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E LEIGHS FIRST HAVANA SUCCESS SUCCESSDriffield Driffield Wins for Him in Opening Race Yester ¬ days Racing Featureless sent his first winner of the meeting to the post when Driffield won the first race at Oriental Park this afternoon He was ridden by Doyle and opened up a long lead in the early stages but had to be ridden out at the end to last long enough to beat Chilton King by a scant length lengthThe The track was still heavy but was drying out as the afternoon progressed Small fields went to the post in the majority of the races and most of the winners scored by safe margins at the end endMajor Major Domo the favorite in the fourth race stumbled when leading at the half mile post and fell Ityan who had the mount escaped unharmed Ambassador III well supported won the race in hollow fashion while Croix dOr was second a head in advance of Sky Man ManAttorney Attorney Muir and Golden Chance engaged in an interesting stretch duel in the second nice the outcome of which was in doubt until the final strides the first named getting the decision by a neck neckBilly Billy Joe favorite in the fifth race stumbled on the turf of the backstretch and was pulled up In the meantime Miss Jove was enjoying easy stilling leading by a t margin which she found no trouble maintaining to the end endEnver Enver Bey made every post a winning OIK in the closing race of the afternoon and at all times held his opponents safe safeJockey Jockey Jlileman was fined 2 and suspended five days for rough riding 1 W JPangle sold the plater Egmont to J W Johnson
