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Show Horse racing lias become popular in Peking, China. Nashville has just opened its first, municipal golf course. Australia obtains a revenue of $1,-000,000 $1,-000,000 a year by tax on race-track betting. Master Willie, an English horse, holds the world's record for six furlongs fur-longs at 1 :07 1-5. It is up to the ethnologists and the physical directors to explain why the Finns are world beaters. m Paavo Nurmi, the greatest Individual Individu-al hero of the Olympics, plans to journey jour-ney to America around Christmas. The municipal gulf course In Jacksonville, Jack-sonville, Fla., cost $22fi.0O0, and is earning 10 per cent on the investment. The Olympic chess players got away to a good start and probably will have an exciting finish along about election day. Jim Rice, nssistant crew coach of the University of Pennsylvania, will return to ihe Red and Blue institution for another year. As to most of those you know in the sporting world, keep our mouth shut about them. In y.m want to get pinched for using had language? Possibly Georges Cnrpentier is getting get-ting more praise than lie deserves for being a good loser. Most anyhodj I ought to be good after as much ex perlenee as Georges has had. |