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ABOUT THROUGH RACING AT HAVANA. Prospect of More and Better Horses for the Meeting of Next "Winter. Havana, Cuba. March 17. — On Sunday next the second annual winter meeting of the Cuba-American Jockey Cnib will com • to a close. The meeting was inn as scheduled and there will have been eighty-two days of continuous racing. There were no postponements, the purses were liberal, and the opportunity for owners of medium class horses to gather in money was great. The meeting suffered some for lack of racing forces. During the latter part of the Bowie meeting last fall reports were freely circulated among the horsemen that the track at Oriental Park was flooded and that trainers were unable to use the track at all. being forced to gallop their charges over the country roads. Other stories tending to keep horsemen away were passed around, with the result that the meeting raff r» d through a shortage of horses. However, Si notary Nathanaon made tl.e best of it and under the conditions he has done remarkably good work. Tiie track lure became a bit hard through the long ccntinned dry spell. Unlike last year, there araa no rain. The track needed water badly and thoae who brought mud runners were forced to wait until the closing weeks before getting an opportunity of starting their horses. II. G. Dedwell waa quite successful with his horses. He brought a big stable here and won over 5,000 in purses. Sir Edgar started only a couple of times anil Anita, just as she was becoming good, went off, In iag taken down with a slight attack of fever. Rhe quickly rounded to and is ready for the Maryland campaign. .Mm Arthur had a bit of hard luck here this winter. His horsi ■ contracted sickness in Maryland anil landed here in bad condition. Several of them died and the others trained none too well. Arthur. however, is one of the boosters for Cuba, and he will be back again next winter with a larger string than ever. He left the beat at Bowie, among them Water Lady, Tactics. Robert Bradley and Drandy-wine. .1. W. Dangle disposed of every horse lie brought to Cuba and returns to Maryland to take up the good throe-year-old Prohibition. The latter has been wintered with .lames Arthurs horses. Manager Brown had a force of men at work all winter on the plant and a wonderful improvement iias been made since last year. He has extensive plans mapped out for the summer months and Oriental Dark next year should he a veritable paradise. Tin re have been some notable visitors here during the past fortnight. The American colony included I., s. Thompson, llenrj W. Dull. Schuyler Parsons, H. K. Knapp, Ogden Mills. Harry Payne Whitn. y. James I.utler. Prank Hayes and Jefferson Livingston. All were much impressed with the course and several of th: se gentlemen promised to send a division of their stables here next winter. Mr. Thompson and Mr. Dull were with the Whitney party. They came on the palatial bottseboat Whiieaway and spent a cou]de of days in Havana. Mr. Thompson and his brother William 1. are owners of the famous Dmokdale Farm in New Jersey now under lease to Mr. Whitney, and their father, tie late Col. W. 1. Thompson, who was president of the Nation: 1 Lead trust at the time of his deatii. bad bought the place of David Dunham Withers, a striking fignr i tie tr.rf in the days when the first August Belmont, John Hunter, A. J. Cassatt and other men ul affairs were guiding the destm. s of the sport. Mr. Thompson and his brother owned and raced Requital, LAloaette, The Huguenot and other fin-race horses. It was in Mr. Thompsons colors that Mr. Whitneys horses ran list season, owing to the death of his brother-in -law, Alfred Gwynn Wind r-bilt, who unit down on the I.usitania. In conversation with some friends at Oriental Dark. Mr. Thompson had the following to say of Oriental Dark: "This plant is second to none in the country and those wlei had the courage to build it are worthy of the support of turfmen ever] where. I never saw a more complete race track and there is no i doubt as to the future of racing in Cuba. The 1 people of Havana must prepare to take care of a much larger influx of visitors than they have hail with them this winter. The racing here should be the main attraction of the island and 1 am cerium you will find that the stories of the beautiful plant that will be brought back to tin states by those who have visited it this winter will have a good effect on future meetings." Messrs. Pnrsona and Knapp made tin extended stay in Havana and both were daily visitors at the 1 course. Both expressed the opinion that the management here should be encouraged in their efforts to build UP the sport on the island. The Jefferson Livingston-GoMblatt stable left here Saturday on the steamship Excelsior, bound for Nov Orleans. The horses are destined for Louisville. Where Cay will join the main division of tin RtaMe that was wintered at Douglas Park. Mr. Livingston, himself. h»fl for New York on Friday last The stable did net reach Cuba until the ■ early part of Januar and left ten daya before the ■ meeting nine to a ch.se. During the short time ■ here the stable won in purses over ,700, Jiiite a respectable showing. Mr. Livingston was well phased with his treatment here and made the ! announcement that next winter he wotil-1 ship a string of twenty -five horses to Havana. The ! stable wiB also bring down a good rider. On Monday the bid string that H. G. Dedwell raced here left for Maryland. The horses were sent direct to the Dedwell farm at Laurel, where thev will be weeded out and a division sent over to Bowie. W. Short, who has been looking after the horses that Dedwell left in Maryland, has prepared a couple of them for the early meetings. Mr. Dedwell has about decided not to engage any rider for the coming racing season. He had some little trouble with Taplin last year and the latter left him during midsummer, just when his services were of great value, and went to California, where he remained until the opening of the Havana meeting. Cooper, whose contract Mr. Dedwell acquired of W. Martin for S5,00Q, was recently transferred to K. L. Baker for £3,600. It is BedweDa intention to strengthen his string and he will endeavor to purchase some .oung horses. W. A. Carter is another horseman that shipped during the week. Carter won a number of races here during the winter with horses of ordinary speed. He had great success with the sprinter Nathan It., which he purchased in Maryland last fall for a nominal sum. Nathan R. changed hands several times during the winter through the selling race route, but is back again in Carters stable. Dr. U. C. Maxell iiaving: purchased the horse n Friday last of P. Rooney. It was Carter who developed Jockey Dall. whose contract was purchased by the Quincy Stable.
