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27,977 tickets taken, as against the winner's 13,548, the 

 second's 5122, and the third's 8313. Even Zigzag was 

 not so heavily backed as Sr Unzue's Dorancia, the 

 figures being 25,093 and 30,226 respectively. This 

 notwithstanding the fact that Torterolo was by no 

 means confident of winning with any one of Sr Unzue's 

 three. 



PREPARATIONS FOR RETURN 



The Monday was perforce spent in business arrange- 

 ments, such as visiting the bank (River Plate), where 

 the manager, Mr Scott, is one of the very best, arranging 

 details of return passage at the Royal Mail office, and 

 meeting friends, old and new, at the Jockey Club, which 

 has now been improved beyond the possibility of further 

 improvement, and its catering, under the management 

 of Edouard G. Cipollina, cannot be surpassed. On 

 Tuesday came visits to various training stables at 

 Palermo studs, as they call them and the first one 

 was where Aquino trains for Sr Victorica Roca. This 

 is one of the most important stables in the country, and 

 it is here, on a big, somewhat raised lawn, that the 

 famous Ojo de Agua yearlings are sold. Horses were 

 only just coming in from their afternoon work, but 

 Aquino was good enough to let us see them. They 

 included the very sensational two-year-old filly Energie, 

 by Your Majesty out of Energica. She cost 57,000 

 dollars at the Ojo de Agua sale, and looks as though 

 she may be worth it, though she is backward as yet. A 

 fine two-year-old by Your Majesty is Big Baby, out of 

 La Nenita (dam of Pulgarin, a first-rate Cyllene winner). 

 Another really good two-year-old is Bui Bui, also by 

 Your Majesty, and he cost 36,000 dollars. The good- 



