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TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO AUGUST 157 INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press i Daily Average Attendance ,-DailyAverage Mutuel Handle-, Meeting. 1953. Days. 1951 Days. Change. 1953. 1952. Change. Aqueduct ........7 21,476 19 21,796 27 1 ,819;5SO ,874,793 3 Arizona Downs 3,000 23 2,862 26 .5 127,563 88,660 44 Arlington Park 17,600 36 16,657 36 -f 6 1,224,573 1,117,622 10 Ascot Park 4,241 44 3,977 44 7 240,819 223,562 8 tAtlantic City 20,074 5 16,671 AS 20 1,681,760 1,458,883 15 Belmont Park 24,485 37 25,394 36 4 2,082,680 2,207,453 6 Beulah Park 5,228 19 5,496 19 5 240,852 221,424 9 SBowie-Laurel 11,882 31 11,816 15 1 984,059 992,029 1 tCentennial Race Track 5,040 . 30 5,132 50 2 207,152 219,768 6 Charles Town 1st meet 5,682 24 4,737 19 . 20 344,584 317,447 9 Charles Town 2d meet 4,733 32 43,601 38 31 294,443 t262,24ff 12 Churchill Downs 16,632 19 15,056 . 19 10 901,879 816,039 11 Cranwood Park 4,707 35 4,492 25 5 270,550 250,167 8 Cumberland Fair 5,500 10 4,800 10 15 193,523 188,975 -2 tDade Park 6,400 40 5,923 26 8 226,045 190,625 19 Delaware Park 15,0J7 32 13,583 33 11 1,186,79a 973,167 22 tDel Mar 10,702 19 10,433 41 3 797,456 760,059 -5 Detroit Race Course 11,514 57 11,660, 56 1 755,175 701,788 8 Empire City at Jamaica 21,848 6 20,168 6 8 1,835,635 1,708,969 7 Fair Grounds 1952-53 ..... 7,471 82 6,810 81 10 372,716 294,786 26 Fairmount Park 6,998 33 6,505 32 8 283,972 247,023 45 tFairmount Park 2d meet 7,467 7 7,330 27 2 268,178 272,133 1 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 Gulfstream Park 14,326 42 13,774 41 4 1,140,623 1,055,911 ,8 tHazel Park 14,373 9 12,061 56 19. 851,420 717,286 19 Hialecih Park 19,677 40 19.292 40 2 1,552,115 1,515,926 2 Hollywood Park 29,151 50 27,162 50- 7 2,120,065 1,890,500 12 Jamaica 28,495 30 29,223 24 2 2,444,556 2,457,773 1 Keeneland 8,341 11 7,900 11 6 403,595 365,804 10 Lincoln Downs 13,758 29 12,633 30" 9 915,405 789,234 16 Lincoln Fields . e 13,444 30 14,362 30 6 980,607 948,698 3 tLongacres 4,244 32 4,245 54 .. 192,748 191,296 1 tMonmouth Park 19,643 49 17,761 49 11 1,694,252 1,452,272 -17 Narragansett Park 14,274 24 14,106 24 1 AB4A,S20 790,403 7 Oaklawn Park 7,799 31 7,739 30 1 435,451 434,667 Omaha 8,660 35 8,133 35 6 390,605 368,066 6 Phoenix-Fairgrounds 52-5i 3,356 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 Pimlico 13,025 21 12,748 15 2 1,010,209 953,202 -6 tPortland Meadows 4,805 25, 4,196 39 15 128,719 115,301 12 tRandall Park 7,093 25 7,081 44 .. 445,619 460,491 3 River Downs "... 7,144 44 5,537 44 29 288,289 r 254,542 13 tRockingham Park 12,073 18 11,245 24 7 842,445 , 785,468 7 Santa Anita Park 1952-53 30,815 50 26,549 50 16 2,167,011 1,837,385 18 Saratoga at Jamaica 21,051 12 21,151 12 .. 1.786,269 1,792,762 tSaratoga 14,995 12 15,374 24 2 907,430 1,000,579 9 tScarborough Downs 3,958 32 2,574 56 54 143,140 122,020 17 Sportsmans Park . 11,426 24 12,912 12 12 832,228 768,009 8 Suffolk Downs 13,984 60 13,640 60 3 908,483 901,329 1 Sunshine Park 3,082 51 3,511 49 12 168,507 159,794 5 Tanforan 10,855 45 8,833 42 23 754,933 642,237 18 Tropical Park 1952-53 10,284 42 9,705 41 6 803,933 725,720 11 United Hunts 14,885 2 17,806. 2 16 1,483,556 1,686,015 12 tWashington Park 16,530 12 16,936 31 3 1.165,714 1,194,46T- 2 Waterford Park 4,712 40 5,563 40 15 243,591 264,621 8 Wheeling : 3,846 26 200,807 , .. tWheeling Downs 2d meet 4,380 25 4,281 55 3 223,233 230,122 - 3 1953 attendance estimated. tCurrent meeting. NOTE Average daily attendance and mutuel handle for J952 Is for the entire meeting. NOTE First meeting at Bowie in 1952 held at Laurel Race Course. JBowie-Laurel joint meeting at Bowie, ilncludes Horse Show meetta.
