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v BIG CROWDS SEE RACING IN GERMANY A dispatch from Amsterdam says that twenty thousand persons fought their way into the train.-to and from the J rune wa Id race course outside Berlin at the great races May 9. The newspaiiers contain long accounts of the scramble for places in the trains and for admission to the race track. Many of those who succeeded in forcing their way throiig:i the crowds found their clothing torn and tiieir bodies bruised. The newspapers sharply criticize the railway authorities and the management of the Jockey Club, declaring that as long as the government permits racing it should see that adequate facilities are provided.
