn Park 7739 30 7057 30 + 10 434667 366719 + 18 Phoenix Fair Grounds 3014 29 2565 23 + 18 100171 77543 + 29 Phoenix Sportsmans Park 3712 25 3021 24 + 23 118589 76295 + 55 tPimlico 11474 3 10938 19 + 5 812942 748024 + 9 Santa Anita 26549 50 23813 50 + 12 1837385 1518925 + 21 tSportsmans Park 12629 11 9933 19 + 27 tSuffolk Downs 14160 12 12258 60 + 15 823303 802484 + 3 3Sunshine Sunshine Park 3511 49 2209 43 + 59 159794 125125 + 27 27Tropical Tropical Park 9J05 41 8446 41 + 15 725720 566600 + 28 28tCurrent tCurrent meeting NOTE Average daily attendance and mutuel handle for 1951 is for the entire meeting The first meeting at Bowie in 1951 was held at Bowie racetrack while the first meeting for 1952 was transferred to Laurel Race Course Sportsmans Park meeting suspended after racing of Saturday May 3
