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RACING EVERY DAY NEXT WEEI-I. Only Mutuels Will Be Used on Monday — No Books Will Be Permitted — Spirited Racing Yesterday. Havana. Cuba. March 8. — The Cub 1-American Jockey club offered as a fea tare this afternoon the Hataaaaa Handicap, a five-eighths dash for three year olds, which brsaghl some good sprinters together and it furnished a good contest, tin- winner laming ap in Flare, which beat Immense a se.iut half length. The latter was probably beat, but she got away slowly anil TapUa took the lonj; route, going wide all the way. Track conditions showed decided improvt meat, the going having dried out considerably overnight. The attendance was large and speculation ket 11. Otero ant! Zali wore first time winners at this meeting. The former beat a bun! of platers iu tin opener, cominc from last plate ami winning by a length from BrSVO. EaB was easily the best ill his race. Wiagfleld keening him 011 the outside all the way ami palling him up ai the flash. Chan. F. Graiager might have won the closing race had he not been crowded agatast the inside rail by HattM l.urton in the last twenty yards, forcing Minder to pull his mount up. Pets, who rode Hat; it- Bartoa, was saspeaded for three days for rough riding. Favorites fared badly today, only one first choice wtnaing. bang shots were saccessfai in the first when Otero at IS to 1 wim and Tiger Jim at s to l annexed the rioateg race. /.ali was damned by I. I.. Short for .OJo after a Inning the third rate. There will lie BBCing every day next week, lac lading Monday, the dub having del i led to try the experiment on Monday ami that day the spot illation will be confined to the mutuels only. There will be iiu books on that day.
