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HODGE WINS HIS FIRST HAVANA RACE Scores Impressively After Many Attempts Three Straight for Senator James HAVANA Cuba March 29 Kay Spences good handicap horse Hodge scored his initial victory at this meeting when he won the Yacht Club Handi ¬ cap the feature of the program offered at Oriental Park this afternoon Hodge was ridden by J Howard came from last place entering the home ¬ stretch and beat Tippler by a neck in a driving finish Todays victory marked the first scored by Hodge since the fall of 1917 when he fell lame at the Douglas Park meeting The Kay Spence stable was much in the limelight during the after ¬ noon Besides Hodge the Kentucky horseman fur ¬ nished the winner Of the fifth when Jack Snipe beat his opponents in runaway fashion fashionA A band of ten maidens went to the post In the oiwniiig race in which Senor A H Diaz furnished the winner in the Broomstick filly Suffrage She came from the rear and l eat Precious Jewel by a neck in a driving finish finishSenator Senator James made all the pace in the second and beat Foster Embry by a length incidentally scoriifg his third consecutive victory Great Gull won the fourth from London Girl by a couple of lengths and Capt Marchmont easily took the meas ¬ ure of Lady Lungden in the closing race of the afternoon afternoonJockey Jockey lines was taken sick after riding in the fourth race and Thurber was substituted to ride Petlar in the closing race raceThe The stables of T J Brown J P Ross and A Johnson were shipped to Lexington Thursday
