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TWO-YEAR-OLD RACE AT ORIENTAL PARK First Juvenile Dash of the Year in Cuha Attracts Large Attendance — Brizz Wins Again. HAVANA. Cuba. January 0.— The Cuba -American Jockey and Auto Club staged a twe. -year-old race as the feature at Oriental Iark this afternoon. It was tin- first juvenile race- of the year in Cuba and attracted a large crowd. The youngsters were much admired in the paddock an.l were- a particularly good looking and well-behaved hand. The Diaz pair. Oeneral Agranionti and Marieusa. showed up particularly well and looked heat and. on th-strength of their trials, were the most fancied. The stable made no secret that it e-xpected their horses to win. C. Hills, however, furnished a surprise in Fiction, a filly liy Assagai — Argosy, which led all the way and heat Marieusa by thnve-iliiarters of a length. The race was not run true hy any means and a re| elitioi: of the running would probably find tin- result m • h different. Dire-etlv ■fter the barrier was sprung there was a mad scramble-, with the entire baud in a jam. with Marieusa the principal sufferer, and she- was almost knocked clown. Iickens simply had to pull up and by the- time hi got the filly s; raightened out the race was prac t ie-ally over. Marieusa finished fast and at the e-nd was overhauling the leader in Ivcry stride-. llrizz wini his second victory in succession when he accounted for the second race. II. K. Davis today adeled two horses to his stalde. lie bought Ollie Martin fioin W. C. Weant and Ke-ellit.i V . from Kay Spene-e. A number of offie-ers from the Fre-uch cruiser J ..111110 dAri-. now lying in Havana harlx.r, were among the visitors .u todays races. II. C. Formnu arrived yistenlay from Washington with the horses Willie Woods :llll| Cvgnot.
