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Page 38 .JUAREZ - ITEM 15 believed they are a branch of the Toltecs* Now they are about 30,000 people, especially scattered in the mountain areas. Famed by their foot races, they have partic- ipated successfully in several Olympic Games and Pan-American and Central American games* VIII. ) The Charros came originally from the Spanish province of Segovia and Salamanca and took in their or- iginal dressing much of the Spaniard used in those provinces in the years 1580 and 1600 and the typical Mexican Indian of the Spanish domination and created the bright and shiny dress with the big sombrero which we know. The most colorful Charro until recent years in Mexico was the Marques de Guadalupe don Carlos Rincon Gallardo, which possessed about three million pesos worth of Charro dressing. IX. ) About the schools which will be represented in the Plaza. There will be about 5*??0?? children