Cuban Racing Prospects: Heavy Shipments of Horses Presage a Successful Havana Meeting, Daily Racing Form, 1916-11-23

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CUBAN RACING PROSPECTS HEAVY SHIPMENTS OF HORSES PRESAGE A SUCCESSFUL HAVANA MEETING. Marrone, Bcdwell, Pangle, Daly, Kelly, Sheridan and Other Stables Already Sent to Cuba with More to Go Soon. Baltimore, Md., November 22. The second big shipment from the United States left Baltimore Saturday morning, when five seventy-four-foot steel express cars pulled out of Mount AYashington depot, back of the famous old Pimlico race course. About a week ago a ten-car special passed through Baltimore from AVindsor to Cuba. The equipment of the Cuba horse specials are of the finest that the railroads can provide. The cars are new, built of steel, and roomy enough for the most exacting horseman. Three carloads left Kentucky a week or ten days ago for Oriental Park and, at the conclusion of the Bowie meeting, two more specials will pull out for Havana. The management is doing everything in its power to assist the horsemen in perfecting arrangements for the shipping of their stables to the Cuban capital and, so far, everything has passed along without the least possible friction. In former years there was some little delay enroute, but the railroads are now lending every effort to speed the horses on their journey to Oriental Park. In the shipment that left here on Saturday were some really good horses and they should furnish some splendid sport for the Cubans next winter. Joseph Marrone sent his entire string to Havana, among them Wooden Shoes, J. J. Lillis and the speedy miler Ambrose. There were fifteen in all in Marrones string. II. G. Bedwell sent the best of his horses in this consignment and John AV. Pangle sent some shifty platers in his carload. He purchased the Yankee gelding Naushon on the closing day of the Pimlico meeting and he is ono of the dozen that makes up the Pangle string. M. Daly goes to Cuba with the best stable he has owned since he raced that good horse Claude several years ago. Alhena is one of the new horses that Daly is taking witli him. He has ten in his stable, among them the old favorites Energetic and Capt. Elliott. M. Kelly is taking Hedge Rose and another witli him. This is his first trip to Havana. Harry Herdle has eight in his string and Peter Sheridan sent four of his on this special. Mr. Sheridan is also racing for the first time in Cuba. N. L. Snelson, who raced Tamerlane at Oriental Park last winter, has Brookfield and Thesieres in his string this year. J. B. Partridge is sending a couple and the ex-steeplechase rider A. B. David-Bon also had two horses on this special. Other stables on the train were those of J. B. Stephenson. J. Booker, C. Reynolds and J. I!. Harrison. This special was due to arrive in Havana Monday evening. There were sixty-five Iiorses in all on the five cars. James Milton, who is superintending the shipment of all horses leaving Baltimore for Havana this year, was at the station bright and early Saturday morning superintending the job. A Pullman buffet car was attached to the special and a party of about twenty turf followers elected to make the trip. Among them were jockey Kleeger, who will do the riding for the Marrone Stable; Harry Miller, who was anxious to get back to the Playa; Gene AVayland, who went along to look after the Marrone horses; John AV. Pangle, John Hendricks, Samuel Leavitt, Edward Richter, Frank Smith and George Frayley, who will look after the jockeys room. II. G. Bedwell added another to the string he will nice in Cuba, when he purchased the fast horse Gloaming after he won at Bowie on Saturday. This horse Avon his last five races. He scored three other victories previous to this and in his fifteen starts since the Pimlico spring meeting lie lias been unplaced but three times. George P. Sherman, who raced The Rump at Oriental Park last winter, has arranged to ship four horses to Cuba at the conclusion of the Bowie meeting. The Rump will be one of his string. Ho will take Colors with his band for .1. D. Misick. Jockev AVard will accompany the Sherman stable. Arrangements have been made to hold a big horse show in Cuba some time in February. During the recent horse show held in Madison Square Garden in New York, many of the big exhibitors promised to send some of their show horses to Havana to take part in the exhibition. Other big attractions are being arranged for the winter season in Havana. The government is giving its hearty support to all of these projects, with the idea of making Havana and the adjacent territory surrounding it the winter plav ground of North America. This big horse show will be held at the Oriental Park course. Aeroplane flights from Palm Beach to Havana will also take place during the winter carnival season and a big automobile race will also be given some time during the winter. A big sporting project is being talked or, among some of tlie millionaire owners of the many palatial steam yachts that cruise about the AVest Indian waters during the winter season, of having a race from Bermuda to Havana. It is said that the Cuban government will present to the owner of the winning boat a handsome gold cup suitably m- scribed with prizes for the skipper aud members of the crow. , The golf tournament over the Country Club links, : which was a big event last winter, promises to be one of national importance in its renewal. Many 1 export nlayers from the United States have already made kuojvn their intention of taking part in it.


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