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THRILLING SPORT IN CUBA Finishes Close and Exciting in Majority of Races Excellent Program for St Pat ¬ ricks Day Departures for American Racing Fields HAVANA Cuba March 10 Spirited racing marked br several close finish entertained 11 crowd of goodly proportions at Oriental Park this afternoon afternoonIn In the first two races the result was in doubt until tin final strides and jockey Taneaster fig ured prominetly in both scoring with Seven Seas in Ihe inaugural dash and then hindui Miss Wright a winner in the second Tlie latter was an outsider in the betting iuoted at l to 1 the public again backing Merry Feast only to see that notorious ijnitter do just as lie has done in bin last eight starts load by a wide margin to the stretch and then quit quitPenman Penman and 1olar Cub proved a winning eombinuj tion in the third race and the Whitney rider was a big help to the Ossary gelding whQii ho tired in the final eighth after showing the way throughout Penman put up a rattling good finish and averted defeat in the last strides stridesThe The Oriental Park Handicap was offered as the principal attraction of the afternoon but Sweep rienn divested it of much interest by racing away in front and making a runaway victory although tiring at the end t j Mose Cohlblatt furnished the winner of the con ¬ cluding dash In Pastoiireau which led Rnford home Lliy a head The pair put up a thrilling stretclr battle but the Goldblntt eolorbcarer withstood the challejige and drew away at the end endThe The inetncry of Irelands patron saint will 1m honored here tomorrow afternoon by the running of the St Patrick Handicap which will supply a worthy feature for an excellent card This race of five and a half furlongs will bring into the limelight a field of the best sprinters in training for the contest for the 1000 purse Speed in abundance is represented The field includes tfce redoubtable American Ace the winner of three raced at this meeting including the Rotary Ilandl cup He is considered peer of the sprinters in Cuba CubaRemarkable Remarkable interest is being manifested in the running next Sunday of the 10000 government subsidized Cuba Produce Stakes to be contested by u field of youngsters which will reflect much credit ilium the breeding interests of the republic From present indications nine eligible will be named on the starters list At present Fasenda and Cubanita are the ones most fancied to win Kenneth Karrick departed suddenly fer New York this morning upon receipt of a cable from II Coo one of his employers who is leaving shortly for Knrupe and wants to consult the young man on matters in regard to the stables affairs Young Karrick upon arrival in New York will assume charge of the stables Of Mr Coe and II K Kuapp which have been in charge of the elder Karrick who is seriously ill The horses which Mr Karrick has been training in Cuba for Messrs Coe and Knapp included Sweet Music Fright Shy Ann Mavehona and the twoyearolds Dead Indian Squaw Chief IHrch Bark and Jiistina K These horses will remain until the close of the meeting Jockey F Wilson leading rider hero under con ¬ tract to ride for the Coe and Kuappstables accom ¬ panied Mr Karrick for the purpose of helping him srlt ready the horses now quartered at Belniont Park ParkJ J II McAvoy left Tuesday for New York taking with him all the horses belonging to Thomas Mona han with the exception of Henry 0 which he left here to be shipped north with the CoeKnapp stables stablesEdward Edward Cebrian the California breeder and owner has left for San Francisco the stable remaining in care of John Lowe Mr Cebrian enjoyed unusual success with his twoyearolds twoyearoldsFrank Frank Itcctur left today for Lexington Ky taking with him Bread Man Win Winxor xor Quit and Ta cola Bread Man is one of the1 ntofct Successful of his horses which raced in Cuba having won five races including three stakes and earned 13935 for that stable stableThe The Armenia Stable obtained first call on jockey Rodriguez for the Cuban Derby which is sched ¬ uled to be run on the closing day March T
