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INCIDENTS OF RACING AT HAVANA. Havana, tuba. February 8. — With the ruling off of W". J. Carliu on Monday last the stewards practically wound up the jockey Turner case. Carlin. it appears, acted in collusion with Turner, wagered th - money on the horses selected by Turner and divided the winnings with him. Carlin is said io be a follower of racing, although he is not known to a great many. When the investigation was started Carlin hurriedly left for New Or Irani, where he i BOW ■apposed to lx-. Much information regarding the ease- was furnished by a couple of prominent riders and several valets. The case against Nicklaus still hangs fire. The officials wish to see Moncreif run again before making a final ruling in the case. Some of the stewards appeared satisfied that the boy did not make any great effort to win. but they wish to give him the full benefit of any doubt. Another thing that the officials have laken up is the tieing of horses tongues. They claim that in some instances horses" tongues have been tied so tight that it stopped the circulation and caused the end of the tongue to gather up in a hard ball as black as ink. The equipment is also carefully checked up by both paddock judge Lyles and steward C. J. Fitzger aid. and in tact little escapes their attention. A tower has been constructed at the turn out of the back-sreteli and steward A. T. Dobson views the races from this structure. This tower is about twenty feet high and affords one a fine view of the back-stretch and all around the far turn. Dennis Higgins, the old-time turfman and bookmaker, came down from Montreal to take in a few clays of racing at Oriental Park. It is his first visit to Cuba and he is much pleased with the surroundings. His partner. David Nicholson, will be here next week and. after spending several days here, they will leave for New Orleans. John Hac h-meister. George M. Hendrie and W. II. Haldeinan are expected here next week. They are at present at their winter shooting lodge at Naples. Fla. Judge Charles F. Price will accompany tliein, provided be arrives in Florida before they leave. .Mr. Price is expected to leave Juarez for Naples shortly. News comes from Charleston that the stable of J. O. Talbott, which is wintering there, will be shipped to Havre de Grace April 1. The Kentucky Stables English two-year-olds will be sent to Louisville, as will also a division of the Sanford stable. Jockey Smyth will leave for Canada in a couple of weeks, to report to trainer Fred I.ittlefield of the J. E. Seagram stable. Smyth has been engaged to ride for the latter this year. The meetng at Havana is half over and racing at Oriental Park is just now at its best. The big influx of tourists has helped swell the attendance and with it has come a big increase in the speculation. The books are handling more than seventy per cent of the money watered. This is a strange state of affairs, especially as the Cubans were accustomed to the mutuels while the books were practically new to them. In the early days of the neetiag last year the mutuels had the largest part of the betting, but this has shifted and now the bookmakers have the call. G. Alexandra has had some trouble with the Foster brothers and, a week or ten days ago, he let them out and decided to tram his own horses. The stewards, in justice to Alexandra, decided that it would be best for him and best for the interests of racing, that he engage an experienced trainer for the reason that he has several horses in his stable that received string public patronage. There was no reflection intended by the request and Alexandra was quick to see the justice and sense of it and promised to comply. Alexandra may race his horses at the early Kentucky meetings this year and later on take in the Canadian circuit.
