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■ i i I. ,■ [ a ■ ■ J in in J J [ [ * J t J J 1 1 .. i • ■ I | e, , , i , | i , e I • , i ; 1 1 CUBA -AMERICAN HANDICAP SUNDAY i First Exclusive Three -Year-Old Stake of Cuban Season — Bill McCloy Beats Col. Taylor. ■ HAVANA. Cuba. February Zf. The Cub.i-Ameii " can Handicap of ,208 added; for three-year otda exclusively, ai three-quarters of a mile, is tin- . slake- attraction for next Sundays racing at Oriental Park. Foil Mm; chill, the undefeated -on of the English stallion Homyw I. and one- of the fastest horses ever seen in Cuba, ha- been aaalgaed the top weight ol 1l"s pounds in this event. Fort CharehlU has started in three races here ami won 1 tbeai all, sjniply running away from his opponents. For a cub thai is saaaoaed to be touched in the wind Fort Churchill has peeved a womler. but whether or not thai suppo-eel ailment will assert ■ itself when the- Call is asked to go a longer eli-- 4 4 taace remains to be seen. All true admirer- of I gooel horse he re are- hoping taat such will not be the case, aad la the event that it daea not 4 are sanguine that this -e,n of Hoaeywood will * show a pair cif heels to many of the recognized I cracks in the three-year-old division. Beaot Diaz" Grayssian, which has not started since last fall Mali land, is held in high esteem by the ban- I die-uppers and has been asked to carry 121 pounds Bawdays race. The other prominent lamliela ten and their weight ssslgnasents are- as follows: Iielv Sweep. Ill; Clearing Ip. 109: Mile. DasJe, 109; • lolar Cub. 108; Douglas Pairbaaka, HIT: Horace Lerch, 107; Baby, 107: Orleans i;irl. lhS; Miss Fanc-v. 1«; o|,| K.-el. 1 OJ ; Norfolk It.-lle. 111!, and * Fulah P., 101. I The- ordinary Friday program at Oriental Park today was enlivened by the inclusion of the Mexico • IIandie;ip. a da-h of five and a half furlongs, whieli brought together a band of fast sprinters. f Col. Taylor. Hill Mi-Cloy and Differiiit Byea absorbed practieally all the betting attention, the first named being a -light favorite over the Other two. Bill Me-Cley in his la-t race- left the impression that he was about due. and today easily ron filmed il by racing into the lead early ami . holding Col. Taylor safe throughout. Hrocco waa third, outg. lining Different Byes for the short end of tl;.- purse. Going to the- peat at odds-on in the opening dash, JUwji**: to,; . a.- • tipc-i! le.n runt wor .s easilj ii- -.,;,- e-vieee-ted. .Mil «- held best in the s.ecu.d. but -he- cli-c iivereel a tough propo-ition ill l!l Corone 1 and was fortunate to score by the smallest of margins. POOR RIDE DEFEATS DICK WILLIAMS. Dick Williams, the outstanding choice in the fourth, was a huge- disappointment, but the old , fellow was not s,, mueh to blame as was his rider, who tin s-ecl him about all the way ami male his move too late. llorioe Lerch and Skeer Face accounted for the , conelu. ling races of the clay, the former winning . the fifth in fine- Style, while the latter was forced to the limit to score narrowly. Frank Kee tor saddled his first winner of the niieling whill the three -year-old Hlaek Pi lace won yesterday. Black Priace i- a candidate for the Cuban Derby. The Metropolitan Jockey Clubs stakes blanks for the races tee be run at Jamaica dariag the Kprlng and summer meetings were received and distribute!. The stake- obese- March I.e. losiph Letter, former grain plunger f Chicago, has arrived here feu- an extended visit, C. K. Moore claimed Major Homo after the fifth race v. -tenia v for SlMOO. At a sale of hor-e- hehl in the paddock after Thnrsdaj a race- ll. S. Fountain si-euri-el Manokin lor SdiHi. Ace lama! ili ami Plash Of Steel were set and by the Aiasoata stable and parthasrd at private r-oasideratlou fraaa Frank Re rtor. .luclge- l.le- was again COUflned to his hotel, clue to Ulaess, his diiiie-s being peifornieel by Dr. F. Y. Ashe. . K. Mickelwaite. formerly of Toronto, who raced a stable of baraea, was among today*1 arrival- from the north. .lames Butler, .ludge Morgan. .1. OTtrien anil their families departed today few New Yeerk. .1. I.. Iialley. owner id a -mall racing stable here, arrived toda and will reinain for the re- maiuele r of 1 he no e-ting. Jeehn .1 McGraw leaves for the Gbut training camp in Texas lomorreew. W. F. Ptttooa claimed Horace Lerch from .1. J. Herts for SUU. When Hetta recently claimed the ■ hor-e- ll ..in 1olson he paid Sl.-loO.
