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| TREND OF RACING b JANUARY 1 TO MAY 31, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reportsly the racing associations to the press t Daily Average Attendance /-Daily Average Mutuel Handle- Meeting. 1952. Days. 1951 Days. Change. 1952. 1951. Change. ? Arizona Downs 2,862 26 2,083 23 +37% $ 88,660 $ 79,351 +12% — Bel Air 6,808 10 6,800 10 .. 390,532 368,896 + 6% tBelmont Park 24,825 29 23.759 34 + 4% 2,210,441 1,882,014 +17% Beulah Park 5,496 19 4,325 20 +27% 221,424 161,122 +37% 5*= Bowie At Laurel 11,816 15 8,027 12 +47% 992,029 591,788 +67% Charles "Town 4,737 19 4,781 16 — 1% 317,546 240,8,17 +32% LJ Churchill Downs 15,056 19 15,947 19 — 6% 816,039 695,337 +17% 2 Cranwood Park 4,492 25 3,151 30 +43% 250,167 181,837 +26% C tDelaware Park 14,914 3 12,782 32 +17% 798,644 608,255 +30% _ tDetroit 15,02f 8 10,568 56 +42% 766,222 600,378 +28% q Fair Grounds 6,810 81 5,329 76 +27% 294,786 218,609 +35% ?c Fort Miami 4,370 25 135,512 2 Garden State Park 20,569 25 17,112 25 +20% „ 1,706,608 1,356,335 +18% "* Golden Gate Fields 11,802 45 9,081 41 +30% 864,442 630,740 +37% — Gultstream Park -. 13,774 41 11,543 42 +19% 1,055,911 818,831 +29% H • Hialeah Park .- 19,292 40 17,327 40 +11% 1,515,926 1,301,397 +16% C tHollywood Park 27,012 15 25,799 50 + 5% 1,725,522 1,630,792 + 6% * Jamaica 29,223 24 26,900 36 + 9% 2,457,773 2,120,051 +16% c 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 12,633 30 11,294 30 +12% 798,234 697,283 +13% tLincoln Fields At Hawthorne.... 14,676 18 10.558 28 +39% 942,164 694,596 +36% c Oaklawn Park 7,739 30 7,057 30 +10% 434,667 366,719 +18% 2 Phoenix Fair Grounds 3,014 29 2,565 23 +18% , 100,171 77,543 +29% rT Phoenix Sportsmans Park 3,712 25 3,021 24 +23% 118,589 76,295 +55% 0 Pimlico f. 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 14,029 36 12,258 60 +14% 896,956 802,484 +12% K 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% tWaterford Park 9,934 4 6,875 40 +45% 339,638 183,196 +85% 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.
