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Memorial Day Attendances Exceed Figures of 1951 With dry, if not bright, weather at almost all turf centers, race track attendances yesterday exceeded those on Memorial Day a year ago in the majority of instances. Fourteen tracks reported an aggregate gate of 364,855, as against a total of 345,886 at 12 tracks in 1951. With an estimated 59,000 present, Hollywood Park led the list. Belmont Park was second, with 51,337. Calif or-nians went racing on the holiday in approximately the same numbers as in 1951, but in New York the throng was 2,487 less. Following are the figures for both years: Track 1952 1951 Bel Air 11,960 Belmont Park 51,337 53,824 Beulah Park 9,500 11,000 Cranwood Park 9,580 Delaware Park 23,161 27,698 Detroit 29,570 28,063 Fairmount Park 12,000 10,682 Garden State 40,196 34,301 - Hollywood Park . . 59,000 58,512 Lincoln Fields 38,382 36,407 Omaha 16,000 14,955 River Downs 15,000 16,000 Suffolk Downs 34,350 30,254 Waterford Park 14,819 24,190 Estimated. I
