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Fairmount Crowds Handle Show Good Increases IncreasesFAIRMOUNT FAIRMOUNT PARK Collinsville 111 June 5 Fairmount Parks handle has just passed the 3000000 mark in mutuel han ¬ dle for the first 11 nights of a scheduled 33night meeting meetingThe The daily average for the first third of the current meeting now stands at 273606 and the total gate count is 85000 85000The The 1952 meeting shows a daily aver ¬ age for the first 11 days of a quarter of a million which gives the 1953 season an increase of 25000 General manager Ed wind C Moon and Ray C Bennigsen are more than pleased with the way the south ¬ ern Illinois fans are taking night racing
