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TREND OF RACING j january 1 to june 18, 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 1954 as heretofore. CURRENT MEETINGS Daily Average Attendance Daily Average Mutuel Handle Meeting. 1955 Days. 1954. Days. Change. 1955. 1954. Change. Aqueduct 22,089 6 21,173 6 4 ,891,222 ,855,405 2 Cumberland Fair 5,575 4 5,375 4 4 163,793 160,225 2 Delaware Park 14,589 19 15,315 19 5 1,145,173 1,167,788 2 Detroit Race Course 10,905 26 11,292 26 3 678,786 666,370 2 Fairmount Park... 6,090 36 6,989 36 13 222,692 257,165 13 Hollywood Park 28,553 27 30,431 27 6 1,922,423 2,026,676 2 Monmouth Park 15,890 7 14,594 7 9 1,245,554 1,151,103 8 Narragansett Park 10,329 12 14,914 12 31 699,944 838,569 18 Omaha 9,494 24 8,980 24 6 441,491 412,671 7 Portland Meadows 4,095 30 4,664 30 12 128,456 114,856 12 River Downs 5,342 20 5,914 20 10 301,539 254,100 19 ThistleDown : 6,919 21 5,785 21 20 413,860 342,812 21 Waterford Park 5,224 16 5,263 16 - 1 253,685 245,158 3 Woodbine Park 9,060 24 8,253 24 10 380,993 355,285 7 COMPLETED MEETINGS Ascot Park 6,098 44 4,250 39 43 307,620 238,022 29 Balmoral 12,056 30 9,286 30 30 927,642 643,691 44 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 ZBowie 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 4Churchill 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 4Keeneland 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 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 14,529 41 14,315 37 1 891,907 891,941 Sunshine Park 3,446 " 52 3,282 52 5 and 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.
