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RACING IN "BA"

BRILLIANT SPECTACLE SEEN BY

THE PRINCE

SEPTEMBER 1778, 192,

THE PRINCE'S CHARM.

A TRIUMPH OF PERSONALITY.

BRILLIANT SCENES IN THE ARGENTINE..

public has not been seen within, living

memory.

(BY LIONARD, MATTERS.]

Every Sunday the Argentine Jockey- With every hour he spends in the Ar. Club' holds, a race meeting at the gentine the Prince of Wales's popularity Hipodrumo Nacional, which lies behind attains still more extraordinary propor beautiful Palermo Park in Buenos tions, said Mr. G. Ward Price in a Air..

| cable to the. Daily Mail sent on August Tike

mos Latins, the Argentines 20th.. Such a personal success with the regard Sunday as a day for sport and.. recrcation, and even the English re sidents of Buenos Aires play cricket and foothall on that, day, on "the prin ciple that in Rome one does as the Romans de-provided it is enjoyable.

Sunday Face meetings in Buenos Aires are attended by scores of thousands of people, and from noon pawaris the broad Avenida Alvear presents a scene which wa in England only see on Derbying by in a closed car. And these quite Day or for the opening at Ascot Fleets of taxicabs of all makes and shapes, in all stages of moderupeas and decrepitude, bustle aid jostle, while past them dash the limousines of the distinguidas (young men of good

family) and the noisy racing cars of the young and sprited sportsmen who lov to graze the noses of the borsen of the traffic policemen, J-

When he arrived back in Buenos Aires fast evening, after spending the day in La Plata, a dense mob not only packed the Southern Railway station, but also thronged all the surrounding streets.

People wait in thousands on the remote chaner of catching a glimpse of him driv

expected demonstrations of friendly interest are purely Argentine. Unlike the heir to the Italian throne, who had

half a million countrymen waiting to welcome him, the Prince of Wales has only 30,000 compatriots in Buenos Aires.

SECRET OF HIS SUCCESS.

It is the Prince's pleasant, easy-going manners that have won the heart of this vigorous young nation. His reputation AS a sportsman, particularly in their especial institutios, horsemanship, cap tures their imagination, and the Prince himself more than fulfils the high ex- pectations they had formed of him.

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Close in against the kerbstones, and out of the way of the roaring, rushing moter traffic, creep the horse-drawn coaches.

The more luxurions of race gners or the more leisurely prefer the one horse carriage. In Buenos Aires, as nowhere else in the world, this relic of a bygone vehicular age preserves un air of aristocratic distinction even nmong the smartest of saloon cars...

A MAGNIFICENT COURSE. As one familiar with the Turf in many lands, the Prince will doubtless agree that the Buenos Aires racecourse is one of the best appointed in thehna been gained by his personality alone. world. The stands, buildings, and gen- eral arrangements cannot be excelled anywhere not even at Flemington, which Australians regard as the last thing in race tracks. The Buenos Aire course is quite artificial and was con- structed an waste land, some of which had to be reclaimed from the muddy foreshore of the River Plate It has been fashioned into a thing of beauty by the hand of the landscape artist and the scenic gardener.

The spectacle of these great, surging, cheering crowds is the more amazing when one remembers. that they are people of another race and language, separated from England by 7,000 miles of sen, and that the Prince's hold on their enthusiasm

The track itself in of hard-packed sand which is harrowed, damped, and rolled. No turf would stand soch regular and persistent racing as that which goes on at Palermo. There are approximately seventy meetings a year, and each day's racing comprises eight events. On this sand-track. Last times are made.

AN HONORARY SENATUR. There was an unexpected little care- at La Pinta (which the Prince moy visited yesterday) formally connecting him with. Argentine political life.

He was made honorary Deputy and Senator of the State Legislature, and was presented with the gold identity medals which Argentine legislators carry, and a morocco-bound copy of the Con- stitution.

From La Plata the Prince returned to Buenos Aires in the Southern Railway's palatial traia, with full-size fire-places, sybaritie saloans, and marble-lined bath-

rooms

One very noticeable faul; in Buon the evening a dinner and reception- Aires racing is the amallarss of the of great distinction was given by Sir. fields. Usually five or six horses com Beilby Alatod, the British Minister, in pete. A field of fifters would be very the new Legation, recently bought at a large, and in the great "classics, for cost of nearly £50,000. which prizes up to £10,000 are given, it is common for the Eeld to be re atricted to only five NOBOOKIES," QUEER JOCKEYS. Bookmakers are not allowed. All betting is done through the totalisator, and "win" and "place", dividends. are declared on a unit of two presox, of up- proximately three and sixpence. While the wagering is wilt and the cxcitement intense it is doubtful whether such Jarge sums are staked by individuals as

are risked at big meetings in England. The daily "turnover is, however, prob- ably greater.

What is largely peculiar to Argentine ricing is the method of riding. Though the nest of British bloodstock has been used to develop the breed of racehorses and the general system of conducting meetings is that of England, the old Argentine style of riding has been re- tained...

The Maharajah of Kapurthala," in gleaming 'coat of gold sparkling with din- monds, was "a conspicuous figure among the guests. He arrived from Europe only. yesterday, with a large suite, to make a general tour of South America, and te told me be intends to write his impres sions" for the Indian newspapers.

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ARGENTINE ELEGANCE.

One brilliant function succeeds another

till far into the night, and ench streng- thens the conviction that, lor elegance, tate, luxury, and artistic excellence, Buenos Aires by far surpasses all but two or three of the oldest European capitals.

Such a predominance among its women of youth, beauty, and perfection in dress I have never seen anywhere during years. of experience of the social events of Paris, the Riviera, and Rome.

Seldom, even in his experience, han the Prince found himself gazed on by so many wonderful dark eyes under "long eyelashes, or had such a choice of perfect dancing partners, perfectly gowned.

Curb-bits are used, and a plaited single rein is held lightly in the left The jockey crouches over his hand. mount, bus scarcely uses his bridle hand except to exert the slightest pressure on the curb to hold or check the horse. He does not get down" and ride with both hands as do English and Australian Spectroscope frocks," with colours Jockeys When Domingo Torterolo, the merging gradually from one brilliant Donoghue of Argentine horsemen, camechade into another, are much worn, here, to England some years ago was and another attractive fashion is open diamal Failure, probably because he panels in the kick. revealing their could not accustom himself to a differ

wearer's gleaming skin beneath. ent system of riding, and a crack Bog- Hish jockey would never mundage an Argentine thoroughbred trained to the "criollo," or native style

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