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CARMODYS GOOD RIDING ♦ ! Features Day of Excellent Sport at Oriental Park. Usual Big Saturday Crowd Present — Deckhand and Pierrot in Close Finish. • i HAVANA. Cuba. January IT. — Jockey J. Carmndy marked his return ti the saddle by scoring ■ double victory mi Oriental Park today, winning with Peasunt aad Sky llaa In the fourth aad fifth race* •— ; n-.-t i ly. ili— vigorous finish oa Peaaaaf was in i great measure responsible for thai racers success. I*easaa1 w.i- surrounded in the early raaaiaf. and -iumf.ling till u hi- knees, but recovered l s I — footing, ami aadfr Caimodj *» brilliaal riding caught the bailor in the taut eighth and raced him lata I in the last few strides. Carmody bad an easy nine with sky Man. the Aeronaut gelding leading; through by a wide margin. Pteaatag weather and a well balaaeed urogram of -•ven races brought out ■anther huge crowd, that kept both the bookmakers and mntiiel machines busy daring the aftemaan. The ri— eat fini-li of the day came in the sixth race when Deckhand beat Pierrot by a aoae after a terrific drive, the re anil of which kept the spee-tatora in doubt nntil the official placing was an-noanced . Helen Atkins accounted for the third race easily passing Reman m the stnMi and bidding Punter Clllbr.V safe the end . Tranby. well backed in the final race, was returned the winner after an excellent performance, ilifipoaing of I.acknis i the far turn and holding stehliff safe when the latter rhallettged. * . .
