Trend of Racing, Daily Racing Form, 1957-06-06

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1 SIP iilffll JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 1, 1957, INCLUSIVE Statistics here are based on daily reports by the racing associations to the press. For current meeting, the trend is compared with the same period last year. CURRENT MEETINGS Daily Average Attendance Daily Average Mutuel Handle Meeting 1957 Days 1356 Days Change 1957 1956 Change Balmoral 11,470 18 12,688 18 10 $ 913,550 $ 956,544 4 5Cahokia Downs 5,220 25 5,327 25 - 2 220,631 221,327 Hazel Park 14,494 8 11,831 8 23 790,975 639,136 24 Hollywood Park 32,609 18 30,955 18 5 2,227,649 2,088,153 7 Omaha 10,287 10 10,245 10 461,762 445,779 4 7Portland Meadows : 2,665 13 4,070 13 -35 99,006 127,351 -22 River Downs 5,252 8 7,439 8 -29 276,101 408,952 -32 Suffolk Downs 15,346 11 12,370 11- 24 912,109 781,973 17 ThistleDown .. 8,468 5 7,676 5 10 511,649 430,345 19 Waterford Park .. 4,410 31 4,624 , 31 5 236,258 244,667 3 COMPLETED MEETINGS i Ascot Park 5,148 41 5,181 44 1 333,153 323,050 3 Bay Meadows 12,303 55 10,126 42 21 780,139 710,660 10 Beulah Park .T. 4,599 19 4,331 44 6 241,998 259,602 - 7 Bowie Race Course 11.994 41 12,609 33 - 5 1,003,542 980,367 2 Charles Town 3.632 25 4,767 34 -24 245,346 346,279 -29 Churchill Downs 14.493 19 16.153 19 -10 869,323 938,637 7 Fair Grounds 1956-1957 9,315 83 9.172 83 2 470,551 456,553 3 Fort Erie 5,931 20 4,865 19 22 337,963 260,940 30 2Fort Miami 1,920 42 2,228 37 . -14 131,355 144,096 9 Garden State Park 22,951 25 23,226 25 - 1 2,009,104 2,050,805 - 2 Gulfstream Park 15,057 43 15,322 43 - 2 1,267,004 1,329,353 - 5 Hamilton, Ohio 3,309 19 3,809 19 13 " 169,386 157,325 8 Hialeah Park 19,959 40 20,825 40 - 4 1,769,751 1,793,592 - 1 8 Jamaica : 25,375 50 24,904 50 2 2,295,909 2,233,656 3 Keeneland 7,566 11 8,387 11 -10- 430,842 435,171 - 1 Laurel Race Course ...r 12,120 29 11,510 17 .5 1,050,806 928,890 13 3-5Lincoln Downs 11,587 60 11,526 49 1 829,850 791,468 5 3incoln Downs 11,587 60 11,526 49 1 829,850 791,468 5 Oaklawn Park ................. 8.768 31 8,304 31 6 490,995 465,675 5 50ld Woodbine 9,681 20 8,534 30 13 441,717 408,819 -f 8 Pimlico Race Course 12,027 12 10,841 23 11 920,115 817,207 413 Santa Anita Park M956-1957 26,884 55 26,157 55 3 2,004.223 1,968,021 2 Santa Anita Park 1956-1957. 26,884 55 26,157 55 3 2,004,223 1,968,021 4 2 Sportsman;s Park 11,527 19 11,550 18 861,812 , 824,113 5 Sunshine Park 3,882 52 3.056 52 27 202,446 180,174 12 . Tropical Park 1955-1957 .... 9,712 43 10,149 43 - 4 872,589 880,997 - 1 1 Racing canceled four days due to bad weather. 2 Racing canceled two days due "to bad. weather. 3 Racing canceled one day due to bad weather. 4 Estimated attendance. 5 Racing canceled after running of second race on May 21. Bad weather. Racing canceled after running of first race on May 13th. No racing May 14-17 because of bad track conditions. 7 Does not include racing for June 1. 8 For comparative purposes, 1956 figures include 36-day Jamaica meeting, April 2 to June 12, plus first 14-day Belmont meeting, May 14 to May 29.


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