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Show SOCIAL CROWD PRESENT AT OPENING RACES TOKIO, Oct. 30. The horse raring season sea-son in Japan oponcd today with the card at. tho track of tho Nippon Racing club. For the first time all forma of betting wero prohibited In accordance with a recent re-cent ruling by tho minorities. The attendance at-tendance nt tho races was small, and the gathering was pure y a social one the racing being merely Incidental. The chief of police and fifty detectives were on tho grounds during tho day, but thcro was no attempt at violation of the law- , Among those In nttendnnco were Thomas Thom-as J. O'Brien, tho American embassador, and manv other prominent personages. Japanese "as well as forclgnts. |