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« - -, i» . ... . ...... _ .... TREND OF RACING | JANUARY 1 TO MAY 28, 1955, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press For the current-meetings, the Trend of Racing below shows the comparative-period last year instead of for the entire meeting in 1955 as heretofore. CURRENT MEETINGS Daily Average Attendance Daily Average Mutuel Handle Meeting. 1955 Days. 1954. Days. Change. 1955. 1954. Change. Balmoral 11,454 12 11,101 12 + 3% $ 867,899 $ 725,769 +20% Belmont Park 23,283 30 22,673 30 + 3% 2,027,819 2,005,133 + 1% Detroit Race Course ., 10,768 8 11,775 8 9% 667,972 641,195 4-10% Fairmount Park 5,878 20 7,340 20 —20% 206,458 261,613 —21% Hollywood Park ..7.. 28,189 12 32,998 12 —15% 1,908,927 2,053,587 — 7% Omaha 8,926 8 8,629 8 + 3% 396,946 380,866 -f 4% BPortland Meadows 4,084 13 4,750 13 —14% 119,520 112,211 + 7% Suffolk Downs 13,539 35 13,673 35 — 1% 860,131 866,230 — 1% Woodbine 11,058 6 9,766 6 +13% 376,627 359,956 + 5% COMPLETED MEETINGS .Ascot Park 6,098 44 4,250 39 . +43% 307,620 238,022 +29% 7Beulah Park 5,533 20 5,871 19 — 6% 249,617 262,710 — 5% 2Bowie 12,583 33 11,223 33 +12% 1,017,495 958,911 + 6% Charles Town" • 4,368 34 6,058 25 -28% 318,833 382,449 —17% Churchill Downs 15,881 19 16,447 19 — 3% 892,975 912,052 — 2% Dufferin Park 7,241 19 7,332 18 — 1% 335,829 319,264 + 5% Fair Grounds 1954-55 8,554 83 8,516 83 — 427,249 424,403 + 1% 5Fort Miami v... 2,131 41 2,275 42 — 6% 131,001 136,347 — 4% Garden State Park .... 23,394 25 22,659 25 + 3% 2,046,937 2,023,413 + 1% iGolden Gate Fields 10,578 50 8,749 42 +21% 760,890 631,648 +20% Gulfstream Park .-. 14,161 43 14,362 43 — 1% 1,130,686 1,124,930 + 1% Hialeah Park 20,347 40 20,665 40 - 2% 1,710,331 1,676,927 + 2% Jamaica ... 27,868 20 29,768 21 - 6% 2,334,497 2,442,446 - 4% 4Keene!and 8,464 11 8,932 11 - 5% - 397,008 425.904 - 7% Laurel Race Course 11,650 18 14:800 19 -21% . 991,026 1,197,160 —17% 3Lincoln Downs 12,544 35 13,417 30" -7% "835,410 923,176 —12% Oaklawn Park 8,356 31 8,329 31 — ■ 455,433 464,726 — 2% 7Pimlico Race Course 12,251 18 12,271 18 — 936,325 928,767 + 1%-Santa Anita Park 1954-55 ... 25,289 50 27,166 50 - 7% 1,889,475 1,937,991 " —3% Sportsmans Park ,. 12,481 18 11,456 21 + 9% 851,779 782,971 + 9% Sunshine Park 3,446 52 3,282 52 + 5% 176,944 171,633 + 3% Tropical Park 1954-55 9,437 43 9,223 43 + 2% 780,785 736,372 + 6% Wheeling Downs 3,868 " 32 3,767 25 + 3%-. 193,196 194,506 — 1% 1 Figures for 1954 cover fall meeting. * 2 Figures for 1954 are for combined meetings of 21 -day spring meeting and 12-day fall meeting. " ; 3 Originally scheduled for 37-day meeting. Two days racing cancelled because of inclement weather ■4 1955 attendance estimated. 5 Figures for 1954 are for combined meetings of 25-day spring meeting and 17-day fall meeting. ! 6 Figures for 1954 are for Lincoln Fields meeting. 7 Figures for 1955 include last day of meeting, May 30. ■ s Figures for 1955 do not include May 27 and May 28. -
