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I I I ! I 1 1 I : , i • : SLOW TRACK AT HAVANA Rain of Friday Night Causes Many Withdrawals—American Club Handicap Today. HAVANA, i aha, January Z . — The change in track condition* at Oriental Park resulted in numerous withdrawals. Unary showers fell 1.1-t night and made the going slow. Small fields wrnt to the p st in the majority of todays racea, but. interesting coateata Ware in order. The going dried out as the taees pragremcd and b.v tomorrow it should be iii fairly good condition. Saturday- program, which was mad. up .f seen roes, had its feature ia the Evening News Handicap, a .lash of a mile and flftj yards tor a purse of 11,800, M. Gohlhlatl faraiabed the wteaat in Doeod. a first thme atarter at this naeetfnc, which .inn- from behind and Won ea-ily by a c.iiple of length- from the one-to-two favorite P.uloi.l. The latter was ridden by Putwell and was t.,p weight. Itaford -.1 a fa-; pa.-. 0 the stretch turn. Where Docod mate from behind with a nidi, easily racing his eppot .nt - Into defeal and Srawhtg away in the last eighth. B. D. sprim. .-is sh, at Gram call Bliaa o. won the race lor tw year old-. He made all tin pare and in a driving fitii-h lasted long eaoajrh to beat Jon Jon by a bea. I. the latter was ii; clo-e qagrtera ii.i lo the laaide rail iii the last sivte.iith or she would probably have been I he v inner. Tke iii.iiiuur.il rnnning of the American Club Handicap, which promises In the years lo cine to take rank as one of the in.si important of the Cuban stakes, takes place al Oriental Iark tomorrow. when it will be the outstanding feature of a bril- liant Sunday prkgmm of aerea racea. The rldara r..r the feature an- as faUawa: Paatonrenn, Ken neii.v: Bread Man. Gamer; htamhe Inmbo, Beyle; Lackawanna, Herimee; Gmndy, Birkeaa; Pally. Car- mody: Furbelow. Praacia; Oecod and ttnma, doubt - mi. P. I.eyd. . 1,. r plirchased 1 be three year-old Tiian.re.-i ft- in T. Moiiahan al private sale. Mose ledilblaii sold the fi ve - year -old Ilanbridge Collaqn] gelding Discussion on private term-to Je-.ph It. Carvallo. William KenneBy, the owner of Jiilicima. arrived fi. in hi- home in Pittsburgh. Pa. He was accompanied l.y Mr-. Iff nnnllT Jockey Ballman waa tnapended three days by the .starter. H. Dobinson was -. t . b v n tin days by tiie atew- arda for rnttiag acrom in tmal •! Bnranna 18 the aixtk race.
