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TWO MORE DAYS AT HAVANA Threatening Weather Fails to Affect the Attendance Claiming Handicap Easy for Har Harlock lock G Fields Riding the theOutstanding Outstanding Feature HAVANA Cuba March 25 Heavy clouds hung over Oriental Park this afternoon hut the threat ¬ ening weather had little effect on the attendance a surprisingly large crowd for a Friday being present With but two more days of the present meeting remaining the local patrons of racing are missing no chance of witnessing their favorite sport 1 II Moodys consistent racer Harlock accounted for todays feature a claiming handicap at a mile and a sixteenth run as the fourth race He met and defeated Walnut Hall Sans Peur II Sea Prince and Pastoureau the latter the favorite Harlock raced into the lend with the rise of the barrier and setting a fast pace all the way held Walnut Hall safe when the Armenia Stable stand ¬ ard bearer threatened seriously in the last eighth Pastoureaus race was far below his previous good performances the Ooldblatt representative ouittin badly badlyThe The afternoons entertainment began with a vic ¬ tory for Dixie Flyer which beat Otsego easily after racing into defeat the early pacemaker Ar ¬ thur Middleton on the stretch turn The veteran Presumption provided a Hig surprise when he look the measure of Just Fancy in tin second race San Diego set the pace to the stretcli and when Just Fancy went wide entering the home ¬ stretch Presumption saved ground and in a fast finish the twelveyearold gelding drew away to win by two lengths When PIack Top and Perhaps staged a spirited finish in the third race It marked a contest be ¬ tween horses owned by father and son PIack Top the victor is the property or D S Fountain wJiile Perhaps runs in the colors of his son C Fountain Perhaps led to the stretch where RIack Top joined him and from thereon it was a stubbarn ly contested duel the result of which was in doubt until the final strides stridesWhen When Duke Huff carried off first honors in the fifth race it was the fourth success he has scored in his last five starts lie found no serious oppo ¬ sition today leading from start to finish bv a safe margin marginGradually Gradually working her way up from a slow be ¬ ginning the Meelick mare Discord finished fast and earned a close decision over Le Ralafre in the final race in which Second Cousin displayed fine speed in pacemakiug to the stretch before giving way wayThe The good riding of the apprentice 0 Fields was an outstanding incident of todays racing He rode three winners Presumption Hailock aiid Duke Uuff UuffA A Keiths Kentuckybred colt All Right Sir one of the potential candidates in the Cuban Derby was given an impressive trial this morning whin with Kelsay up trainer Ir J Hak sent him the full Derby route a mile and an eighth in l 4 The black colt ran the distance at a compara ¬ tively easy gait Kelsay had him under restraint the entire way and he was eased up in the filial eighth He went the distance fractionally as fol ¬ lows 25 49 111 125 141 73 14 When Kelsay pulled the colt up he appeared none the worse for the workout workoutThe The trial fully satisfied trainer Hak that the colt is in prime condition and ready to do his best in Sundays big race Smart Money was excused from starting in the fourth race today upon report from Dr F W Ashe who said the horse was too lame to be run 11 R Rice purchased from AVilliams Rros the twoyearold Martinet Hostility filly Orris at private terms termsII II D Urown former president of the Cuba American Jockey and Auto Clul and builder of Oriental Park was an arrival yesterday He made the trip from California to Havana to witness the running of the Cuban Derby DerbyPending Pending further investigation of practices detri ¬ mental to the l est Interests of racing jockey J Collins nnd trainer J fl Kurt have been indefi ¬ nitely sus ended endedThe The stewards suspended jockey Mangan for thirty days for rough riding on Sans Peur II in the fourth race
