Re: [CR]Re: Keirin Track Racing

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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2004 11:51:49 -0800
From: "Jim Allen" <jimallen@nctimes.net>
To: BobHoveyGa@aol.com
Subject: Re: [CR]Re: Keirin Track Racing
References: <55.4e5808c7.2d2c3b7b@aol.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

One of the stories I've heard (dating back to the late '40s) that postwar Japan didn't have the resources to support horse racing as a betting sport. Humans are a lot cheaper!

Jim Allen

BobHoveyGa@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 1/5/04 9:39:40 PM, Brian writes:
>
> << WOW! Sounds like a heck of a good time. Let's dig the joint up and move it
> to San Diego! I wonder how something like this developed in Japan and not
> here in the US? I suspect the Americans may lack the dicipline to make something
> like this work here. >>
>
> I've heard Japan's pretty crowded... Maybe they just feel that human racers
> take up a lot less space (and eat a lot less) than quarter horses (to say
> nothing of the size of the track...).

>

> Bob Hovey

> Columbus, GA