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HORSE COLONY AT HAVANA COMPLETE With Arrival of Final Shipment from Bowie, Only Stragglers Are Now Expected. Havana, Cuba, December 18. With the arrival of the final shipment from Bowie a few days ago, practically nil of the horses that will be seen in action at Oriental Park this winter are. on. hand at the track. There ivill be " some stragglers, of course, but not many are expected. The final arrivals from Bowie included the stables of G. It. Bryson, E. C. Griffith, W. F. Martin, J. L. Donovan, A. Lezama. G. Sully, J. Krnuse, J. Sinnot, J. Hinphy, P. L. Short, J. A. Strode. W. Keating, J. G. Albright, AV. Caywood, B. B. Itice and W. Duana. There are now close to five hundred horses occupying stalls at Oriental Park, which will be ample for all purposes. Most of them are ready to race and the daily programs from now on are apt to be better filled than during the opening days of the meeting. Severe weather encountered on the way from Maryland led to several regrettable shipping casaul-ties. A. Lezamas good horse. Shootini: Star fell a victim to pneumonia and died at Savannah, after having been taken off the cars in an effort to save his life. G. It. Brysons Vermont and Milkman arrived here in bad condition, resulting from catarrhal pneumonia. The former lost at least one hundred pounds on the journey here and it is unlikely that he will race until -the end of the meeting, if then. Milkman was not so seriously affected and will come around to racing condition before long, it is hoped. Mr. Brysons ill fortune extended to the loss of the two-year-old Gyp from blood poisoning. He purchased this horse iu Maryland during the fall and the youngster died without having run a single race in the colors of his new owner. Mr. Bryson had an exceptionally successful fall campaign in Maryland and will go back there in the spring with a stronger stable than he has ever before raced. BRYSON YEARLINGS AT BENNING. Besides the fifteen horses he has here, mostly of good quality, he has Flittergold, Sky Pilot and Baby Sister turned out iu Maryland for the winter. Besides all these, he will train fifteen coming two-year-olds, now wintering at Benning track, for J. J. Timnierman, a prominent Washington business man. Recent arrivals of jockeys included R. Ball, who will ride for A. Lezama; J. Wessler, who is here to ride under the management of 5. Sully, to whose care Nash Turner, his contract employer, committed him for the winter; It. McGrann and W. Lang, who are iu the employ of G. It. Bryson. W. W. Lyles. who remained in the United States to supervise the final shipment of horses from Bowie, has arrived and assumed his duties as paddock judge at Oriental Park. H. B. Gorins good sprinter Arthur Middleton, which has not been seen iu action since he won a race on the opening day of the season, is on the ailing list. J. T. Ireland is here for the first time. He is connected with one of the books in operation in the betting ring. Former starter Jake Holtmnn is among the Americans who are here for the season. J. J. Feeneys First Degree sustained several broken ribs and other injuries when he ran away following the finish of the race he won last Tuesday. Jockey Hansen, who had the mount, fortunately escaped injury when the horse crashed through the track fence into a ditch and fell heavily. The mishap will put First Degree out of the racing for a considerable time to come.
