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GOOD RACING OVER HEAVY TRACK More Eain Visits Oriental Park Handicap Feature to Skiles Knob Two for Lunsford HAVANA Cuba December 28 Despite the heavy going which prevailed at Oriental Park this after ¬ noon the racing proved interesting and furnished pleasing entertainment for the usual big Saturday attendance The fields were well maile up and then was plenty of contention particularly in the third race which was won by Unar after a desper ¬ ate stretch drive in which Helen Atkiti was beaten by a short head headSkiles Skiles Kiob made a runaway affair of the 1uerto Rico Handicap a dash at five and a half furlongs to which 800 was added by the association Raf ferty and Sir Wellons both met with some bad racing luck or tey might have proved troublesome to the winner winnerGreat Great Gull appeared best in the opener and went to the post favorite Under a good ride on the part of jockey Lunsford the Farris gelding led all the way and made good in a driving finish His rider took no chances and rode him out to the end endEncouraged Encouraged by their success in the first race the backers of favorites confidently supported Little cote in the following race and the Englishbred son of St Ainant raced up to expectations winning with consummate ease Ivry also well backed in this race tired and was pulled up when hopelessly beaten beatenHarry Harry Gardner furnished a surprise by sprinting into a long lead on the first turn in the fifth race and leading throughout by a wide gap gapThe The mile nice that concluded the lays sporj pro ¬ vided a close finish in which Austral the favorite just failed to overtake Egmont after the latter showing sudden improvement had showed the way from the start startJockey Jockey Lunsford rode two of the afternoons winners Great Gull and Unar UnarHeavy Heavy showers fell during the night which made the track heavy but the floats made the circuit of the truck all afternoon and with u little sunshine it is hoped tiie going will dry out faster than last week weekE E C Griffith the owner of Trout Fly Scylla and other horses racing here was an arrival this morning and will stay for the remainder of the meeting
