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■MEND OF RACING I JANUARY 1 TO MAY 23, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press , Daily Average Attendance v /—Daily Average Mutuel Handle- Meeting. 1953. Days. 1952. Days. Change. 1953. 1952 Change. ♦Arizona Downs 3,000 23 2,862 26 +5% 27,563 $ 88,660 +44% tAscot Park 4,780 32 3,977 44 +20% 231,075 223,562 +3% tBelmont Park 24,345 16 25,394 36 —4% 2,103,775 2,207,453 —5% tBeulah Park 4J510 13 5,496 19 —16% 235,821 221,424 +7% IBowie-Laurel 11,882 31 11,816 15 + 1% 984,059 992,029 — 1% Charles Town 5,682 24 4,737 19 +20% 344,584 317,447 +9% •Churchill Downs 16JS32 19 15,056 19 +10% 901,879 816,039 +11% Fair Grounds 1952-53 7,471 82 6,810 81 +10% 372,716 294,786 +26% Fort Miami 3,221 25 4,370 25 —26% 161,883 135,512 +19% tGarden State Park 21,458 20 20,569 25 +4% 1,915,543 1,706,608 +12% tGulfstream Park 14,344 40 13,774 41 +4% 1,146,424 1,055,911 +9% Hialeah Park 19,677 40 19,292 40 +2% 1,552,115 1,515,926 +2% tHollywood Park 30,616 6 27,162 50 +13% 1,969,898 1,890.500 +4% tJamaica 27,861 28 29,223 24 —5% 2,457,481 2,457,773 •Keeneland 8,341 11 7,900 11 +6% 403,596 365,804 +10% Lincoln Downs 13,798 29 12,633 30 +9% 915,405 789,234 +16% tLincoln Fields 13,643 6 14,362 30 —5% 977,371 948,696 +3% Oaklawn Park ..". 7,799 31 7,739 30 +1% 435,451 434,667 •Phoenix Fairgrounds, 1952-53 ... 3,366 29 3,014 29 +12% 112,136 100,171 +12% Phoenix Sportsmans Park 3,352 23 3,712 25 -10% 117,881 118,589 - 1% tPimlico 13,213 16 12,748 15 +4% 1,018,494 953,202 + 7% Santa Anita Park 1952-53 30,815 50 26.549 50 +16% 2,167,011 1,837,385 +18% Sportsmans Park 11,426 24 12,912 12 —12% 832,228 768,009 +8% tSuffolk Downs .14,596 30 13,640 60 +7% 928,647 901,329 +3% Sunshine Park 3,082 51 3,511 49 —12% 168,507 159.794 +5% tTanforan 10,767 39 8,833 42 +22% 745,793 642,287 +16% Tropical Park 1952-53 10,284 42 9,705 41 +6% 803,933 725,720 +11% tWheeling Downs 3,653 20 4,261 55 —14% 193,203 230,122 —16% •1953 attendance estimated. tCurrent meeting. NOTE— Average daily attendance and mutuel handle for 1952 is for the entire meeting. NOTE— First meeting at Bowie in 1952 held at Laurel Race Course. *Bowie-Laurel joint meeting at Bowie.
