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MATINEE IDOL THE WINNER Carries the Goldblatt Colors to Victory in Havanas Feature Last Ones Defeat in Secondary Attraction Brings Consterna ¬ tion Among1 His Admirers HAVANA Pnba March 6 The Union Club Han ¬ dicap of 3000 added at one mile and a sixteenth was the principal offering of a splendid Sunday program at Oriental Park It was witnessed by one of the largest crowds of the winter Ideal weather and track conditions prevailed and speculation was brisk and of Urge volume volumeCarryiu Carryiu the colors of Mos Goldblatt aud rid ¬ den by 1 Kennedy Matinee Idol ran a sparkling nice to account fcr the stake feature The Whit ueybred gelding was last to leave the iiost and far back in the early running Kennedy did not hurry him until passing the far turn where ho moved up with a great hurst of speed and racing into the lead in the stretch won by a length Ilvssius him hard at the finish was Walnut Hall the Armenia Stables representative being a prom ¬ inent contender throughout Osguwl took third inouey and he too ran well and was at all times dangerous dangerousTilt Tilt defeat of John Walters good threeyear old Last One in the Pardo Handicap tlie secondary attraction of the afternoon was as surprlnln as it was unexpected He was a warm oddson fa ¬ vorite and delighted his backers by quickly racing into u good l ad and showing the way at a terrific pace Knteriug the stretch it looked all over but the shouting when suddenly the son of Judge WrfifFii faltered aud tiring badly from his early efforts dropped Iwick The veteran Riverside which had been saved from the early fast pace then moved to the front and successfully resisting the fast closing challenge of Different Kyes crossed the winning line first in a great finish Belle of Kllzabethtown was third coming from the rear with a remarkable display of speed to nose out the tiring favoriin for the short end of the purse John purseJohn Ixiwe furnished the winner of the opening race in his Ivan the Terrible filly AvaR She was a pronounced choice in the betting Her backers were given several anxious moments right after the start when she failed to set into her stride as quickly as the others However she worked her way up steadily on the outside overhauled the leader in the stretch and after racing him into defeat drew away to rrin by a safe margin Tren tino wai second after a game and well run race Too much use of Treadwell in setting the pace ruined whatever chance he had to win as he tired badly in the last eighth after having a lead of six lengths at the half mile post postClose Close and hard fought was the finish of the second race After Double Kyo tired from setting the pace Flying Frog and Mdjor Domo took up the running Racing almost abreast through the last eighth the result was in doubt until the final strides the former getting the verdict by a head Although beaten Major Domo the favorite ran a good race as he was son going to the post A postA fast band of sprinters met in the third and Assumption ran quite a remarkable race to score by a small margin He stumbled and went to his knees at the start but quickly recovered and rush ¬ ing away in the lead held command throughout although hard pressed at the end Byrne was gain ¬ ing with every stride and just failed to overtake lie winner The Blue Duke forced the pace all the way and only tired near the finish finishAfter After three consecutive victories The Knqiilrer met defeat this afternoon when Chefa took his measure in the closing race The Knquirer raced into the lead m the backstretch but gave way when challenged by Chefa and was no match for the speedy Hessian filly in the final eighth the latter drawing away into a big lead right at the end
