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BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR CUBAN RACING RACINGBig Big Shipment of Kentucky Horses Arranged ior ai Conclusion of Latonia Meeting MeetingNew New York Novemlier 19 As the days go by it becomes more evident that the anproaching season j of winter racing in Cuba is to far eclipse in point of importance all that have gone before since the sport was established on its present basis at beauti ¬ ful Oriental Park in January 1915 It has all along this fall been apparent tiiat one result of the in ¬ crease in purse values would be a marked improve ¬ ment in the quality of the horses which would lie shipped to the Cuban track Developments of the past few days lead to the conclusion that the general caliber of the material that will be available for Cuban racing will be even better than seemed likely even a week ago and that the fondest hopes of the management in this respect will be more than realized realizedAmong Among the important announcements of the past few days is that C T Worthington and Frank D Weir are to engage in Cuban racing with the strong stables they are noy campaigning in Kentucky The former will ship nine horses to Oriental Part in ¬ cluding several useful platers Mr Weir developer of the famous Old Rosebud Jack Hare Jr and other wellknown horses in recent years to say nothing of the celebrated Roseben decade back has some highclass metcriai in the string which he will take to Cuba Perhaps the most noted of the band are the crack twoyearold Toto and the good handicap performer War Machine Col W E Applegate vlio is interested with trainer Weir in the ownership of the stable plans to visit Cuba after the holidays to remain during the rest of the winter winterThere There will be no movement of horses from Ken ¬ tucky to Cuba until after the close of the Latonia meeting Immediately the racing there is over one of the biggxst shipments of horses ever sent from Kentucky will leave for the Cuban track Arrange ¬ ments are being made for a special train to run on passenger schedule to Key West and thence by ferrv to Havana across the straits of Florida without breaking the shipment direct to the gates of Orien ¬ tal Park The train will be made up of from twenty to twentyfive Arms Palace cars filled with horses Pullman sleeping cars day coaches baggage cars diner and other necessary equipment equipmentOWNERS OWNERS GOING TO CUBA CUBAReservations Reservations have been made in connection with the running of this train for the stables of the fol ¬ lowing owners Kay Speiice Williams Bron Frank D Weir C T Worthiiigtoii R B Allen w II Armstrong G W Billcrman J Boland T Brown J O G II Keene R E Campbell L P DickerM i W Feiichtcr E L Fitzgerald l J Holtman W A McKinney Howard Oots M Lo wenstein OMearu Bros C E Brown 1 W ONeal H W Plant J J Quintan M M Shield II Van Ry P J Miles A G Woodman G M Hendrie and R Chiter ChiterIt It is announced that the horses belonging to G AI Hendrie which will be included iu the Cuban ship ¬ ment will go in charge of H Van Ry John Wal ¬ ters trainer of the Hendrie stable is expcctiit to make a trip to Havana during the winter after tin Hendrie horses get to racing but he wilt make only si brief sojourn there as the rest of the stable which will winter as usual at Nashville Tenn wilt require his attention before the Cuban seasonVnds seasonVndsLast Last winter about 450 horses from this country engaged in Cuban racing It is expected that the number will exceed that figure this year A con ¬ siderable number of horses remained in Cuba at the close of the last racing season and have been in training for the approaching season for a consider ¬ able time timeThe The closing of the world war is especially timely from the standpoint of the Cuban racing season Already the cessation of hostilities has resulted in the lifting of certain restrictions against travel to Cuba and it is expected that tourists will visit the island in larger numbers during the coming winter Last year the Cuba American Jockey Club conducted its meeting witli no patronage except that bestowed by the residents of the island and en ¬ joyed its most successful season With tourist patronage restored it seems reasonable that a rec ¬ ordbreaking season is in prospect
