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-— w- — — ORIENTAL PARK TWO-YEAR-OLD RACES Supremacy of the Diaz Youngsters to Be Challenged — General Gossip. HAVANA. Cuba. January .. The running of the first rac r,ir two-year olds has bt a s,.; for Jaaaary 8, and .trainer- win, have youngsters in their barns are pretty busy schooling them at the barrier ami tightening them up s., that tbej will be ready. There i- qalte a bit of rivalry among the trainers hen-. 1,-t year Senor Diaz had things pretty much his own way in the two-year-old races, bill this year there .:t- s,,r,l ,., Its and rillies which have shown speed enough In their works i, warrant the belief tl t they will be able to hold their own with the Diaz youngsters. w. K. Vanderbilt, Jr., was a gaest of the stew-ards ou Christmas day. n,- came down from the north on his yatch Genesee and is on his way to the tarpon fishing grounds at Nuevitis and Cein-fenges. Mr. Vanderbilt was mack taken up with Oriental Park and pronounced He- course one of the finest of its kind in the world. Dr. Sidney Btreett of Kansas Citj is here for an extended stay and will no doubt !„■ a frequent visitor, as he is a lover of the bone. Dr. Btreett is a prominent breeder of hunters and saddle hor-es and is considered one of ihe best bulges of hunters in the coaatry. He retired from the army as a major and is taking tin active part in the remount service. Money, one of the speed marvels here his winter, scored his fifth successive victory when he heat a field ef fa-t hones in the Denovidad Handicap. He carried top weight in that race. 117 pounds, hung on resolutely iu the final drive and beat Different Eyes by a short margin. Marty I., it. an eight-year-old mare, by Marts Santa Miss Louise, which started at the meeting for the fir-t time a few days ago, has quite a history. She i- here in tin- table of W. Doinlas. who shipped her down from Kentucky at the conclusion of the Latonia meeting. Last summer Donahs WSS in search of material to race at the fairs, and me. -ting Dan Leban one day asked him if he had anything for sale ia his stable. Leban : dd Doinlas that he had a man at his farm winch bad been barren la-t spring and that he could have her if In- thought she wa- g I enoagh to win at the small meetings. Doadas took the man- and won si | r.-ici - . Tie- two-year-old Port Churchill, which started for the fir-t time at the meeting in the opening race on Christmas day, ia :.s s] ,■ ,:-,- ,•, ,,,]| ,,., baS been shown at Oriental Park. lb- simply made an exhibition of his company, winning with ridiculous ease by a long margin. Fort Churchill is a chestnut colt by Honey wood Tsmigs. lb- was bred by George Wingfield at bis Nevada stock Farm. Early Wright had the coll at Hot Springs last year and disposed of him to A. B. Bresler for .00O. Pever left him thick-winded. lie was operated on in Kentucky and thi- has helped him. although In- was blowing when he pulled up after his first race. He is .-, fine looker and i- po scssed f a great r rn of speed. In hi- race he ran the five-eighths iu 59%, which i- do-- to the track record . — —
