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TREND OF RACING | JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 11, 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 far *.he entire meeting in 1954 as heretofore. , CURRENT MEETINGS Daily Average Attendance Daily Average Mutuel Handle Meeting. 1955 Days. 1954. Days. Change. 1955. 1954. Change. Balmoral 12,119 24 9,611 * 24 +26% $ 926,382 $ 657,037 +41% Delaware Park 14,760 13 15,995 13 — 8% 1,129,413 1,212,404 — 7% Detroit Race Course 11,173 20 11,584 20 — 4% 689,821 664,895 + 4% Fairmount Park 6,004 31 6,997 31 —14% 218,763 257,003 —15% Hollywood Park 29,207 22 31,038 22 ,— 6% 2,011,598 2,036,685 — 1% Narragansett Park 9,743 6 15,000 6 —35% 671,909 825,102 —19% Omaha 9,326 19 9,052 19 + 3% 426,725 409,513 + 4% Portland Meadows 4,136 25 4,701 25 —12% 129,590 116,265 +11% River Downs 5,271 14 5,912 14 —11% 293,813 252,974 +16% ThistleDown 7,074 15 5,483 15 +29% 413,774 322,915 +28% Waterford Park 5,306 10 5,547 10 — 4% 253,285 250,198 + 1% Woodbine Park 9,618 18 8,466 18 +14% 384,046 356,372 + 8% COMPLETED MEETINGS Ascot Park 6,098- 44 4,250 39 +43% 307,620 238,022 +29% Belmont Park 24,300 42 24,136 42 + 1% 2,063,392 2,063.218 — Beulah 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% SFort Miami 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% 1 Golden 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% 4| eeneland 8,464 11 8,932 11 — 5% 397,008 425,904 - 7% Laurel Race Course 18 19 11,650 14,800 -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% Pimlico ... 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% Suffolk Downs -t 14,529 41 14,315 37 + 1% 891,907 891,941 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.
