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EXPECTS A FINE MEETING IN CUBA. New York. November 2. — The meeting of the Cuba-American Jockey Club at Oriental Park. Mari-anao. a suburb of Havana, which is scheduled to open on December 15 and continue for eighty-lwo days, closing March 19. offers substantial inducements to owners of thoroughbreds to pass the winter months in Cuba. The plant is said by those yvho have inspected it to be one of the most up-to-date to lie found anywhere. It has a clubhouse and grandstand that are perfect for the purpose for which they were designed, and the b«-st people of the island patronize-the sport. President Menocal of the republic- is the honorary president of the Jockey Club and he is an enthusiastic supporter of racing. Iieiug a freepient visitor at Oriental Park accompanied by the me-m-bers of his family. Others prominent in the political and social life of the capital are re-gular attend, ants, and racing is a thoroughly established institution and part of the life of the island. H. D. Brown, who is the general manager, is at the Hotel Astor for a few days. When seen yesterday ho said: "We are looking forward to the approaching season with the greatest confidence. Cuba is richer by 50.0XM00 than she was a year ago owing to the-high price her planters have received for their sugar. With this prosperity, backed by a perlVet climate, it will 1"- our endeavor to furnish the people of the island and those visitors who honor us with their pre-senc-e -and the- war in Kurope should senel a world of tourists south during the winter- -with the highest quality of sport. The first e-ight elays program is now iu flic- hands of the horsemen. There will be no purse of less than $|csO. and each clay there will be a handicap of a value- of M or more. Instead of t.he Sterceityped stakes we shall offer cine or more handicaps of a value e f ,000. for which the best horses in training will be eligible. Owners will thus have au opportunity to race for good money ami escape- the declaration fees which are the horsemens nightmare."
