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| | TREND OF RACING 1 JANUARY 1 TO MAY 10, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press , Daily Average Attendance * /—Daily Average Mutuel Handle-* Meeting. 1952. Days. 1951 Days. Change. 1952 1951 Change tBelmont Park 24,822 11 23,759 34 + 4% ,204,476 ,882,014 +17% Bowie At Laurel 11,816 15 8,027 12 +47% 992,029 591,788 +67% Charles Town 4,737 19 4,781 16 — 1% 317,546 240,817 +32% tChurchill Downs 21,577 13 15,947 19 +35% 931,173 695,337 +34% Fair Grounds 6,810 81 5,329 76 -t-27% 294,786 218,609 +35% tGarden State Park 19,833 10 17,112 25 +16% 1,538,950 1,356,335 +13% Golden Gate Fields 11,802 - 45 9,081 41 +30% 864,442 630,740 +37% Gulfstream Park 13,774 41 11,543 42 +19% 1,055,911 818,831 +29% Hialeah Park 19,292 40 17,327 40 +11% 1,515,926 1,301,397 +16% Jamaica. 29,223 24 26,900 36 + 9% 2,457,773 2,120,051 +16% Keeneland 7,900 11 7,257 11 +13% 365,804 295,721 +24% Laurel Park 13.643 18 11,726 24 +16% 1,050,675 814,304 +30% Lincoln Downs 12,633 30 11,294 30 +12% 798,234 697,283 +13% Oaklawn Park 7,739 30 7,057 30 +10% 434,667 366,719 +18% Phoenix Fair Grounds . 3.014 29 2,565 23 -f-18% 100,171 77,543 +29% Phoenix Sportsmans Park - 3712 25 3,021 " 24 +23% - 118,589 76,295 +55% tPimlico .. 11,772 9 10,938 19 + 8% 877,395 748,024 +19% Santa Anita 26.549 50 23,813 50 -4-12% 1,837,385 • 1,518.925 +21% Sportsmans Park 12,912 12 9,933 19 +30% 768,009 596,254 +29% tSuffolk Downs : 13,911 18 12,258 60 +13% 841,685 802,484 + 5% Sunshine Park 3.511 49 2,209 43 +59% 159,724 125,125 +27% Tropical Park , 3.705 . 41 8.446 41 4-15% 725.720 565.600 4-28% tCurrent meeting. NOTE— Average daily attendance and mutuel handle for 1951 is for the entire meeting. The irsl 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. ,
