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HAVANA STAKE LIST MAY BE REVISED. Management of Cuban Meeting May Increase Overnight Purse Values and Reduce Stakes. Havaye, Cuba, November 2:.. Fx tensive plaus have ; been iriufipod out by the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Havana for the entertainment of visitors ! to Cuba this winter. A thorough canvas lias been i made bv the Cuban consuls in the Lnited States ? and from reports turned in the tourist colony in Cuba i this winter will number for more than in previous years An estimate of the number of tourists to "the "Pearl of the Antilles" this winter is placed I at 100,000. The policy of the government is to foster every enterprise that will attract tourists to the island with the idea of making Cuba the playground of North America. It is for this reason that President Menocal and his associates in ofiiee are lending every aid to the success of the race meeting to be given by the Cuba-American Jockev Club at its new course at larianao. beginning early in January. II. I. Brown .Ppent a week in Baltimore canvassing among the horomcn, seeking their views and asking for sug-cestions as to the racing, etc. With the idea of having sport of the highest class he offered twenty W stakes ranging Mn value from .,500 to 5,000. The horsemen generally suggested tit Mr. Brown that It would benefit them more if the Cuba American Jockey Club, instead or offering rich stakes, will give instead more valuable overnight purses. Thoy suggested that the club should make Its small-eft purse 00 in value, with au occasional ovcr- night handicap of at least 700 iu value. The management of the new tenture realizes that the ideas of the horsnien must be given consideration and it is possible that the purses will he raised from 00 to 00. If this is decided upon a big feature race will be run every Sunday and It is likely that at least some of the stakes will lie retained. yet announcement as to the staff of officials has not been made. Strong efforts are lieing mnde to induce James Howe t. accept the position of presiding judge. Mr. Kowo is not only popular with the horsemen, bill he has the confidence of the public. If he cannot he induced to go to Cuba other good men are available. Malcom N. .MacFarluu. former secretary of the Memphis Jockey Club and presiding judge and general manager at the AVorth track in Chicago. Christopher J. Fitzgerald, former starter and Martin Nathanson are spoken of. T. C. Mc : Dowell of Kentucky will be the presiding steward, and James Milton the starter. These gentlemen have already accepted proffers of the positions named. Aisitors to Cuba do not need to worry about oil stoves and charcoal burners. The tropical sun turns the chilly blasts that come down from the north Into balmy and welcome breezes. The climate is ideal; the city is scrupulously clean: there are no Hies and few mosquitoes and the water is as clear r as crystal. The water supply of the city is piped I from springs in the hills of Marianao, seventeen i miles from the eily. In Havana then- are probably oiie hundred hotels, some large and luxurious, others small but comfortable. The cost of living is reasonable, - and probably cheaper than at any other r winter racing point Iu the world. There is a great t future for Cuba and incidentally a great future for t racing down here.
