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HAVANAS BIG HOLIDAY CROWD. Seven Race Card Entertains Christmas Day Visitors at Oriental Park. Havana, Cuba, December 25. Christmas day brought out a banner -crowd and, when the seventh race had been concluded, with Scorpii and High Tide inches apart in their final struggle, the sentiment was general that the people of Havana had witnessed a day of genuine sport. The Christmas Handicap was for a purse of ,000 and the mile was run in 1:40. That the track is good now was further shown when the two-year-old. Sir Wellons won the Kpecial dash at five-eighths in 1:01. The talent had n good day and must have quit heavy winners, as favorites and well-backed choices predominated. Shooting Star, winner of the sixth race, is out the dam of Blues and Blue Girl and was claimed from the Oneck Stable by J. W. Hedrlck during the Saratoga meeting. s Y i! d s e n e II of ,
