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[ TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO MAY 22, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press. i Daily Average Attendance /-Daily Average Mutuel Handle-» Meeting. 1954. Days. 1953. Days. Change. 1954. 1953. Change. ♦Arizona Downs 2,189 27 3,000 23 —27% $ 101,172 $ 127,563 —21% tAscot Park 4,234 32 4,241 44 .. 232,179 240,819 — 4% Bay Meadows 12,780 45 8,667 40 +47% 803,110 649,002 +24% tBelmont Park 22,732 24 24,485 37 — 7% 1,984,858 2,082,680 — 5% tBeulah Park 5,788 12 5,228 -19 +11% 243,566 240,852 +.1% t§Bowie .. 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% ♦Churchill Downs 16,447 19 16,632 13 — 1% 912,052 901,879 + 1% Dufferin Park 7,332 18 6,816 19 + 8% 319,264 292,801 + 9% Fair Grounds 1953-54 8,516 83 7,471 82 +14% 424,403 372,716 +14% tFairmount Park 7,122 13 6,399 33 +11% 253,225 283,972 —11% Fort Miami 2,448 25 3,221 25 —24% 140,228 161,883 —13% tGarden State Park 22,020 18 21,751* 25 + 1% 1,961,970 1,959,434 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% tHolIywood Park 31,982 S 29,151 50 +10% 1,983,679 2,120,065 — 6% 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% tPimlico 12,832 14 13,025 21 — 1% 951,588 -1,010,209 — 6% tPortland Meadows 5,081 10 3,992 50 +27% 120,448 119,493 + 1% Santa Anita Park 1953-54 27,166 50 30,776 50 -12% 1,937,991 2,167,011 -11% Sportsmans Park 11,342 21 11,426 24 - 1% 782,971 832,228 — 6% tSuffolk Downs 14,270 30 13,984 60 + 2% 887,849 908,488 — 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% Wheeling Downs 3,767 25 3,846 26 - 2% 194,506 200,807 — 3% •1954 attendance estimated. tCurrent meeting. NOTE— Figures for meetings now in progress are compared with totals for COMPLETE meetings in 1951 NOTE— Fair Grounds meet for 1954 included one day charity meet for benefit of Red Cross. §1953 fiaures are for Bowie-Laurel Race Course combined spring meeting.
