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insomuch that it was only by a hairbreadth that we 

 escaped a similar and probably worse accident, but 

 Providence watched over us. Never did I see or 

 imagine such driving, and it is really wonderful that the 

 death rate in " B.A."is not largely increased by it. Our 

 troubles did not, however, prevent us from dining well 

 at the Jockey Club, with Mr " Barbaro " Hill and friends, 

 and subsequently interviewing Mr Rufino Luro, who, 

 with his brothers, wants a good stallion. It was a day 

 that did not tend to compose the nerves. 



Whether the experiences of the earlier day shook the 

 nerves or not, we put in two more strenuous days, which 

 are described in the following article published in The 

 Sportsman of nth March 1922, and there was a good 

 deal more done, even on the morning of the sixth day 

 the Andes sailed at 4 P.M. 



That will give some idea of what can be done in a 

 six days' stay at Buenos Aires, if only you know the 

 ropes. I always see what I want to see and whom I 

 want to see during that period, thanks to the everlasting 

 Mr Getting, who complains that I kill him during the 

 week, though he is much more likely to kill me, albeit 

 he is some eight years my senior. 



Apart from business and blood-stock fancies, the 

 voyage from Southampton to " B.A." and back is the 

 most delightful one a played-out Englishman can do in 

 winter, and I recommend it to all. 



SAN JACINTO AND LAS ORTIGAS 

 TRACERY AND THE PANTHER 



R.M.S.P. Andes. 



SENOR UNZUE most obligingly made the night journey 

 from Mar del Plata to " B.A.," to go down with us in 



