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GREATEST WEEKDAY CROWD All Previous Records at Havana Broken-Racing Close and Full of Thrills. HAVANA, Cuba, December 11. The attendance at Oriental Park this afternoon assumed holiday proportions. The crowd was the largest that ever turned out on a weekday since racing was inaugurated in Cuba. The track was much improved today and should be fast for Sundays racing. Close and hard-fought finishes again marked the sport, which was enthusiastically enjoyed by the immense crowd. No sooner had the spectators recovered their poise after one thrilling race than they were on their feet wildly cheering the winner j j of the next: This was true in all but the second, I 1 where the Armonla stables Slippery Silver led all the way by a wide margin. I A neck finish between Cabin Creek and "Willow I Tree began the afternoon sport, then came another thriller in the third when Langliorne beat Avion by a similar margin. Marion Hollins had even "a smaller margin to show for her victory over War Loan in the fourth, while Hocnir and Dolph got the decision in the last stride in the fifth and sixtlt races respect ively. George P. Sherman, the Baltimore druggist, is represented at the local track this season by a fairly useful stable, comprising Mayur House, Pokey B., Jack Dawson, Ben Butler, Charlotte Smith and ! Katy Kay. The stable commands the services of I. Fletcher, the jockey, and in addition to the horses named above are Marjorie Mignon and George 0. Jr., which have been racing under his colors. Louis Brown is handling the four-year-old Jill for Dr. G. 0. Mizell, a Havana dentist. P. A. Bolin arrived from Maryland with Sangallo, a seven-year-old horse by Solitaire II. Lilly Gold-ing. Jockey Barnes, who was prevented from riding Friday through illness, returned to the saddle this afternoon and had the mount on Scintillate in the first race. Jockey F. Wilson also resumed riding after an absence of one day. Jockey C. H. Miller, who rode for A. J. Goldsbor-ough on New York tracks this year, arrived this morning and will accept mounts during the remainder of the meeting. I I The first race Sunday will be called at 2:15. I This also will be the starting time for all Sundays and holidays. i L. G. Jennings, a well-known racing enthusiast 1 from Cincinnati, accompanied by his bride, arrived j today to enjoy a couple of weeks of racing. E. Alvarez sold to the Armonla stable the contract on apprentice rider I. Bullcroft. I Jockey Hoffler, the rider of Josephine K. in the first race, was the first jockey to be suspended by the starter. He will be idle ten days for failure to obey the starters instructions. Jockey Merimee, who was recently injured in a race, will resume riding next Wednesday. Mrs. 0. B. Potts of Kentucky is among the few woman owners racing In Cuba. She has Tacola, Bread-. Man, Win or Quit,- Trlomphant and -Bubbles at Oriental Park in charge of trainer Frank Rector.
