Buenos Aires. The Hippodrome --The Jockey Clubs Grandstand at the Race Track
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Among the fifty or more social or more social organizations in Buenos Aires, the Jockey Club is the Argentine circle par excellence. Its wealth, derived from an initiation fee of $4000 and annual dues of $1500 for each member, and a "rake-off" of ten percent of the amounts wagered at its race-track, together with gate receipts, accumulate so rapidly that it is a source of genuine embarrassment to the governing board.
A short time ago the club voted to devote its surplus to the purchase of a dozen blocks in the heart of the city, the idea being to transform the tract into a beautiful boulevard. It would have cost nearly $14,000,000 in our money. The project was abandoned, not because of the cost, but on the ground of impracticability. During the racing season, held under the auspices of the Club at Palermo Park, the Porteno is seen at his best. Paris gowns and picture hats are displayed in profusion in the grandstand, lawns and luxurious victorias and automobiles that line the course, and with the correct dress and animation of the men, the prodigality everywhere in evidence, the scene takes on an aspect truly Parisian."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 012 011
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Buenos Aires. The Hippodrome --The Jockey Clubs Grandstand at the Race Track
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Among the fifty or more social or more social organizations in Buenos Aires, the Jockey Club is the Argentine circle par excellence. Its wealth, derived from an initiation fee of $4000 and annual dues of $1500 for each member, and a "rake-off" of ten percent of the amounts wagered at its race-track, together with gate receipts, accumulate so rapidly that it is a source of genuine embarrassment to the governing board.
A short time ago the club voted to devote its surplus to the purchase of a dozen blocks in the heart of the city, the idea being to transform the tract into a beautiful boulevard. It would have cost nearly $14,000,000 in our money. The project was abandoned, not because of the cost, but on the ground of impracticability. During the racing season, held under the auspices of the Club at Palermo Park, the Porteno is seen at his best. Paris gowns and picture hats are displayed in profusion in the grandstand, lawns and luxurious victorias and automobiles that line the course, and with the correct dress and animation of the men, the prodigality everywhere in evidence, the scene takes on an aspect truly Parisian."
Original Collection: Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides
Item Number: P217:set 012 011
You can find this image by searching for the item number by clicking here.
Want more? You can find more digital resources online.
We're happy for you to share this digital image within the spirit of The Commons; however, certain restrictions on high quality reproductions of the original physical version may apply. To read more about what “no known restrictions” means, please visit the Special Collections & Archives website, or contact staff at the OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center for details.