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difficulty while the returns are being sent in ; as also, 

 when a mare has been mated with two horses, the 

 last service dates by each horse should be included. 



Other Argentine notables whom I have met in con- 

 nection with the Jockey Club are Senors Federico de 

 Alvear, Adolfo G. Luro, Dr Benito Villenueva, Ignacio 

 Unanue, Martinez le Hoz, and many others ; but it 

 would be futile in the limits of this volume to dilate 

 on my many happy visits to the Haras San Jacinto, 

 about eighty miles from Buenos Aires, or to the Haras 

 Las Ortigas, not more than twenty miles away, where 

 Diamond Jubilee has for long held court with much 

 success, and where The Panther is now surpassing all 

 expectations. 



My very first visit to a stud near Buenos Aires was 

 to the Haras Nacional, not far from Palermo, but there 

 was nothing very striking about that. 



What is striking on all such occasions is the hospitality 

 you meet with and the evidently genuine pleasure of 

 people to see you. It is often complained that visitors 

 to England are not so well received, and this is in a 

 measure true, but it is not realised that England is 

 the Hub of the Universe for racing, and those who 

 congregate in this small island to see the Derby cannot 

 hope to be so well catered for as those who spread 

 from here to the circumference in various parts of the 

 world, where there is no such congestion. 



Palermo stands have been rebuilt since I was first 

 there and are now the last thing in luxury. You can 

 breakfast there admirably, and, having secured a com- 

 fortable seat, you can speculate on the various races 

 without any trouble. There are liveried men to whom 

 you can beckon and send them to purchase tickets on 



