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Botafogo (horse)
Botafogo was an Argentinian Thoroughbred racehorse who won the Argentinian Quadruple Crown and was the Argentinian Horse of the Year. He is considered one of the greatest Argentinian racehorses and was known as the "Man o' War of South America" and the "People's Horse". He is considered a national pride, and received widespread coverage in general and international media, including ''The New York Times''. Background Botafogo was a chestnut stallion with a white star and white hind pasterns, bred in Argentina at Haras El Moro by Adolfo and Rufino Luro. He was well-built. Botafogo's dam, Korea, was imported into the United States as a foal in 1902 and was unsuccessful on the track. In 1910, she was exported to Argentina from Kentucky by Mrs. T. J. Carson, part of the trend of American breeders shipping their bloodstock to foreign countries after passage of the Hart–Agnew Law. Korea was sent to be covered by a well-known English stallion in Argentina, but the stallion refuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Man (horse)
Old Man may refer to: Basic meanings * An old age, elderly man * A father (especially as the phrase "my old man" to mean "my father") * A husband * Commanding officer of a military unit * Captain of a merchant ship or a warship * Any male amateur radio operator * The old man (Christianity) People * La Chapelle-aux-Saints 1 ("The Old Man"), an almost-complete male Neanderthal skeleton discovered in La Chapelle-aux-Saints, France * Leon Trotsky (1879–1940), Bolshevik revolutionary nicknamed the "Old Man" by both supporters and adversaries * Richard Benjamin Harrison (1941–2018), American businessman and reality television personality of the series ''Pawn Stars'', nicknamed "The Old Man" * Joseph Paruta (1929–1986), member of the Gambino crime family nicknamed "Old Man" * Yitzhak Sadeh (1890–1952), Israeli military commander nicknamed "The Old Man" Literature *The Old Man (Gorky play), ''The Old Man'' (Gorky play) (Старик), a 1915 play by Maxim Gorky * The Old Man (Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daily Racing Form
The ''Daily Racing Form'' (DRF) (referred to as the ''Racing Form'' or "Form" and sometimes "telegraph" or "telly") is a tabloid newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of racehorses as a statistical service for bettors covering horse racing in North America. The first edition of the DRF was published in Chicago in November 1894 and publishes up to 35 regional editions every day but Christmas. In cooperation with the National Thoroughbred Racing Association and the National Turf Writers and Broadcasters Association, the ''Daily Racing Form'' selects the winners of the annual Eclipse Awards. In 1922, the ''DRF'' publishing company was sold to Moses Annenberg's Triangle Publications, which would eventually be owned by Walter Annenberg. In 2007, the Wicks Group sold ''DRF'' to Arlington Capital Partners for nearly $200 million. Arlington sold the ''DRFs parent company, Sports Information Group (SIG), to Z C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Nación
''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina. Its motto is: "''La Nación'' will be a tribune of doctrine." It is the second most read newspaper in print, behind ''Clarín'', and the third in digital format, behind ''Infobae'' and ''Clarín''. In addition, it has an application for Android and iOS phones. The newspaper's printing plant is in the City of Buenos Aires and its newsroom is in Vicente López, Province of Buenos Aires. The newsroom also acts as a studio for the newspaper's TV channel, LN+. Overview The paper was founded on 4 January 1870 (replacing the former publication ''Nación Argentina''), by former Argentine President Bartolomé Mitre and associates. Until 1914, the managing editor was José Luis Murature, Foreign Minister of Argentina from 1914-1916. Enjoying Latin America's largest r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Gran Premio Carlos Pellegrini
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caras Y Caretas (Argentina)
''Caras y Caretas'' is a weekly magazine of Argentina published from 1898 to 1941 in its first period of existence. There was a previous version published in Uruguay between 1890 and 1897. ''Caras y Caretas'' was relaunched in 2005 under the direction of historian Felipe Pigna, having been published since then. History The ''Caras y Caretas'' was founded in Montevideo in 1890. Its main features were political satire, humour and topical issues, visually displayed through cartoons and photographs. Eustaquio Pellicer (associated with French artist Charles Schütz) was the director since its first number (dated 20 July 1890) until #144. At the invitation of Argentine journalist Bartolomé Mitre Vedia, Pellicer moved to Buenos Aires, establishing the Argentine edition of the magazine there. The first number (released 19 August 1898) had 24 pages. ''Caras y Caretas'' was very popular during its first years of existence, with Mitre y Vedia as director, Pellicer as writer and Spanish ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mouchette (horse)
''Mouchette'' () is a 1967 French film directed by Robert Bresson, starring Nadine Nortier and Jean-Claude Guilbert. It is based on the novel of the same name by Georges Bernanos. Bresson explained his choice of the novel saying, "I found neither psychology or analysis in it. The substance of the book seemed usable. It could be sieved." It was entered into the 1967 Cannes Film Festival, winning the OCIC Award (International Catholic Organization for Cinema and Audiovisual). A coming-of-age story, ''Mouchette'' is set in a rural French village and follows the daughter of a bullying alcoholic father and ailing mother. Unfolding in the director's famously sparse and minimalist style, Bresson said that its titular character "offers evidence of misery and cruelty. She is found everywhere: wars, concentration camps, tortures, assassinations." ''Mouchette'' is among Bresson's more acclaimed films. The Criterion Collection DVD release includes a trailer for the film made by Jean-Luc Goda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 GP Carlos Pellegrini
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti-prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
