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BBIIIIIIIMIHfflllM JANUARY 1 TO MAY 2, 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 penor1 last year. CURRENT MEETINGS Daily Average Attendance. Daily Average Mutuel Handle Meeting. 1959. Days. 1958. Days. Change. 1959. 1958. Change. Ascot Park 5,724 26 5,974 26—4% $ 356.937 $ 352,666 + 1% Churchill Downs 26,314 7 26.200 7 — 1,339.378 1,350,954 —1% Fort Erie 5,691 25 6.151 24 —7% 313.214 327,787 —4% Jamaica 23,554 34 26.699 32 —12% 2.357.760 2.341.055 + 1% Maumee Downs 3,752 28 4.085 28 —8% 186,232 181,539 +3% ©Sportsmans Park 10,620 13 11.569 13 — 8% 792,262 826,476 — 4% Suffolk Downs 13,147 12 14.366 12 —8% 864,117 952,631 —9% 7Tanforan , 9,594 48 9.137 48 +5% 655.329 651,019 + 1% Wheeling Downs 4,034 7 3,688 7 +9% 159,031 195,025 —2% COMPLETED MEETINGS Arizona Downs 4,497 32 3,449 37 +30% 172,415 143,317 +20% SBowie Race Course 11,543 44 10,939 34 +6% 1,028,796 919,450 +12% l-3Charles Town 1958-59 4,432 42 - — 302,975 — Fair Grounds 1958-59 8,760 87 9,022 83 -3% 441,078 464,504 -5% Gulfstream Park 13,943 43 14.328 43 —3% 1,231,784 1,250,476 —1% Hialeah Park 18,927 40 19,013 40 — 1,710,176 1,718,378 — sjefferson Downs 4,768 45 — — — 148,729 — — Keeneland 7,731 11 7,828 11 —1% 444,716 431,050 +3% Laurel 11,480 28 12.526 29 —8% 1.050,549 1,053,320 — 2Lincoln Downs 10,047 36 10.326 58 — 3% 753,231 754,121 — Oaklawn Park 10,276 31 8,745 31 +18% 584,531 493,836 +18% Santa Anita Park 1958-59 28,391 55 27,729 55 +2% 2,199,944 2,106,852 + 4% Sunshine Park 3,416 52 3,317 52 +3% 191,623 178,991 +7% Tropical Park 1958-59 9,069 43 9,231 43 - 2% 833,914 821,310 + 2% 1 No comparative meeting 1957-1958. 2 Racing called off three 3 days due to snow. These figures do not include attendance of 15,000, or mutuel handle of 04,320, for March 14, 1959, due to racing being called off after second race. 3 Meeting originally scheduled for 44 days. Program scheduled for Saturday, January 10, canceled after running of third race. Entire programs scheduled for Friday, January 16, and Saturday, January 17, canceled due to frozen track conditons and hazardous road conditions caused by snowstorm. Figures based upon total handle including thoroughbred and quarter horse racing. 5 No comparative meeting— 1958. * Racing canceled four 4 days, March 18 through March 21, due to torrential rains which flooded track area. ? 1959 spring meeting compared to 1958 fall meeting. * 1958 meeting originally scheduled for 40 days— six days canceled. 9 One day has been added to 1958 figures so as to give a better comparison. 0 Nine-race programs in 1959. Eight-race programs in 1958. 11 Includes six 6 days charity meeting.
