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HAVANA MEETINGS FINISH Decision of the Cuban Derby Is Center of Interest Today Ima Frank Takes Yesterdays YesterdaysFeature Feature Race with Ease War Tax Victorious Again HAVANA Cuba March 27 Todays racing was well attended and furnished its own excitement but after all Ihe center of general talk was con ¬ cerning the probabilities of tomorrows big race the first running of the Cuban Derby Opinion was general that Hlno Wrack would go to the post favorite despite his 127 pounds but there is doubt whether ho can succeed in giving so much weight to Herron and Mile Dnzio as the conditions call for the result being thought to rest with the three to the exclusion of tho others othersA A fast drying track this afternoon pointed to fast going for tomorrow The main race was the third a dash of thrcoqquariers which tho speedy Ima Frank won all tho way without difficulty Tufter taking second money from Iasil IasilSecond Second in interest was the last race of the dar for which ten went to the post with War Tax the favorite The selection was well made for leading throughout its mile and a sixteenth Wai Tax won from Harlock by an easy length and i half Iittlecoto bringing up in third place after making up much ground in the hist Jialf mile mileAll All Aglow caused a mild surprise in the fourth race by leading all the way and defeating the heavily backed favorites High Gear nnd Iliibbub with nothing to spare High Gear got on nearly equal terms with the winner in tin stretch but seemed to tire in tho last sixteenth sixteenthThe The track dried out fast after the recent storm and weather forecasts declare that there is to he no more rain In consequence the going should be fast Sunday the closing day of the meeting when the 10000 Cuban Derby will bo run runCommander Commander Wills whose yacht Cinnia is in Havana harlnir was a visitor accompanied by V Illenberger of Xow York YorkIJ IJ Adan a member of the Cuban house of repre ¬ sentatives and a big planter on the island pur ¬ chased from Major August Ielmont the 000 brood mare Peccadillo 1909 by Hastings St 1ris cilia in foal to Ilonrless IlonrlessIletwcon Iletwcon he running of tho fourth and fifth races Friday tho Derby candidate liiie Wrack worked a mile and an eighth in l Of About 100 horses will be shipped Monday Among the stables represented are Kay Spenco W Poison I Hammond W C Weant K Mock 1 S Fountain O L Foster K J Albright and V 1 Iress IressDee Dee Hammond has a contract on the promising apprentice K Parnes and will take the boy honu to Peoria III for a brief rest restJockey Jockey Itrown was suspended for rough riding in the sixth race Friday
