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TREND OF RACING JANUARY 1 TO APRIL 28 1956 INCLUSIVE INCLUSIVEStatistics Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press pressFor For current meetings the Trend of Racing shows the comparative period last year instead of for the entire meeting of 1955 as heretofore CURRENT MEETINGS MEETINGSDaily Daily Average Attendance Daily Average Mutuel Handle HandleMeeting Meeting 1956 Days 1955 Days Change 1956 1955 Change ChangeAscot Ascot Park 5662 20 6520 20 13 336278 300718 12 123Fort 3Fort Erie 4992 13 254924 254924Fort Fort Miami 2491 19 2134 19 + 17 153370 134377 + 14 4 Jamaica 25401 24 26318 24 3 2268443 2219736 + 2 2Laurel Laurel Race Course 12062 10 11543 10 44 1000552 1010779 1 1 Lincoln Downs 11643 37 12544 35 7 782230 835410 6 6Sportsmans Sportsmans Park 11829 6 13474 6 12 824521 872436 5 Tanforan 10542 43 9269 42 + 14 691229 Wheeling Downs 3727 7 4066 7 B BCOMPLETED 189176 COMPLETED MEETINGS 2 Bowie Race Course 12609 33 12583 33 980367 1017495 4 Charles Town 4767 34 4368 34 + 9 345279 318833 + 9 Fair Grounds 19551956 19551956Gulfstream 9172 83 8554 83 + 7 456553 427249 4 7 Gulfstream Park 15322 43 14161 43 + 8 1329353 1130686 + 18 Hialeah Park 20825 40 20347 40 + 2 1793592 1710331 + 5 Keeneland 8387 11 8454 11 + 1 1Oaklawn 435171 397008 + 10 10JJ65675 Oaklawn Park 8304 31 8356 31 + 1 1Sanla JJ65675 455433 + 2 Sanla Anila Park 19551956 26157 55 25289 53 + 3 3Sunshine 1958021 1889475 + 4 Sunshine Park 3056 52 3446 52 11 11Tropical 180174 176944 + 2 Tropical Park 19551956 10149 43 9437 43 + 8 880997 780785 + 13 i Track closed eleven days due to bad wealher 2 Track closed one day due lo blizzard blizzardv v 3 No comparison figures for 1955 because meetings were staged at diffirent periods 1955 statistics for Jamaica and Belmont combined for ccmparitive purposes
