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...Mexico's National Railway offered thoroughbred owners "a sharp reduction" in shipping rates from the border to Mexico City. Reason: on the outskirts of the capital, on land owned by the Mexican Government, workmen are putting the finishing touches on a magnificent new horse park, the Hipódromo de las Américas. When it opens March 6 it will bring back to Mexico a sport that vanished with the Revolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Good Neighbor's Racetrack | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

...year renewable concession on 180 acres of Government property 15 minutes from the heart of Mexico City. In return, Pagliai's Jockey Club de la Ciudad de Mexico, operators of the track, promised the Mexican Army ten thoroughbreds every year there is racing at the Hipódromo de las Américas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Good Neighbor's Racetrack | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

Better for Bettors. The Hipódromo has already cost Pagliai and his associates 7,000,000 pesos (approximately $1,400,000 ). Designed by Manhattan Architect John Sloan, it will out-glamor California's fabulous Santa Anita Park, generally considered the world's most ornamental race track. Snuggling at the foot of the snow-capped Sierra Madre Mountains, Sloan's dream track will have a three-tiered grandstand, four-tiered clubhouse with betting windows and cocktail bars on each level and a super-gaudy ballroom with a black marble floor, silver walls and shell-pink ceiling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Good Neighbor's Racetrack | 2/15/1943 | See Source »

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