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TREND OF RACING I JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 7, 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 Arizona Downs 2,862 26 2,083 23 +37% $ 88,660 $ 79,351 +12% tAscot Park 4,400 5 3,624 43 +21% 198,435 150,441 +32% Bel Air 6,808 10 6,800 10 .. 390,532 368,896 +6% tBelmont Park 24,804 35 23,759 34 +4% 2,212,439 1,882,014 +18% Beulah Park 5,496 19 4,325 20 +27% 221,424 161,122 +37% Bowie At Laurel 11,816 15 8,027 12 +47% 992,029 591,788 -r67% 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% Cranwood Park 4,492 25 3,151 30 +43% 250,167 181,837 +37% tDelaware Park 13,924 9 12,782 32 +9% 941,382 608,255 +55% tDetroit 13,327 14 10,568 56 +26% 723,608 600,378 +21% Fair Grounds 6,810 81 5,329 76 +27% 294,786 218.609 +35% tFairmount Park 7,937 12 7,333 29 + 8% 266,602 227,483 +17% Fort Miami 4,370 25 135,512 Garden State Park 20,569 25 17,112 25 +20% 1,706,608 1,356,335 +26% 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% tHollywood Park 26,469 20 25,799 50 +3% 1,745,630 1,630,792 +6% 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 12,633 30 11,294 30 +12% 798,234 697,283 +13% tLincoln Fields At Hawthorne.... 14,416 24 10,558 29 +37% 940.036 694,596 +35% Oaklawn Park 7,739 30 7,057 30 +10% 434,667 366,719 +18% tOmaha 8,138 15 8,005 33 +2% 335,147 325.341 4-3% 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% Pimiico 12,748 15 10,938 19 +16% 953,202 748,024 +27% tRiver Downs 7,000 8 3,972 44 +76% 263,747 173,936 +52% 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 13,804 42 12.258 60 +13% 894.397 802,484 +11% Sunshine Park 3,511 49 2,209 43 +59% 159,794 125,125 +27% Tropical Park 9.705 41 8.446 41 +15% 725,720 566.500 +28% tWaterford Park 6,869 10 6,875 40 .. 272,490 183,196 +49% 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.
