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Tomconroy

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5. I've tried to look it up.

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Sat Jul 24, 2021, 11:57 PM

Jul 2021

I think the issue gets confused with in person attendance as opposed to tv audience. For what it's worth I found this source which claims, if you read far enough, that horse racing in person attendance was greater than baseball into the 1970s

https://www.encyclopedia.com/sports-and-everyday-life/sports/sports/horse-racing

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Dedicated to twogunsid! [View all] Tomconroy Jul 2021 OP

Thank you. I love this game and I hope... twogunsid Jul 2021 #1

Horse racing was the most popular sport Tomconroy Jul 2021 #2

Baseball was still the most popular sport in the '60s, with pro football... brush Jul 2021 #3

I could be wrong but there were a lot of Tomconroy Jul 2021 #4

I've tried to look it up. Tomconroy Jul 2021 #5