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TREND OF RACING t JANUARY 1 TO MAY 24, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press , Daily Average Attendance -Daily Average Mutuel Handle , Meeting. 1951 Days. 1951. Days. Change. 1952. 1951. Change Arizona Downs 2,862 26 2,083 23 37 ? 88,660 $ 79,351 12 : tBel Air 6,800 4 6,800 10 .. 406,799 368,896 10 ! tBelmont Park 24,160 23 23,759 34 2 2,158,825 1,882,014 15 tBeulah Park 4,631 13 4,325 20 7 213,298 161,122 32 i 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 ! Churchill Downs 15,056 19 15,947 19 6 816,039 695,337 17 tCranwood Park 4,283 19 3,151 30 36 233,792 181,837 29 1 Fair Grounds 6,810 81 5,329 76 27 294,786 218,609 35 Fort Miami 4,370 25 .... ... .. 135,512 tGarden State Park 19,912 20 17,112 25 16 " 1,643,615 1,356,335 21 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 " M9,292 40 17,327- 40 11 1,515,926 1,301,397 16 tHollywood Park 24,534 10 25,799 50 5 1,609,073 1,630,792 1 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 1,060,675 814,304 30 Lincoln Downs v 12,633 30 11,294 30 12 798,234 697,283 13 1 Lincoln Fields At Hawthorne.... 12,671 12 10,558 29 20 857,310 694,596 23 Oaklawn Park 7,739 30 7,057 30 10 434,667 366,719 18 Phoenix Fair Grounds 3,014 29 2,565 23 18 100,171 77,543 29 Phoenix Sportsmans Park 3,712 25 3,021 24 23 118,589 76,295 55 Pimlico 12,748 15 10,938 19 16 953,202 748,024 27 Santa Anita 26,549 50 23,813 50 12 1,837,385 1,518,925 21 Sportsmans Park 12,912 12 9,933 19 30 768,009 596,254 29 " tSuffolk Downs 13,591 30 12,258 60 11 865,971 802,484 8 Sunshine Park 3,511 49 2,209 43 59 159,794 125,125 27 Tropical Park 9.705 41 8.446 41 15 725,720 566,600 28 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.
