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SPECTACULAR FINISH AT HAVANA. Smallest of Margins Separates First Four Horses in Fourth Race — Naushon Shows Old -Time Form. Havana. Cuba. January 27.--The fourth rae-e on todays card at Oriental Iark resulted in a spee-tacnlar finish among the first four horses--P.ini-son, Mc.Velains. Kdith Otga anil Mazurka crossing the finishing line lapped on tine another. Paulson, the winner, was an eateider in the betting, but he- aha wed a game- performance- from start to finish, fighting it out lira with Mazurka and then with MiAclanis from flagfall to the last stride, to beat tie- latter a neik. Ed.li J.." Nanahon and Rrookfiedd we-re the winning i-hoii.S of the- afternoon. The- program was made- up of a se-rie-s of selling races, the majority of which were at sprinting, distance-. Ainu-da Lav.renet. -which had been a frenuent winner at the previous mee-ting. see-red her first victory this season when she won the secoml race. Eddie- T. had to be hard ridden to withstaiul the rush of Pin Money iu the fifih race. The latter was the best and but for b.-ing cut off at the-half mile peat would have beaten the favorite. Naushon, a I to 2 favorite in the closing race-. made an exhibition of his opponent* and won pulled up. After Rank Rill was In-nton in the fifth rae-e, a el.iiin was lodgi-d tor the horse by T. M. Irvin. but was not allowed by tin- stewards on the ground of being irregular. On account of the baseball games to be played at Oriental Park on Vvcdnesday and Friday of each week the post time- on those lays will be 3:30 Havana time-.
