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BAD DAY FOR FAVORITES DROLL ONLY SUCCESSFUL FIRST CHOICE TO SCORE AT ORIENTAL PARK. Long-Shots Predominate As Winners Hard-Fought Contests Feature Days Sport Napier Breaks Leg and Is "Destroyed. . -,. Havana, Cuba, December 21. Shooting Star, a maiden three-year-old from the stable of C. K. Moore, took a group of selling platers, all of which had one or more victories to their credit, into camp in the second nice at Oriental Park this afternoon. The race was at three-quarters and Encore was the favorite, while a good price was quoted on the winner. Encore made all the early pace and looked like the winner when turning into the stretch but tired badly in the final strides. Golden List which had been closest to the pacemaker for the first half of the route, was overhauled by Pierrot and the latter seemed to have the race at his mercy when Shooting Star, which had been on the outside of his opponents all the way, closed up with a great rush and got his head in front in the last strides. It was a day of surprises at Oriental Park, only one favorite Droll, in the three-quarters handicap, getting home in front, while Stonington at 10 to 1. Runway 7 to 1 and Shooting Star 8 to 1 were successful after hard fought contests. The racing was keenly contested throughout and the attendance good. The two-year-old race, which opened the davs sport, resulted in good competition, but a disappointment to the speculators. The winner turned up in J. Griffiths brown filly Seylla, which was rushed into the lead by Carroll immediately after flag fall and held her advantage to the end, but had to be hard ridden to beat Otisco bv a length and a half. The latter headed a close bunch, made up of Lord Byron. Wall Street, Sargon II. and Quin, which were lapped on one another at the finish. Had Otisco fared better in the earlier part of the race; she would have given the winner still closer competition. Wall Street, the favorite, never could get up to the first flight. Droll was an easy winner in the selling handicap at three-quarters. Goodmans mare waited on Yorkvillo aud Owana and went to the front when his rider was ready, winning from Owana by two lengths. Yorkville tired and was beaten two lengths by Owana. The fourth race was marked by fatal injury to I. M. Hedricks seven-year-old gelding Napier, which was kicked while at at the post by Luke Aan Zaudt and after running a half mile pulled up with a broken leg. The horse was then destroyed.
