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LAST DAY HAVANA RACING Cuban Derby of 15000 Added Closing Day Feature Sirocco Scores Great Victory Over OverMayor Mayor House in Saturdays SaturdaysPrincipal Principal Race HAVANA Cuba March 21 The 11000 Cnlian Tory is the farewell feature of tlie closing days program of the Cuba American Jockey and Auto Hub winter meeting of one hundred and ten days the most brilliant and successful ever conducted in Cuba Intense interest is manifested in the decision of the big race tomorrow and a recordbreaking crowd will witness it Kight horses are carded to start and Hilly Harlon is the overnight favorite hut the Armonia Stable entry will have a large following and sentiment may force it into favoritism before post time tomorrow The riders in the big race were announced as follows Hilly Hartou 15 Kennedy General Monacal It McDermott General 1 M Gome J Rodriguez Aiken P Merimeo All Hight Sir W Kelsay Dr Charles Wells G Plelils Black Top A Pickens and Huonec U Lancaster LancasterThe The Short Grass colt Klias O easily triumphed in the opening dash in which Pacifier the favorite ran by far the worst race she IRIS shown since her debut debutAllah Allah was another keen disappointment quitting suddenly after taking the lead in the second nice The winner turned up in Fleer which beat At Porter by a nose The latter would have won in another stride strideAmerican American Eagle was best in the third and had little trouble demonstrating the fact factAnother Another close finish marked the running of the fifth race Dolph outgaming Armistice in a ter ¬ rific stretch duel duelThe The Alinandnrez Handicap the principal attrac ¬ tion of todays program brought together a speedy hand of sprinters and furnished a contest well worth seeing After Sweep Clean unseated his rider just as the barrier was sprung the remainder of the field raced closely bunched to the stretch and it was anvliodys race to that point Then the early leaders began to tire and the last eighth found Sirocco and Mayor House fighting it out the former finally getting the verdict in a SOU ¬ ND thmal finish Mayor House was gaining with every stride and only lost by inches inchesHenry Henry Shields sold to 1 S What ley on private terms the horses Khymor Roundel and Stiletto
