Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-06-25 | Page 28 | Argentines Mourn Death of Batafogo

ARGENTINES MOURN DEATH OF BATAFOGO - r.l'KNOS AIRKS, Juna U. Arum-tine Arum-tine lovera of honja flash ara mourn-Ins mourn-Ins tha death of Bntafoxo more, pcr-hsps, pcr-hsps, thun would American If Man o' War or Morvlch wsra to dia. torn Botan fogo reully waa on bt tho most re-markabla re-markabla thoroughbred In tho history of tha turf. Ha' won eighteen out of nineteen atarta by "many lengths" and then In a special match raca defeated hla only conqueror, Cray Kax, by leading, him at tha end of 1000 metera. Tha match race was he result of active public demand and many thoueanda were wagered wa-gered on the reault. ao Intent waa tha populace upon aeelng tta tavorlto restored. re-stored. Tho race waa ar thriller. ' Botafogo first took tha lead and then relinquished relin-quished It, tha two steeds exchanging placea with the turn of almost every furlong post. Cheers of tho crowd changed abruptly to maddening grooming groom-ing and back to cheering aa tho raoe prngresaed. On the homa stretch Botnfogo waa given hia head and leaping Into a hurricane hur-ricane aprint ha finished so far ahead of Uray Kos that some spectalora ran biwn tha two.