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BUENOS AIRES TURF SCOPE SCOPEThe The Buenos Aires Jockey Club thanks to the profits of the mutuels gave 1590000 in stakes at Palermo last year This is nearly half as much as the combined dis itribution on the flat in England and Ireland i in 1921 and in those countries owners provide a large share of the stakes in forfeits and sweepstakes Sir William Nelson the Eng ¬ lish turfman recently sent a small string of fillies from England to the Argentine to be raced In the latter country fillies are eligi ¬ ble for practically all events but some years ago foreignbred colts were barred from ail but classic races and the embargo has not yet been removed removedThe The Nelson fillies will after racing for a few years be bred to the great sires now on duty in Argentina
