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EXCf LLENT SUNDAY PROGRAM i- 0 i l President Menocal and American Handicaps Todays Features. t ♦ ■ m Jockey Barnes Stars in Most Interesting Races of Saturdays Card — Track Gossip. r""*r sol J HAVANA. Cuba. February 14.— The Tuba-American loekey and Auto Club offers i he patrons of Oriental Dark an especially promising program for tomorrows racing, with the President Menocal Handicap of ,OOt added at one mile ami a quarter am! tic American Handicap at three-quarters of a mile as tiie outstanding feature-. The good race* Cromwell, with 125 pound-, is asked to concede much wi ighl to hi- opponent- in the -take race, but lie is no stranger to heavy imposts and will be found fighting very inch of the way. His moat formidable opponents will likely be the Ai mania Stable- pair. Dacka wanna and Walnut Hall, although Legal, with only 114 pounds to cany, may furnish a surprise. A speedy baud of -printer-arc named to -tail in the American Handicap, and it would not be surprising to sec the track record for three-quarters of a mile lowered in thi- race. The remainder of the card is made up of well ma tclied field-, and the poapiff ta are indeed roseate for aii : fternoon of some excellent racing. The ii-ual huge Saturday crowd wa- present at Oriental Park today. Climatic and track conditions were perfect for outdoor sport, and although the card laek.-d any six-ci.il feature, ine even caliber of" the horses participaf imr served to provide racing thai delighted the immense throng. The most Interesting contests of the day came in the two con-clnding races and jockey Karnes was the hero of both. In the sixth he piloted Duke Buff to victory in the last strides of a terrific stretch drive, the re-iili of which was in doubt until the last stride. Legacy was second but a head in advance of Zodiac Barnes duplicated this success in the last race by landing Candle light a winner, the finish wring, almost identical a- in the preceding race. That N. K. Deals tWO-J ear-old .lean Corey is a speedy young miss was agata demonstrated today, when the daughter of Judjre Wright easily took the measure of the former Whitney colt Panhandler ill the opening dash. .lean Corey set a dazzling pace and ran tiie three -eighths ,f a mile in :!•".. the same iitrn in Which she won her last start. General Agramonte was the runner up to the last few strides where Panhandler caaght him ami out. gamed him fo* second place. Carmody rode a brilliant finish to land tlie heavily backed Trophy a winner in the third race. ■ Bncore set a fast pore from the -tart ami appeared to have the race safe, entering the stretch with a two lengths had. However, he tired in the last eighth and Trophy, under the energetic efforts of Carmody, caaght and passed him iii the last stride. Carmody was again in evidence in the fifth race. guiding Better ton to a well-earned victory, with John .Ir. pressing him hard at the finish. Bdwa*d Burke arrived from New York yesterday. He .ime to look over the sp.nt and to fain ilia ri/.e himself with conditions. He has been offered the position of general manage!- for nezl year ami for several years at his own terms. Mr. Burke has not yet made known his plans. In report of starter Milton jockeys Losnas and Mcrimee were suspended for five day- each for pulling up their mounts while leaving the post. Mcrimee wa- on Sherry in the lecond and l.oma-v. aa "u Slijt-o in the third. Edward BurkC. manager of the Havre de Grace race i rack, arrived today for an extended visit. Jockey X. Collin-, who i- under contract with the stable of I,. Waterbury, leave- Saturday for I,i-ington to join the stable of his employer. iin account of the carnival parade tomorrow Ike running of the lii-l race ha- been aet for - oclock. C K. Moore -old Littlecote to A. B. Rabbins. Kay Speiice ha- -old Walter Mack to .I. C. Mayes. — o
