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KENTUCKIANS SUCCESSFUL AT HAVANA Lions Share of Purses Fall to Turfmen from Blue Grass State Moneys Fine Record, HAVANA. Cuba. December 20. One of the features that has characterized the present meeting at Oriental Park is the success achieved by the stables and jockeys that came here from the Kentucky tracks. To date the Kentuekiiins have not only carried off the lions share of the purses, but the riders from the Blue Crass state have easily outshone their rivals in the riding line. Out of ninety-three races run to dafe almost two-thirds have been captured by horses from the Blue Jrass state, while the leaders in the riding colony are all boys wiio rode last season on the Kentucky tracks. Amotig the more successful stables are those of Williams Bros., AV. F. Poison, W. C. Weant, W. L. Lewis, J. J. OMalley, L. F. Olxjary. W. Feuchter, J. Um-ensetter, A. C. Nichaus, E. E. Pritchard and O.Meara Bros. Kay Spencc. whose stable headed the list here at the end of last season is not enjoying much success this year. The horses that Spence is handling for W. V. Thraves have not been doing as well as was to be expected. The Cuban stables are doing fairly well, notably those of A. II. Diaz. Armonia Stable. A. Lezaina, Martin Kolin. Col. J. de Estrampes and J. Corujo. Among tiiu jockeys the Kentucky riders are in a class Ijy themselves.. W. Crump. tops the list of winning riders, while Kederis. Merimee, H. Garner, C. Howard, T. Murray, Chiavetta, Koppelman and L. Woods are among the more successful of the others. Crump is riding In sylendid form, which is in marked contrast to his showing on the Kentucky tracks. He bids fair to maintain his lead hero until the eloando of the season. Money, the horse that raced in Kentucky in the colors of W. F. Kncbelkamy, and which was brought here by AVilliams Bros., has already succeeded in winning four races and appears to be a most useful breadwinner for his new owners. Of the other horses from Kentucky the following have won two purses: Skiles Knob. Gold Stone, Corydon, John Jr.. Baby Cal, Magnet Land, Salvatelle, Allah and Unar. John J. McGraw is back from New York, where he went to attend a nieeting,of -the National League, and he reports that interest in Cuba and the Havana race meetings among New Yorkers is keener than ever. Charles A. Stoneham, who is associated witli Mr. .McGraw in his- baseball and racing enterprises, will return here next week. The great majority of the coming two-year-olds in training at Oriental Park, hnve been named and registered with, the Jockey Club. Their training is also going along in a most satisfactory manner, and with few exceptions all will be in fine condition to start racing January 1. Ex-jockey C. Koemer, who is training the stable of C. E. Bills of Louisville, Ivy., has selected the name of Fiction for a lilly by Assagai Argosy, and Anna Magneto for a iillr nV Magneto Goanna. A filly by Brummel Sneerweli. the property of W. V. Thraves, has been named Dorothy, for the owners daughter. John T. Ireland has selected the name of Liberty Maid for a liiie-looking filly by Jim Gaffney Ethelda. and the Jamaica Stable, owned by A. R. Bresler, has a filly by Ileno Stiletto that has been named Little Pointer, and another fily by The Rascal Linoliu, for which Charmarette has been selected. The splendid work of starter James Milton has been one of the features of the season, and it is seldom, indeed, that a bad start has to be recorded against him. He is most pooular with the riders, notably the juniors, in whom he takes a fatherly interest. These youngsters number twentv-four. and. in order to help them as much as possible, Mr. Milton has started a school for the boys, where lie teaches them the rudiments of riding; also how to conduct themselves while at the barrier. Several times a week he has the boys at the post for a certain race to give them practical ideas as to how to handle a horse at the start of a race to the best advantage.
