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Wager ,755,856 First Week Of Sportsmans Harness Meet SPORTSMANS PARK, Cicero, 111., June 28. The biggest week in history of Chicago area harness racing was climaxed Saturday night with a 44,014 mutuel handle at Sportsmans Park. A total of ,755,856 was wagered in the first six nights of the Cicero meeting. I j A total of: 434112 Jans.i attended the first weeks racing compared to 37,987 in 1953. Last season Sportsmans Park had a record average of 48,666 for the 42-night meeting. The average after Saturday night was 92,643. Racing director Jerry Baier attributes 1 most of the rise to the larger purses which have drawn the best group of trotters and pacers ever seen in Chicago. More than 1,000 harness stars are stabled on the Cicero grounds compared to an average of, 700 in 1 pastseaspnsi . , . I
