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SOUTH AMERICA HAS A SPEED MARVEL MARVELBotafogo Botafogo Sired by a Native Thoroughbred Covers a Milo in 137 at Buenos Aires The fastest runner ever seen in South America has made his appearance at liiienos Aires in the Argentine Republic where he set the record for a mile at 137 and was unbeaten at last accounts according to reports from that country In all his races he has shown such superiority that only two other threeyearolds could be found to start against him in the race in which he lowered the record Reports of the race state that lie set the pace and won as his rider pleased pleasedISotafogo ISotafogo as the colt is called is bv the wonder ¬ ful native horse Old Man that outranked the Eng ¬ lish Derby winner Diamond Jubilee as a sire of winners a year or two ago and his dam is the chest ¬ nut mare Korea exported from Kentucky to South America in 11110 by Mrs T 1 Carson Korea was bred in England but came to the United States by the side tit her dam Ulla imported by II P Head lev in 1102 She raced with indifferent success as a twoyearold and as a threeyearold at Worth St Louis and other tracks in the west Her sire Kaeburn was a son of St Simon while Ulla was bv Hnrcaldine the grandsire of Omar Khayyam KhayyamHotafogos Hotafogos fast performance has been beaten by more than a second in a race in this country where the record is I1 made by Amalfi on the firm hard trotting track at Syracuse in 1014 Stromboli Short Grass Sam Jackson and other horses have covered miles faster than 1S7 but that the tracks on which they ran were faster than those in the South is probable probableIn In England where they run on the turf Caiman is credited with a record of 133 made with 12S pounds up at Lingfield on July 13 1100 The Aus ¬ tralian record is l37Ti made by Montcnlin with 120 pounds up at Knndwick New South Wales on April 14 1909 and by Portrnsli 102 pounds at the same track October 3 1914
