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jPMMinBIWff D BBHIIint BTOI mnr mn mnr nm ana nm mm mnr mm mm am fflffHni;BIHfflg j MM iiiii JJ Z Z m m fL,!, J Jl aJJjflniXli liiimliifJi jiJilk 1 i 1 JANUARY 1 TO MAY 9, 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. 1959. Days. 1958. Days. Change. 1955. 1958. Change. Ascot Park 5,582 32 5,847 32 5 355,201 349,534 2 Churchill Downs 18,938 13 18,346 13 3 984,917 991,169 1 Garden State Park 23,449 7 21,546 7 9 1,976,306 1,826,958 8 Maumee Downs 3.617 34 4,085 28 11 181,440 181,539 Old Woodbine . 10,891 6 10,392 6 -f 5 493,718 493,828 Pimlico . . 9,535 6 10,428 6 9 741,755 782,090 5 1 Shenandoah Downs 4,971 8 205,959 iSportsmans Park 10,346 19 11,580 19 11 787,077 854,722 8 Suffolk Downs 12,922 18 14,628 18 12 876,733 938,923 7 7Tanforan 9,609 55 9,137 48 J5 662,447 651,019 2 Wheeling Downs 3,774 13 3,398 13 11 155,936 180,626 14 COMPLETED MEETINGS 4Ariona 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 Fai Grounds 1958-59 8,760 87 9,022 83 3 441,078 464,504 5 Fort Erie 5,691 25 6,151 24 7 313,214 327,787 4 Gulfstream Park 13,943 43 14,328 43 3 1,231,784 1,250,476 1 Hialeah Park r 18,927 40 19,013 40 1,710,176 1,718,378 Jamaica 23,993 40 26,179 38 8 2,359,326 2,299,337 3 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 Lincoln 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 conditions and hazardous road conditions caused by snowstorm. 4 Figures based upon total handle including thoroughbred and quarter horse racing 5 No comparative meeting 1958. RaCi"9 Ca"Celed fUr 4 dayS March 18 throu9h March 21, due to torrential rains which flooded track area 7 1959 spring meeting compared to 1958 fall meeting. 8 1958 meeting originally scheduled for 40 days six days canceled. One day has been added to 1958 1 figures so as to give a better comparison 10 Nine-race programs in 1959. Eight-race programs in 1958. " Includes six 6 days charity meeting.
