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SIROCCO WINS THE NASSAU HANDICAP EnglishBred Colt Huns Tast Race to Beat a Fast Band of Crack Sprinters at Havana HAVANA Cuba March 18 Tlie Nassau Handi ¬ cap a dasli of threequarters of a mile with a liurse of 700 added by the association provided the feature at Oriental Park this afternoon and brought out a field of crack sprinters which furnished a good contest Sirocco beat Etruscan by a length The winner equaled the track reconl for the distance running the threoquarters in 111 Henry was the favorite He was away slowly and was In closn quarters most of the race Sirocco was attacked by a slight spell of blind staggers when pulled up but soon recovered recoveredThe The Breeders Purse the first event on the pror gram proved easy for Jutland which came from behind in the stretch to win by u length and a half from Jojam The second furnished a whirlwind finish In the final stride Duke Ruff managed to poke his nose in front of Dione The latter made all the pace Blauchita also made all tin pace in tlie third but in the stretch run she weakened and her backers were doubtful whether she could last long enough It was tho closest sort of fit between Blanchita Brown Prince and Iron Boy and it took the official placing to decide the first three placed horses horsesSenator Senator James showed a good performance in the fourth when he set a dazzling pace and beat his opponents in easy fashion He ran the first half in 40 and tlie threequarters in l127f The closing race went to Tippo Sahib which came from behind in the stretch run to Ix at Appletou Wisike by a length lengthJockey Jockey W Lang suffered a broken arm as a re ¬ sult of a fall this imirniiiK The lad was tightening tlie surcingle lost his balance and fell off thirhorse upon which lie was astride
