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WISE MAN WINS CHRISTMAS HANDICAP CubanOwned Racer Tirst in Oriental Park Feature Record Attendance Sees Sport SportIIAAANA IIAAANA Cuba December 25 A record attend ¬ ance turned out at Oriental Park this afternoon It was an ideal day for outdoor sport and the holiday racegoers took advantage of it The Cubanowned Armenia Stable furnished the winner of the after ¬ noons feature event the Christmas Handicap when AVise Man led his opponents from start to finish and won in a canter by seven lengths Daddys Choice was second and Ilocnir third FnuxCol was away on the outside at the start but immediately propped This ruined whatever chance he might have had hadTiie Tiie program was the best that has been offered during the present season Aa additional attraction was the Handicap De Xavidad a thriequarter mile dash in which F D Weirs Helle Roberts made a runaway affair and incidentally marked up a double win for Weir as Tetley captured the first race Sir AVellons was five lengths back at the finish and two length In front of Rafferty The RaffertyThe track is again In good condition and it is believed that larger fields will soon make their appearance