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HAVANA RACING THRILLING Close and Interesting Finishes Mark Saturdays Sport at Oriental Park. HAVANA Cuba, November 27. Saturdays racing at Oriental Park was replete with; thrills and close finishes, the winners being in doubt until the official placing was announced in all but the fourth, in which Brother Maclean was under restraint, after leading throughout by a .comfortable margin. Prince of Como was the favorite in this race and his performance indicated that lie was not quite up to a bruising contest. Winull raced to his name and led his opponents throughout in the first race, but was tiring badly and Just lasted to score- by a neck from the fast closing Boher-Na-Breena. The second race was practically a repetition of the first, Elga showing the way from the start, only to tire near the end and barely outlasted Count Boris. .The latter would have Avon in-another strides Another close finish came in the third race, Mayrose getting up right at the end to snatch victory from Lenora P., which had set the puce from the rise of the barrier. Marty Lou was a disappointing favorite in the fifth race, finishing third to Pas de Chance and Avion. Only a head separated the last two at the end. Fickle Fancy wound up a day of exciting finishes by having a half length margin over Doctor D. hi the closing ilah. The winners had to be ridden out to withstand the closing rush of the favorite Joseph Healy has taken over jockey J. Car-, modys book and will make his engagements during the remainder of the meeting. Carmody announces! that he will return to England next spring. The Armonia Stable purchased all the remaining horses which Senor A. H. Diaz has had in training. These include Blue Wrack and Grayssian, which horses will be fired and turned out on the Fernandez ranch. " General Menocal and Zululand will be kept in training. Senor Fernandez has also completed a deal whereby he acquired Call bf- -Senor,,piaz "ij itt" H "iftiiTiiitiitiiri fii V" i -""try" JHDtnr5fmISriffafaTi jilWtho uripelpal maretO among which are Suffragist and Comfort, the latter, by Broomstick Slippers, by Meddler, and regarded as the best bred matron on the island. In addition to adding this useful matron to his turf enterprise, Senor Fernandez is disposing of the less desirable members of his racing establishment and has sold Luciano, the Cuban-bred Colt by Prof Idolita, to L. Crist for a private consideration and has presented the four-year-old gelding Apollo to a Marianao police official., "Babe" Ruth, the home run king, was among the visitors Friday afternoon and expects to remain in Havana several weeks". G. K. Allen, owner of a stable at the local track, was an arrival yesterday from. England. His horses, which are in charge of O. Rice, include Manokin, Miss Sweep, Harry H. Stevens, Automatic .and Red. MADDEN YEARLINGS FOB SENOR ALVAREZ. Willies Daly was notified that three yearlings John E. Madden recently sold to Senor Alvarez were on their way from Lexington and would reach here Monday. These youngsters are a colt by The Finn Margaret C; colt by Hesperus Mamita, and a colt by Hesperu Child. Cable advices to Oriental Park reported the death of Larry J. Relnheimer by tuberculosis. Mr. Reiu-heimers residence was at Shecpshead Bay. and he was a well-known trainer on the American turf. Four years ago he trained a stable of horses at Oriental Park for Samuel Nolan. Mose Goldblatt was advised by cable that James Rowe was sending him a number of yearlings belonging to narry Payne Whitney. The youngsters were bred at the Brookland Farm and are due to arrive here early next week. II. Robinson made a successful debut as a jockey when he piloted Winall to victory in the opening race. ,11118 was the youngsters first mount. The entire Jockey colony of Oriental Park at present is; composed of forty-eight riders and of this number almost half are apprentices and of these latter it is certain some are of budding talent. The local track is noted for turning out good riders and will undoubtedly produce one or more thlSi.year. The following is a complete list of the jockeys who have been licensed to ride here: W. Anderson, T. Burns, Atkinson, Bulcroft, S." Bullman, Burley, Ball, Borel, Boyle, Connors, Carmody, Crump, Dodd, Dryer, Dominick, Ellis, Fletcher, Francis, Barnes, Franklin, Gordon, Hoflier, Jarrell, Kennedy, Kelsay, Montvalo, Mitngan, Merimee, Mee-han, McCoy, McDermott, McLaughlin, OMahoney, Penman, Inz, Penalver, Powell, Rldenour, i.-lcKen.s, II. Roliirison, Simmons, Scheffel, Tryon, Worth, F. Wilson, P. Mitchell, C. H. Miller and M. Garner. Penalver rand MOntalvo are the only Cuban lwvs on lie list. Paul Powers, owner of a stable at. the local track, trained by W. M. Slieedy, has arrived and taken u lease on a house in Almuudarez. There were a number of arrivals from the States ami this helped to swell the attendance, which was cm- of tho largest Saturday crowds that ever turned out at Oriental Park. Donna Grafton, named to start in the seventh race tomorrow, will be ridden by Tommy Burns, a son of Hie old rider of wide reputation. Some day next week Austin McLaughlin, son of James McLaughlin, will wake his debut as a jockey, when he rides one of Senor E. Alvarez horses. The boy is under contract to the Alvarez stable. The youngster is keen and alert and anxious to follow in the footsteps of his sire.
