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Gallup Poll Reveals Ladies Enjoy Racing More Than Men MenHorse Horse racing ranks high with the ladies according to a recent poll on favorite spec ¬ tator sports conducted by Dr George Gal ¬ lup director of the American Institute of Public Opinion Two per cent more women than men listed racing as the sport they enjoyed watching most mostThis This bears out a trend recently by Bryan Field vicepresident and generafmanager of Delaware Park and quite a while before the ebullient Mr Fields time the poet Ovid observed that the best place to see a pretty woman was at the races racesIn In analyzing the results of the poll on sports preference Dr Gallup pointed out that age has a great deal to do with the kind of athletic events Americans like to watch The older one gets apparently he said the more he wants to go out to the ball park or watch the ponies run runPerhaps Perhaps one reason for racings being a favorite sport among women is that the ladies can be as authoritative as spectators as the men no specialized knowledge gleaned from former participation being needed And from the participation angle as well the ladies can potentially enjoy as much success as men as owners and breed ¬ ers of horses
