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BERLIN CARIBBEAN STAKES WINNER I Old Campaigner Wins Feaure of Oriental Parks : Best Program of This Winter. HAVANA. Cuba, .lanuaiy is. t . K. M ore. whose bones have done particularly well here this winter, furnished the winner of the Caribbean Staki - at Oriental Iark this afteroooa when Berlin won in ea-. fashion from the favorite. Lackawanna. The race was a mile and a sixteenth and worth fl.CTO net to the winner. The program was one of the most attractive offered this winter. Besides the Bacador stake-. a handicap of five and a half furlongs, the I.r.izil Handicap at a mile and an eighth wa- also a ecoadary feature. Skile- Km b won the former. while V. F. Potsoas Baford made a runaway affair id lie- l.razil Handicap, winning in ca-y Ia-hion and incidentally hanging up a new Hack record by running the distance in 1 :•"•• .-. ■ did Cordon Basse 11 showed that he i- still able to win by coining from lie- rear and snatching victory in tin- filial strides of the opening dash, defeating Pollyaaaa by a nose. The heavily backed McCee mare Flndoden lead all the way in the second, but nearly toss :! an ea-y victory away when she tried to run out on til- turf in tin baokstrotch. However, Murray straight laetl her out and Id home Key Mar by two lengths. The od campaigner Top a th Morning was thought to have the third race at his mercy, but skiiev Knob proved too speedy for him. The latter, after hading by a wide margin to the stretch, tired badly anl barely outstayed Top o th Morning, tin winner bleeding on his return to the s--a!"s Interference u .dug to the fir-t turn rained whatever chance Miss Procter may have nail In the final race. However, she closed a big gap and in a sensational stretch drive just failed to get up for -econd place. In the m-antiiiie Al Hudson es-i aping lie- early laterference raced into a safe lead and won all the way. Among the usual brillian: assemblage which tiirn-oul Sun. lays were present many officer- of the Am ricaii warships in the harbor. The weather was perfect for outdoor parts and the track was in cx-ii Ileal condition. Frederick Harris, who owns the hr lin farm near Boyce, Clark c unity. Ya.. and which adjoins the breeding establishment -if P. M. Walker, i- a visitor, having jn-t returned from England. where he purchased some high-das- man-, which he intend- breeding to Trap Bock, a brother or Tracer] tin Enasaa Derby winner. Charles A. Htonefaam. vice president of tie- Cuba American .lockey Club, is negotiating for tin- purchase ,,f the horse- belonging to lie- late Andrew Miller. The arrangements have been completed for a special day of ra.ing Monday, January - . There will be t, n race-, including five regular running race-, two for army officers and one for enlisted men. al-o a pony and army mile race. The arrange. meats are in charge of Col. F. Silva. the commandant at amp Columbia The receipts will go to •raids tie- BOOS welt Memorial fun 1. The -; -wards took no action against jockey Chiav vetta for laterference with Hamilton A. while riding Top o th Morning la the third race. They were of the opinion the boy was Nameless in the matter. .1 T Suite, former owner of rhedodea. claimed the mare from . L. Poster for |T90 after she won toe - ii.ii I i ace.
