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TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 25, 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 fo 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 . 21,524 12 20,459 12 5 ,850,360 ,796,255 3 Arlington Park 14,608 6 15,809 6 8 1,117,244 1,061,983 -f 5 Delaware Park 14,294 25 14,768 25 ." 3 1,130,633 1,134,900 Detroit Race Course -. . 10,791 32 11,051 32 2 681,483 662,718 3 Fairmount Park 6,092 41 6,936 41 12 220,549 256,319 14 Hollywood Park 27,990 32 30,031 32 7 , 1,983,007 2,024,296 2 Monmouth Park .....V. 15,517 13 14,453 13 7 1 1,243,246 1,178,019 6 Narragansett Park 10,508 18 14,558 18 28 707,301 845,617 16 Omaha 9,723 29 8,864 29 10 455,135 415,847 9 Portland Meadows , 4,018 35 4,616 35 13 126,375 114,182 11 River Downs 5,353 26 5,963 26 10 305,641 256,514 19 ThistleDown 6,963 27 6,000 27 16 419,721 358,500 17 Waterford Park 5,254 22 5,104 22 3 257,595 242,648 6 Woodbine Park .- 8,756 30 8,084 30 8 377,779 355,294 6 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 t 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 1 4Churchill Downs 15,881 19 16,447 19 3 892,975 912,052 2 4Cumberland Fair 5,210 10 6,250 10 17 166,778 171,023 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 11 11 5 7 8,464 8,932 - 397,008 425,904 - Laurel Race Course 11,650 J 8 14,800 19 -21 991,026 1,197,160 -17 3Lincoln Downs . , 12,544 35 13,417 30 - 7 83510 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 5 176,944 171,633 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. Figures for 1954 are for Lincoln Fields meeting.
