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TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 5, INCLUSIVE - Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press. J , 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 Ascot Park 4,250 39 4,241 44 .. 238,022 240,818 1 Bay Meadows 12,780 45 8,667 40 47 803,110 649,002 24 tBelmont Park 23,443 36 24,485 37 4 2,059,446 2,082,680 1 Beulah Park 5,871 19 5,228 19 12 262,710 240,852 9 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 Churchill Downs 16,447 19 16,632 13 1 912,052 901,879 1 tDelaware Park 16,791 - 7 15,017 32 12 1,185,145 1,186,798 fDetroit Race Course 12,191 14 11,514 57 6 677,240 755,175 10 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 7,165 24 6,399 33 12 259,192 283,972 9 Fort Miami 2,448 25 3,221 25 24 140,228 161,883 13 Garden State Park 22,659 25 21,751 25 4 2,023,413 1,959,434 3 Gulfstream Park 14,362 43 14,326 42 .. 1124,930 1,140,623 1 Hialeah Park 20,665 40 19,677 40 5 1,676,927 1,552,115 8 tHollywood Park 32,719 15 29,151 50 12 2,078,313 2,120,065 2 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 tLincoIn Fields 10,579 15 13,444 30 21 701,517 980,607 28 Oaklawn Park 8,329 31 7,799 31 7 464,726 435,451 7 fOmaha 9,130 14 8,660 35 5 403,345 390,605 3 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 Pimlico 12,271 18 13,025 21 6 928,767 1,010,209 8 tPortland Meadows 4,822 22 3,992 50 21 120,260 119,493 1 tRockingham Park 8,067 6 12,065 24 33 586,788 862,258 32 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 Suffolk Downs . 14,315 37 13,984 60 2 891,941 908,488 2 Sunshine Park 3582 52 3,082 51 6 171,633 168,507 2 I Tropical Park 1953-54 9,223 43 10,284 42 -10 736,372 803,933 - 8 ItWaterford Park 5,547 10 4,712 40 18 250,198 243,591 3 Wheeling Downs 3,767 25 3,846 26 2 194,506 200,807 3 tWoodbine Park 9,274 13 .8,181 35 13 373,001 336,509 11 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.
