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| TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 4, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the preis For the current meetings, the Trend of Racing below shows the comparative period last year instead of for the entire meetinq in 1955 as heretofore. CURRENT MEETINGS Daily Average Attendance Meeting. 1955 Days. 1954. Days. Change. Balmoral 12,724 18 10,113 18 +26% Belmont Park 23,864 36 23,443 36 + 2% Delaware Park ., ...15,952 7 16,791 7 — 5% Detroit Race Course 11,720 14 12,191 14 — 4% Fairmount Park 6,232 25 7,148 25 —12% Hollywood Park 29,629 17 31,807 17 — 7% Omaha 9,363 14 9,130 14 Portland Meadows 4,205 20 4,787 20 —12% River Downs 5,545 8 5,960 8 — 7% ThistleDown 7,522 9 5,038 .9 %49% Waterford Park 5,709 . 4 5,056 4 +13% Woodbine" Park 9,613 12 8,869 12 + 8% COMPLETED MEETINGS Ascot Park 6,098 44 4,250 39 +43% Beulah P.-k 5,533 20 5,871 19 — 6% 2Bcwie 12,583 33 11,223 33. +12% Charles Town 4.368 34 6,058 25 -28% Churchill Downs -15,881 19 16,447 19 - 3% Dufferin Park 7,241 19 7,332 18 — 1% - Fair Grounds 1954-55 8,554 83 816 83 - SFort Miami 2,131 41 2,275 42 — 6% Garden State Park 23,394 25 22,659 25 + 3% iGolden Gate Fields 10,578 50 8,749 42 +21% Gulfstream Park 14,161 43 14,362 43 - 1% Hialeah Park 20,347 40 20,665 40 - 2% Jamaica 27,868 20 29,768 21 - 6% •iKeeneland 8,464 11 8,932 11 - 5% Laurel Race Course 11,650 18 14,800 19 -21% 3Lincoln Downs 12;544 35 13,417 30 - 7% Oaklawn Park 8,356 31 8,329 31 - Pimlico 12,251* 18 12,271 18 Santa Anita Park 1954-55 25,289 50 27,166 50 - 7% Sportsmans Park 12,481 18 11,456 21- + 9% Suffolk Downs 14,529 *-41 14,315 37 + 1% Sunshine Park 3,446 52 3,282 52 + 5% Tropical Park 1954-55 9,437 43 £223 43 + 2% Wheelina Downs 3,868 32 3,767 25 +.3%- Daily Average Mutuel Handle 1955. 1954. Change. $ 952,217 $ 677,424 +41% 2.075.966 2,059,445 + 1% 1,096,157 1,185,145 — 8% 710,303 677,240 + 5% 222,450 259,019 —14% 2.005.967 2,042,348 — 2% 417,066 403,345 + 3% 130,785 117,636 +11% 293,617 252,571 +16% 426,034 296,259 +44% 260,888 222,737 +17% 373,394 356,003 + 5% 307,620 238,022 +29% 249,617 262,710 — 5% 1,017,495 958,911 + 6% 318,833 382,449 —17% 892,975 912,052 — 2% 335,829 319,264 + 5% 427,249 424,403 + 1% 131,001 136,347 - 4% 2,046,937 2,023,413 + 1% 760,890 631,648 +20% 1.130,686 1,124,930. + 1% 1,710,331 1,676,927 + 2% 2,334,497 2,442,446 - 4% • 397,008 425,904 — 7% 991,026 1,197,160 —17% 835,410 923,176 -12% 455,433 464/726 — 2% 936,325 928,767 + 1% 1,889,475 1,937,991 - 3% 851,779 782,971 + 9% 891,907 891,941 176,944 171,633 + 3%-.. 780,785 736,372 + 6%1 193,196 194,506 — 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. Figures for 1954 are for Lincoln Fields meeting.
