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j, in ; J; f .t . t j s j , , J , , GOLDEN HARVEST IN CIJBA j Over 00,000 Already Distributed Among Horsemen .More Rain Falls. r HAVANA. Cuba, December US. - The constant growth, and expansion of Cuban racing is vividly reflected in the amount of money being distributed stakes and purses among the horsemen racing at Oriental Park this season. The sums given away already are largely in excess of those of the previous season, which in this respect was tlie most profitable year for the horsemen since racing was first, instituted in Cuba. During the first twenty-two days of the meeting now in progress the club has distributed among the winning stables a total of .flOS.SOO, or a daily average of .S4.71S. During a similar period last year the distribution amounted to .300. or an average of ij-l.100. This shows a daily increase this year of more than over that of last. The daily average distribution will show an even greater increase when the time arrives for the valuable stakes to be decided. ; The Armoiiia Stable leads 1 Ik- money winning t owneis to date, witli Senor E. Alvarez, whose horses are in cliaige of former jockey W. Daly. N second. Tlie stable of Williams Bios., which in former years figured extensively in the winning j column, has at last got into its stride ami is j now among the largest money winners of the season, j Willi" Crump, who led the winning riders at j Oriental Park three years ago. has a slight lead , for the first twenty-two days this season over j Bert K edy. his closest rival for riding lienors. . Kennedy was slow in getting started, but he is now J going ahead and may displace Crump in tlie leadership before long. , The mini l miners had another opportunity to show . their merits at Oriental Park this afternoon when J the heavy rains which set in this morning made j the going muddy. The changed footing resulted in several withdrawals, but well balanced fields Went to the post in most of the races and keen contests resulted. Buford made an exhibition of his company in the Pau-Ainerican Handicap, in which he made all the pace and. after passing the half mile post, drew away into a long lead and was eased up at the finish. Butwell, who had tlie mount on Buford. also rode the winner of tlijf fir.tJCKsyj,s5;u,Vlv -.vhifh. atu ITSvrStl-irsilpHltil!iI a tteiiipts. finally won a purse for E. J. Crawford. Draftsman beat the barrier in tlie second and made a runaway affair of the race. Fickle Fancy came from behind in tlie third and got up in the last fifty yards to win going away. The ten days suspension imposed on jockey E. Barnes lias expired and that good rider will be seen in the saddle again tomorrow. Foster Embry was claimed out of the third race bv J. Koerner for SI, 100. Smite was taken out of the same race by Y. H. Hall for .101. Tlie Morro Castle Handicap, with a valuation of ,."IHI. at. a distance of three-quarters cf a mile, is one of the established fixtures at Oriental Park and will have its renewal next Sunday. It closed with fifty-six nominations, including all the best sprinters in Cuba. The iron horse Timothy J. Hogan. with a record of nine times in tlie money out of eleven starts since the meeting, is among those named in the second race tomorrow. While the horses were at the post in the firs race Terrible Susan lunged and brushed jockey F. Hunt off Hnntress. The boy sustained a fracture of the middle finger on the left hand, and as aeon-sequence he was unable to ride the mare and it was a long wait while Huntress was returned to the paddock and Lancaster was substituted for Hunt. Lancaster was also put on Hunts other mounts. Smite and Asmrita. C. L. Peck, vice-president of the Pennsylvania Kailroad. accompanied by a party of friends, were among todays visitors.
