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RACING AT THE CHILEAN CAPITAL. Arthur Riihl. who contributes his observations of Chileans in Santiago, their capital, to Scribners Magazine for February, dwells at some length upon their sports and with regard to racing there, sas: "Tlie Chileans ate horsemen, too. and great In e.leis .if horses even the Peruvians import their b .t slink from liieir rivals and in the Pasco at lima, tliey are Chilean coach horses which drag the victorias round and round the statue of the hero of the war in which Chile defeated Peru. Bull lighting having licen abolish. «1 in Chile the races, in I way. take its place, and all the t..wn flocks to the bib llippico on Sunday afternoon, it js a pi.it pla..-. with the snow cup|M-d Cordilleras In i lh. iiKian. . and tlie paddock and club enclosure wib iis refreshment tables and t recs —larger than i lh.- lii:b- gingerbread stand and track at Lima, more petite and winsome than the big Jockey Club i ol Bueuob AyreS. _ .« . _
