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MUDDY TRACK AT HAVANA Rain Falls During Night and Changes Going at Oriental Park. Winners Come From Unexpected Sources and Score by Substantial Margins. HAVANA, Cula, February 0. Overnight rain caused changed conditions at Oriental lark tliis afternoon anil tlie races were run over a muddy eonr.se. The majority of them were won by outsiders, "vhich finished with hn-ge in a re ins to spare. Iliere was an exception, however, in the West Indies Handicap, a sprint at three-quarters of a mjle. which brought a small but well-balanced field to the post. Tippler was favorite, but could nevpr tret to the lenders at any part of the contest. .M. Iwensteins Oleek and F. D. Weirs Gus Seheer fought a duel all through the last stages of the race, and the former got the verdict by a neck, with Corson three lengths away to beat Tippler by fifteen lengths. George W. Lofts Blnzeawny showed his best form in the third race at five and a half furlongs and heat his opponents by eight lengths. He was even money in the books. Yorkville, the second choice, beat Miss Wright by six lengths for second place. After the race Mrs. C. Buxton claimed the winner for 00. The opening dash brought about the downfall of Kay Spences Foster Embry, the favorite, which finished third to Cnballo and Mandarins Coat, the winner leading by a wide gap throughout to win easing up by four lengths. In the following race Violet and Bonnie Tess were backed to the exclusion of everything else, hut loth were lmtlly. beaten. The "winner came from the- stable trained by Earl I.innell in the mare Blanche Donalton. which showed the way from start to finish sind bent Timothy J. Hogan by four lengths, with Mike Dixon third. The fiftli race fell to .lake Schas witli Luusford in the saddle. The winner set a fast pace throughout and successfully withstood every attempt of Little Buss to wrest the lead from him. The final dash resulted in an interesting riding duel between H. Iliillmnu and Lunsford, the former 1 aiding Iiis mount. Corydon. a winner over Daybreak, on which Lunsford put up a desperate finish, however to no avail.
