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LARGE CROWDS SEE ARGENTINE RACING New York November 23 Tex Kickard is going to spend next winter in this city after a sojourn in the Argentine Itcimblic He winessed some enjoyable racing there and mentions a horse whose name he could not for the moment recall nhkli carries steeplechase weights in flat races and wins all by himself He is just a freak horse says Mr Kickard and makes all his own running and never seems to have any trouble at all to win with 140 pounds on his back backI I have seen some wonderful horse racing in Buenos Ayres this year continued Kickard They have many splendid thoroughbreds in the Argentine and they also hang up stakes of enormous value Sunday is the big day at the track A crowd of tiOOOO persons on the Sabbath is a regular tiling with 30000 on each of the other days The pari inutiiel betting system prevails and the crowds wager huge sums of money on each race The sport is conducted under the supervision of the govern ¬ ment and is perfectly managed managedThe The various race courses an magnificently ap iminted broad stretches wide turns and a surface that produces fust time English and American stallions are at the head of the leading breeding es ¬ tablishments Among them is Diamond Jubilee a Derby winner which now is twentyfive years old Kverv encouragement is given to racing and breed ¬ ing and millions of dollars are invested Buenos Ayres is one of the richest cities in the world and tlie whole country is governed by liberal laws
