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STAKE FEATURE AT HAVANA TODAY Wise Man and Other Good Ones to Meet in Principal Attraction of Sundays Program. " ITAVANA. Cuba, January Hi Tlie Antilles- Stakes of SlJOO added at three-quarters of a mile will be the main attraction of a splendidly arranged Sunday program at Oriental Park tomorrow. A half dozen of the best horses at the track are carded to meet in this feature, with Wise Man. winner of the Christmas and New Years Handicaps, tlie top weight and probable favorite. Wise Man is asked to concede much weight to his speedy opponents and has a big job cut out for him. It should be a grand contest, nd a record-breaking crowd is expected to witness its running. . Todays races at Oriental Park were over a heavy track, and the usual large Saturday afternoon crowd was in attendance. In the second rce four of the eight starters were fighting it out throuch the stretch, and it was only in the -final strides that Roval Favorite gained enough advantage to get the eye of the judges. The result was in doubt until the official placing was announced. Jockey Dreyer figured prominently in the day s results with three winners. He was in a great measure responsible for tlie victories of Koyal Fuvorite and Tarleton P. . Twentv Seven and Bulger furnished surprises by scoring in the fourth and fifth respectively. Both laid handsome dividends in the mutuels. Among the arrivals today was Frank Beers of Toronto. Out. , G W. Billerman has purchased from J. T J. T Timmerman tlie three-year-old eolt Old Rose. .
