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B0TAF0G0. WINS ARGENTINE MATCH Tlie last issue to hand of :the Buenos . Aires paper E1 Jockey" contains particulars of ii .match between the famous Argentine-bred horse l.otarogo F. Arcuri and Grey Fox I. TorterolO The match was over one milo and seven-eighths for about .,.00 a side, at even weights, for the benefit of a charitable institution, to be chosen by the owner of the winner. Amid ihuch cheering Bota-fogo, which is a great favorite; in the Argentine ami has won many of the chief races, strolled home an easy winner by seventy metros seventy -seven -vards. Botafogo is by the famous stallion Old Shin- by Orbit, and among the races won y Botaftrio as a three-year-old In 191. were the Derby, the Premio Nacionul wortli 33,o0 to the winner, the Prix Carlos Pellegrini .s20,..;i and the Gran Premo de Honor a, gold cup and !lt,o.. He belongs to Senor D. Alvear. The time occupied by Botafogo in covering the inlle and seven-eighths was timed as 3:07 fast and as good proportionately as that of Golden Measure over a mile and ..three-quarters at York, or that or Pradella over, two miles at Ascot, .olden Measures average time per eighth was :12 5-7 seconds, and that of Pradella and Botafogo if shado less than 12 1-2 seconds. Loudon Sportsman.
