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I TREND OF RACING I JANUARY 1 JO JUNE 19, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press. r— — Daily Average Attendance /-Daily Average Mutuel Handle-Meeting. 1954. Days. 1953. Days. Change. , 1954. 1953. .Change. tAqueduct 21,173 6 21,476 19 — 1% ,855,405 ,819,590 2% ♦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 15,315 19 15,017 32 + 2% 1,167,788 1,186,798 — 2% tDetroit Race Course 11,292 26 11,514 57 — 2% 666,370 755,175 —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 : ... 7,051 34 6,399 33 +10% 258,278 283,972 — 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 30,984 25 29,151 50 + 6% 2,052,756 2,120,065 — 3% 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% §Lau.rel 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 9,490 27 13,444 30 —29% 654,517 980,607 —33% tMonmouth Park 14,594 7 19,891 50 —27% 1,151,103 1,717,962 —33% Oaklawn Park 8,329 31 7,799 31 + 7% 464,726 435,451 + 7% tOmaha 8,980 24 8,660 35 + 4% 412,671 390,605 + 6% •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 4,698 28 3,992 50 +18% 116,743 119,493 — 2% tRiver Downs 5,912 14 7,144 44 —17% 252,974 288,289 —12% tRockingham Park 7,908 18 12,065 24 —34% 622,723 862,258 —28% 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 3,282 52 3,082 51 + 6% 171,633 168,507 + 2% tThistleDown 5,840 17 6,802 44 —14% 342,546 461,144 —26% Tropica Park 1953-54 9,223 43 10,284 42 —10% 736.372 803,933 — 8% tWaterford Park 5,104 22 4,712 40 + 8% 242,648 243,591 Wheeling Downs 3,767 25 3,846 26 — 2% 194,506 200,807 — 3% tWoodbine 8,493 25 8,181 35 + 4% 364,385 336,509 + 8% •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. ••Figures shown are through June 12.
