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New Downs Wagering Record CHIRCHILL DOWNS, Louisville. K.v., May 2.— The estimated 105.000 in attendance at Churchill Downs today to witnevs the seventy-ninth running of the Kentucky Derby wagered a record ,i .Hi 6, 065 on the nine-race program, eclipsing last years previous high of S4,064,4 0 by a wide margin. The watering on the Derby itself was slightly under the 1952 figure, due no doubt to the presence in the field of the odds-on favorite Native Dancer. The Derby race wagering was ,532,-731 as compared with ,565,901 for la i »ear
