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mml — r~1 — I I Jt I I I I I I I Fl I I .Jr I I 1 I I H. I I I I I I I I # LrfH JANUARY 1 TO JUNE 22, 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 MEETDfGS , ~ Daily "Average Attendance Daily Average Mutuel Handle Meeting. 1957. Days. 1956. Days, Change 1957. . 1956. Change. Arlington Park 13,127 6 12,891 6 + 2% ,053,014 ,083,457 — 3% Belmont Park 23,764 22 22,488 22 + 6% 2,248,344 2,135,243 + 5% 5-iocahokia Downs .~ 5,143 37 5,450 37 - 6% 222,110 229,278 - 3% Delaware Park 13,508 22. 13,697 22 — 1% 1,045,870 1,077,871 — 3% Hazel Park 12,217 26 12,595 22 - 3% 715,773 700,155 + 2% Hollywood Park 30,661 33 30,076 33 + 2% 2,241,685 2,107,051 + 6% Monmouth-Park * 14,873 11 14,283 11 + 4% 1255,614 1,217,888 + 3% Omaha v........ 10,203 25 9,402 25 + 9% 488,680 447,822 + 9% Portland Meadows -. 2,613 32 3,895 32 —33% 100,150 127,425 —21% River Downs .- 4,971 26 5,605 26 -11% 293,684 329,799 —11% Suffolk Downs 14,147 . 28 14,256- 28 — 1% 887,944 852,838 + 4% ThistleDown .. 6,776 23 6,505 23 + 4% 463,019 399,673 +16% Waterford Park 4,283 49 4,945 40 —13% 237,273 257,622 — 8% Woodbine ..... 8,185 18 8,088 18 + 1%, 443,063 391,250 +13% COMPLETED MEETINGS " . i Ascot Park 5,148 41 5,181 44 - 1% 333,153 323,050 "+3% SAudubon Park 2,779 19 84,088 Balmoral .. 11,192 30 11,706 30 - 4% 922,294 957,154 - 4% Bay Meadows ...-s...... ...... 12,303 55 10/126 42 +21% 780,139 710,660 +10% Beulah Park 4,599 19 4,331 44 + 6% 241,993 259,602 - 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 16.158 19 —10% 869,323 938,637 — 7% Fair Grounds 1956-19570...... 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%N 169,386 157,325 + 8% Hialeah Park ._. 19,959 40 20,825 40 - 4%x 1.769,751 1,793,592 - 1% 8 Jamaica 25,376 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 12,120 29 11,510 17 + 5% 1,050,806 928,890 +13% 3|_incoln 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% «0|d Woodbine 9,681 20 8,534 30 +13% • 441,717 408,819 + 8% Pimlico Race Course 12,027 12 10,841 23 +11% 920,115 817207 +13% Santa Anita Park 1956-1957. 26,884 55 26,157 55 + 3% 2,004,223 1 968 021 + 2% Sportsmans Park 11,527 19 .11,550 18 — 861,812 - 824*113 + 5% • Sunshine Park 3,882 52 3,056 52 +27% 202,446 18o!l74 +12% Tropica! Park 1956-1957 .... 9,712 43 10,149 43 - 4% 872,539 8HW97 - 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. 6 Racing canceled after running of first race on toy 13th. Mo racing May 14-17 because of bad track conditions. 7 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. » No comparison figures for 1956, inaugural meeting. For comparative purposes, 1956 figures are Belmont Park, May 30-June 22. -10 Racing called off June 15 and 17 due to floods. N
