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ARMONIA STABLE AGAIN - 9 1 Caribbean Stakes Added to Its Long List of Successes. I 9 H Lackawanna Defeats The Pirate in a Great Race — Military Girl Big- Dissappointment. ■ r 9 • 1 1 HAVANA. Cuba. January .. The popular Ctilian-owii.-l Armenia Stable ad.li ,1 another -uccess to its long list ,,f victories at Oriental Park thai win tor when the five-year-old I„i. kawanna. coupled with Urundv. won the Caribbean Stakes, the *L..,iM added feature of todays program. Laekawamuaa sue,, ss was achieved in a sensational manner, as she was last for the first five eighths and seemingly hid little chance. However. F. Hunt, who rode the autre, treat about his arerk in an raergetie manner ami when the far turn was reached Lackawanna was in he strikteg disiance of the leaders. Turn ing for boast si,,, gained rapidly and in a terrific finish earned the decision in the final stride. The Pirate was second after an excellent race aad jn-t failed to get up. Furbelow, tiring badly at the n.l. secured third money, while iriindy. the stabb-mate of Lackawanna and the main dependence of the stable in the la,-,., finished fourth after being • 1 IWdV ,| back 011 the far turn. II. Shields l; alel led all the way in the inaugural dash 1.. score by a safe margin. He Withstood a prcasiag challenge from loyalist „n the far turn and then drew clear. Had loyalist not reared up just as the barrier was sprang the result of the ui.e might have beea different. Pittwell was for,,,! to ride Loyalist at a killing pace 1,. make up the ground lost and when the son of The Manager ftaallj .aught the leader Hie effort told on him and. although ftatahtag gamrlr, could not arithstaad tie closing rush of the winner. Prtacesa Myrtle gave the spectators a ehaaefe to display th.ir enthusiasm when xbe came from the rear with a sensational burst of sliced and won the second race in the last stride She was away slowly and badly outrun for a half mile, then saving 1:101111.1 on he far rem she .piiokly passed one after another of her opp- iients until finally she over haiil.-d the leader, takini; the lead in the last eighth ■mil araa draw ing away. The La No.-he Handicap at Ihree-qaarters of a mile, previa* d a hotly contested -truggle from -tart to finish, with Miimbo .luinho earning the v.-rdi. t by a slender margin. Pastoureau. under Huiwills energetic finish, was pressing the winn.i haul ai the end Fright was third and ran a good race after being badly messed about at tin- Start. Williams Pros. Military i.irl was a big disjip-pointno nt ia the fourth race, for which she was an ...Ills-oil favorite. She was led home by the Rosedale Stables Bvrae, tin- latter showing the way throughout. Pitz took -hancea and rode Bvrae out arhea Military Girl threatened in the last eighth. SIXTH RACE A THRILLER. Another thrilling finish came in the sixth race when Allsnioke. BIB Usury and Fly Home finished in the order named. They came racing through the Ktretch almost abrcasi and the result Was in dotlbl until the judges announced their decision. The American lub Handicap, one of the new ■i;:!,i- instituted this season, and the next stake feature to be decided at Oriental lark. will have its inaugural running Sunday. January 19, —It will be the ninth stake to be decided at this meeting. The event is for three-year-olds and aver at a mile and eighth, with an endowment of 99,99g. There .in- forty -nine eligibles. iiicliulini; all the horses that have been racing well here this winter .lo. k.-y Lancaster, who had the mount on Key RUttis in tile seventh race Saturday, was suspended for five days by the stewards for tough riding. He cut across in flout of tin- others at the first tarn, caaslng a jam. Right Angle having bie.i daring her races for the the third time sin.-,, the opening of the present meet ing. trainer V. A. Carter has been notified not lo enter the bersc until further orders from the board of stewards. The stewards ruled that the horse Saddler, owned by Mis. .1. McCain and claimed by J. F. Huruey. Khali in the future not be permitted to start. The horse is extremely erratic being almost iinmanngc able and is liable at an time to injure other horses and jeopardize the lives of raters. On January « he ran away before the start, threw and seriouslv injured Jeekej Rkeeaetar and later threw .larreli. who had been asked to rid,.- the horse by the st 11 wards. O. L. Foster s. 1.1 Twenty Sev.-n to Fred Boughs-nian. The horse ran under the new owners colors in the opening race today R. Groves purchased from J. .1. Keyes the five-year-old horse Whlppoorwlll for a private consideration. W. ;. Campbell, represented in the fourth race by Langhorne, claimed Military Girl from Williams Brae, for si.:kio. The races were run before the largest crowd of the season. All the boxes were occupied by many members of the diplomatic corps and Havana society folk.
