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I I f i1 I I ! I ! i ; M a i! I . . I j • ! j | . : • j . i I , . ! ,■ ; . , I | i i r f I i r » EXCITING HAVANA FINISHES] i Mayor House Defeats Riverside in a Closely, i Contested Race — Scotty a Winner. . HAVANA. Cuba. February !l The I.a Pricii.a Handicap, a dash of five and a half furious-, was the feature al Oriental Park this aftern i and1 furnished a good contest, in which Mayor Boa. * jlM-.it Riverside bj three parts of a length. The I J field was w.-li matched. Among the fire starters wna the three-year -hi Gnernl •. M. Oomea aaaklng l-is first stnrl at Orients! Park. He ran coapletl with Riverside. The entry was heavily sapper tod Mayor Hoase proved something of a surprise when he outran the oilier- from the rise Of the barrier ,,ud set a fast paci all the way. Keaerul J. M. Comes wna a bit sore when soiug to the post and abowed aonae -peed, bat finished eased up. 11.- i- , candidate for the Cuban Derby. D i- regarded a- a certs In t that a field of i twelve will contest the Grand National Baadlcup. the rich slake race to be h,.i next Sunday. If ihi " proves correct the rnce will have a grosa value of 2,838, makiag it by far tin most valuable raci to be decided so far at tin- meet bag. The trainer* ..I the following horses have slready algnified their r intention of soins nfter the rich prize: Berroa, Rancher, Cromwell. Math Idol. Walnut Ball. : Furbelow. Frank W.. Sweep lean. Dally. General i.l. M. Gasaes, Sweet Music am! Betty J. The first two races were for three -year-old maidens aid both resulted in driving finishes, .Scotty beating Johnny OCoonell by a head in the j-I opener, while Our .lack finished a scant half length I abend of the odds-on favorite shy Ann. which ran [ i second. The latter dosed ap with I rush in the final eighth and Wl Bid have beaten the. winner ::-. .-• few mere -triile-. Less than a length at pa rated the first four aa they passed the judges Maad in the third race. | i with The Belgian II. Just la-tins lo;is enough to I beat .vmericaii Ragle lij a head. .lei k-y s. Royle. whi ..- been ridtag here for , B. B. Rice, leave- for Maryland on Monday to join " i tithe -tabic of Barrj Rice, who i- wiateriag at I ! I.mii-i I. Rice baa obtained fir-i call on apprentice Penman for the remainder of the awetlag here. The Armoiiia Stable reports the P.roomstick mare! * Suffrage -lipped a colt foal by Orestes at the ■ aimito Farm thi- mill B Infl II. K. Davis has purchased the plater Sonny Day* from J. W. Pansle. Frank Priehie, the well-known trainer who for- iiu-riy raced in Raasia, is spending the winter in ,: Cuba and has several borsea here bj chaise of B. J. Kennedy. i:. D. Springer has -..id the karat War Loaa to! B. P.urtoii.
