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CARIBBEAN STAKES SUNDAY ♦-— Good Field Promised for Next Stake Feature at Havana. ♦ Ordinary Friday Program Provides Interesting Racing — i- Diaz Youngster Wins. » HAVANA. Cuba. January ] .— Tlip Caribbean Stakes of 81,000 added i- tile ne-xt Make fiaum to l«- inn at Oriental Park, and it will be iei ide.l Similay. January 18. A good field b premised for this even!, witli siie-h speedy imn eligible a* I Ioinwell. whose- Millie! performance of Thursilay. when lie won the Salvador Handicap under the heavy impost of 191 pounds, stamped him as one of the best horses ever seen in Cuba: Major Dm, Iloenir, La kawaniia. Walnut Hall. Don Thrush, Manokin. Grundy, Ifuck Nail, Diversion. Hubbub. BeiUa, Dirk Williams and others. Inless ;i sudden chance in weather conditions occurs the management of the uba-American Jockey and Auto Club is looking forward to entertain on Sunday the largest crowd Hint has visited Oriental Park this year. The influx of tourists from the States in the past week has broken all records, and as the majority of the visitors are here for recreation and amusement it i- not mag before they find their way to Oriental Park, the garden sjiot of the Pearl of the Antilles. Todays program offered little in the way of ■ feature, but. nevertheless, the sport was exciting and pleasing to the good crowd that was present . ThejMvt finish of the afternoon came in the fourth race, Big Smoke getting up in the final stride after closing 11 big gap. Hlazeaway. the favorite in this race, quit badly after running prominently to the stretch. There was another close- finish in the third rare, only a neck separating OeL Ilniri-on and Revelry .lames at the cud of a terrific stretch drive, in which the latter just failed to get up. The luck of the Diaz -table in Wafer! t« its two-year old- changed today when the Hos-iau colt Mambi won the •■baby" race that began the days proceeding*. The Dbta youngsters were expected to sweep the board in the juvenile division here, but until today failed to win. althoagh performing m a highly creditable manner. The Aeronaut filly Annabelle made | show of her epponents in the second race, running away from them and winning with her rider sitting still. The long distance race on tin- program furnished a surprise in the victory of Cleat Cull and the defeat of Sasenta and .lohn W. Klein. Ba seats look the lead turning for home, but area no match for Croat Cull in the final sprint. ELIGIBLES TO BIG FEATURES. The time for the declining out of the Grand National Handicap and the CuIkiii Derby, each of which have an added money value of 0. MI0. ex pires Thursday. Secretary Nathnnson today made public the names of thane remaining eligible for both events. Kligibles for the Grand National are Walnut Hall. Lackawanna. The I.lue Duke. Orestes, Zululand, Bine Wrack. Cray — inn. Cromwell. Byrne, Scotch Verdict. Clearing Pp. Dark Hill. Kiku. Sedan. Criindy. War /one. Diver-ion. Huford. Hank ODay. Hubbub. Iron Cross 11.. Bally. Woodthrush. Legal. War Spirit. Hocnir. Dick Williams. Iolite and Polar Cub. The following are eligible for the Cuban Derby: Ford. Mess Kit. Miss I,;i Km- M.. Night Thought. Drapery, Mighty Clever. Orleans Cirl. Blue Wrack. Utayaataa, Ben Hat. htaveaaea, Clearing Up, Herron, Duke of Wellington. Rosc-laml. Horace Letch, Black Prince. Mile. Dazie. Kulah K. and Polar Cub. After hnhng out of the saddle for five days. j„ key Carmody will resume riding Saturday. Jockey Raymond Peter-on arrived from New York and will -tart riding without delay. He is under contract to Charles Reynolds. ieorge McLe-sh. general manager of the Shubert theatrical syndicate, has arrived for a visit of several day-. Jockey W. Crump was forced to absent himself from the saddle today owing to a minor ailment. I.ouis K. Stodeart. the noted American pate player, was a visitor this afternoon. Annabelle was claimed by J. S. Baldwin for S7."i0. When Miss Ivan, an entry in the closing event, reached 1 lit- paddock it was discovered that -he had -ilffered a bowed tendon. This necessitated the mare being withdrawn, all bets were called off and twenty minutes were allowed for a new book. All money wagered on Miss Ivan in the mutuels was -efunded. Williams Pros, and II Baldwin both claimed John W. Klein and in the lossup he went to Williams Bro*. for Si KM.
