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TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 12, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press. , 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 Belmont Park .... 24,136 42 24,485 37 1 2,063,218 2,082,680 1 Beulah Park 5,871 19 5,228 19 12 262,710 240,852 9 Bowie 10,863 21 11,882 31 9 907.775 984,059 8 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 .. 15,995 13 15,017 32 7 1,212,404 1,186,798 2 tDetroit Race Course 11,584 20 11,514 57 1 664,895 755,175 12 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 7,099 29 6,399 33 11 259,132 283,972 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 .. 1,124,930 1,140,623 1 Hialeah Park 20,665 40 19,677 40 5 1,676,927 1,552,115 8 tHollywood Park 31,831 20 29,151 50 9 2,070,777 2,120,065 2 Jamaica 29,768 21 28,495 30 4 2,442,446 2,444,555 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 tLincoln Fields 9,956 21 13,444 30 28 673,841 980,607 26 Oaklawn Park 8,329 31 7,799 31 7 464,726 435,451 7 tOmaha 9,052 19 8,660 35 5 409.513 390.605 5 Phoenix-Fairgrounds M953-54.... 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 4,698 28 " 3,992 50 18 116,743 119,493 2 tRiver Downs 5,960 8 7,144 44 17 252,571 288,289 12 tRockirigham Park 7,755 12 12,065 24 36 607,428 862,258 30 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 2 891,941 908,483 2 Sunshine Park 3,282 52 3,082 51 6 171,633 168,507 2 tThistleDown 5,563 11 6,802 44 18 323,558 461,144 30 Tropical Park M953-54 ........ 9.223 43 10.284 42 10 736.372 803.933 - 8 tWaterford Park 5,263 16 4,712 40 12 245,158 243,591 1 Wheeling Downs 3,767 25 3,846 26 2 194,506 200,807 3 "tWoodbine 8,862 19 8,181 35 8 368,882 336,509 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. Attendance figures for June 12 estimated.
