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I C • TREND OF RACING -~- - JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 13, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press , Daily Average Attendance , /-Daily Average Mutuel Handle-* Meeting. 1953. Days. 1952. Days. Change. 1953. 1952. Change. •Arizona Downs 3,000 23 2,862 26 + 5% $ 127,563 $ 88,660 +44% Ascot Park 4,241 44 3,977 44 + 7% 240,819 223,562 + 8% tBelmont Park 24,189 34 25,394 36 — 5% 2,114,985 2,207,453 — 4% Beulah Park 5,228 19 5,496 19 — 5% 240,852 221,424 + 9% tBowie-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 16,632 19 15,056 19 +10% 901,879 816,039 +11% tCranwood Park 4,329 6 4,492 25 — 4% 238,121 250,167 — 5% tCumberland Fair 6,500 1 4,800 10 +35% 208,422 188,975 +10% tDelaware Park 15,647 14 13,583 33 +15% 1,213,841 973,167 +25% tDetroit 11,733 15 11,660 56 + 1% 710,014 701,788 + 1% Fair Grounds 1952-53 7,471 82 6,810 81 +10% 372,716 294,786 +26% tFairmount Park 7,748 18 6,998 32 +11% 277,847 247,023 +12% Fort Miami 3,221 25 4,370 25 —26% 161,883 135,512 +19% Garden State Park 21,751 25 20,569 25 + 6% 1,959,434 1,706,608 +15% 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 29,191 • 21 27,162 50 + 7% 2,015,162 1,890,500 + 7% 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 13,678 24 14,362 30 —5% 983,614 948,696 + 4% Oaklawn Park 7,799 31 7,739 30 + 1% 435,451 434,667 tOmaha 8,320 .20 8,133 35 + 2% 360,569 368,066 — 2% •Phoenix-Fairgrounds 52-53 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% tRiver Downs 6,557 8 5,537 44 +18% 279,405 254,542 +10% 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 14,612 48 13,640 60 + 7% 930,892 901,329 + 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% fWaterford Park 4,404 12 5,563 40 —21% 221,515 264,621 —16% •Wheeling 3,846 26 .. 200,807 •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. IBowie-Laurel joint meeting at Bowie.
