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C. K. G. BILLINGS LARGE ESTATE NEW YORK, N. Y., Oct. 8. C. K. G. Billings, capitalist and sportsman; who died on May 6, 1937, in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he resided, left an estate of 3,705,070, gross, and 3,046,801, net, it was shown in an estate tax appraisal filed by the state tax department yesterday. Mr. Billings was a resident of Chicago in his younger days, who after becoming interested in flat races purchased the Curls Neck farm in Virginia and raced on a pretentious scale.