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Pimlico Play Down 1A Pet. PIMLICO, Baltimore, Md., May 24. — Wagering for the first 14 days of the meeting totaled 3,322,227 for a daily average of 51,587, a decrease of 7 per cent over the same period a year ago. However, bad weather has hurt the current meeting, and a year ago there was unusually heavy wagering in the Preakness on Native Dancer. Attendance has totaled 179,653 for a daily mark of 12,832, which is just slightly under the 13,025 average of a year ago.
