El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-20

stations and 5000 Srood mares in serv-
ice, with an output - 1900 pedigreed
colts per annUm-
kept Principally for Racing
These high priced thorOU6hbreds are
kept principally for racing and breed
ing purposes, but they are catered all
over the country and they have greatly
improved the native horses As to
races, there is no place in the world
where the sport is more popular.
There are about $50 race meetings per
annum in Buenos Aires, and last year
more than 5000 horses ran, and the
number of actual races were more than
a thousand. The amount of money bet
was $35,OO0,000 in gold. showing an IN
crease over any OF the years preceding.
Three hundIe ed and fifty Thousand
dollars are often handled at a single
meeting, and no race is run for less
than $1,000, while some of the races
bring as high as from $4,000 to $4,000.
In one year the chief winning stable
came out ahead in q races, taking
purses to the amount of $780, 600 Dur
ing that same year the total value of
the stakes distributed was more than
$l,000,000.
Races Are Great Events.
wish / could take you out to the Hippo
urome near Palermo Park and show you the
races. They are held on Sundays and Thurs
days. and also on all Of the holidays Every
one goes and in the grandstand you may see
the president and his cabinet. the chief Off
GERS OF the army and navy, and all the
world and his wife besides.
The race track is a wonder. It IS two
miles in length and has an inner track for
training purposes The main track is of
sand and earth The grand stand will seat
many thousands I WAS told there were
about 10000 there the last day I attended
and these people paid all the way from 81
to 81 entrance fees
The races are under the Jockey club.
which owns the track and manages it. 1t
gets 10 percent Of the receipts, and this
amounts to several million dollars a year
A large part Of this sum is given to charity,
but enough is left to make the Jockey club
world.
Betting On Pari-MutueI Plan.
The betting at the Palermo races IS on
the pari-mutuel order, the tickets costing
about one dollar in gold. They can be
bought in lots Of from one to 100 or more
and there is straight betting and place bet
horses were entered and there were rivers Of
men and women going to and from the win
doWs Of the betting establishments. Build
lngs covering half acre are devoted to
Government Encourages Races.
II Is nov a third Of a century since the
with the idea OF improving the horses Of the
Argentine and at the same time of prOmOt-
ing good fellowship. The government be-
came Interested in it and the club received
some OF its property the condition that
it could be held only as long as it was
used for races, and that If the races were
stopped it should be returned Today there
is no probability that that property will
ever go back to the government.
The grandstand at Palermo cost $500, 900
and the special accommodations there for
the members of the club S15O.OO0. The
stand for the jockeys and trainers cost $75.-
700 and the ticket office where the betting
is done Sl25,0O0. Altogether. the race track
and its surroundings have cost more than
$1,000, 900.
Clubhouse Fine Structure.
Inc Jockey clubhouse in Buenos Aires is
one OF the finest buildings Of the city. The