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the arena many prominent figures of the Old West gather to watch the

revival of activities in which they themselves once participated.

Tennis courts are found everywhere; the larger towns often provide municipal grounds, some of which are flood-lighted for night playing. Twenty-one free public courts in Portland are maintained by the city Bureau of Parks, In or adjacent to Portland are twenty-four golf links and "out-state" are sixty additional courses, most of them located in Western Oregon. Fees are moderate, ranging from 3OC for nine holes to $2 a day.

The state has the usual round of interscholastic and inter-collegiate sports, as well as professional and semi-professional events. The Coliseum of Portland, ice-skating rink, is the home arena of the Buckaroos, members of the Pacific Northwest Hockey League. In summer the Multnomah Civic Stadium is nightly filled with an average of 7,500 dog-racing fans; about 400 greyhounds are brought to Portland for these events from kennels all over the United States. Racing and parimutual betting are legal in Oregon, and from these the state annually collects $60,000 in taxes. Horse races are features of the State Fair at Salem and of various county fairs.