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TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO MAY 8, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press. z Daily Average Attendance Daily Average Mutuel Handle-, Meeting. 1954. Days. 1953. Days. Change. 1954. 1953. Change tArizona Downs 2,177 26 3,000 23 27 $ 99,928 $ 127,563 22 tAscot Park , 4,335 22 4,241 44 2 224,362 240,819 7 Bay Meadows 12,780 45 8,667 40 47 803,110 649002 24 tBelmont Park 22,667 12 24,485 37 7 1,954,666 2,082,680 6 tBowie 11,339 17 11,882 31 5 938,109 984,059 5 Charles Town 6,058 25 5,682 24 7 382,449 367,792 4 tChurchill Downs 19,962 13 16,632 19 20 1,023,920 901,879 14 tDufferin Park 8,257 1 6,816 19 21 323,258 292,801 10 Fair Grounds 1953-54 ......... 8,516 83 7,471 82 14 424,403 372,716 14 tFort Miami 2,555 19 3,221 25 21 141,325 161,883 13 tGarden State Park 23,273 6 21,751 25 7 1,927,088 1,959,434 2 Gulfstream Park 14,362 43 14,326 42 .. 1,124,930 1,140,623 1 Hialeah Park 20,665 40 19,677 40 5 1,676,927 1,552,115 8 Jamaica 29,768 21 28,495 30 4 2,442,446 2,444,556 Keeneland : 8,932 11 8,341 11 7 425,904 403,596 6 Laurel Race Course 14,800 19 11,882 31 25 1,197,160 984,059 22 Lincoln Downs 13,417 30 13,798 29 3 923,176 915,405 1 Oaklawn Park 8,329 31 7,799 31 7 464,726 435,451 7 Phoenix-Fairgrounds 1953-54.... 4,227 30 3,366 29 26 129,134 112,136 15 Phoenix-Sportsmans Park ....... 3,596 25 3,352 23 7 128,202 117,881 9 Santa Anita Park 1953-54 27,166 50 30,776 50 12 1,937,991 . 2,167,011 11 tSportsmans Park 10,919 12 11,426 24 4 746,338 832,228 10 tSuffolk Downs 14,770 17 13,984 60. 6 889,460 908,488 2 Sunshine Park 3,282 52 3,082 51 6 171,633 168,507 2 Tropical Park 1953-54 9,223 43 10,284 42 -10 736,372 803.933 8 tWheeling Downs 3,739 13 3,846 26 3 180,979 200,807 10 1954 attendance estimated. tCurrent meeting. NOTE Figures for meetings now in progress are compared with totals for COMPLETE meetings in 1953. NOTE Fair Grounds meet for 1954 included one day charity meet for benefit of Red Cross. 1953 figures are for Bowie-Laurel Race Course combined spring meeting.
