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BILLY BARTON VICTORIOUS Wins 15000 Cuban Derby in a Sensational Finish General Menocal Second Only OnlyBeaten Beaten by Head All Previous PreviousAttendance Attendance Records Broken HAVANA Cuba March 27 Hilly Harton the Kentuckybred threeyearold son of Iluon II Mary Le Hus by St Savin carrying the colors of Charles A Stoneham president of the CubaAmeri ¬ can Jockey and Auto Club who recently purchased the colt from Mose Goldblatt won the 1 000 Cuban Derby today at Oriental Park before the largest crowd ever assembled at the beautiful Mari anao course courseIt It was a sensational race particularly the finish and when General Menocal carrying the silks of the Armonia Stable threatened to snatch victory from Hilly Harton in the last few strides the Cubans went wild with delight However Hilly Harton under Kennedys strong finish gamely held on and passed the judges a head in advance of the Cubanowned colt coltAiken Aiken the Whitneybred colt of which much was expected was the early pacemaker and after lend ¬ ing to the far turn quit badly and proved conclu ¬ sively that he was nothing more than a sprinter Hilly Harton followed the pacemaker closely for the first fiveeighths then raced to the front and opened a big lead but tired in the stretch and had to be hard ridden at the end endGeneral General Menocal ran a remarkable race He wojs bump 1 and forced out by All Uight Sir on tlie first turn dropped back at the half mile post and then came again with a wonderful display of speed that victoryAll almost turned defeat into victory All night Sir was third but never dangerous while General J M Gomez sprawled and fell close to the finishing mark markThe The race was run over a muddy track and tho winners share of the stakes amounted to 14480 14480With With the conclusion of todays racing the most successful meeting of the Cuba American Jockey and Auto Club came to an end endDespite Despite the moratorium electoral troubles and the low price of sugar which had a telling effect on the countrys finances the season closed re ¬ markably free from disagreeable features The officials of the Jockey club can look back with satisfaction on this meeting which opened Thanks ¬ giving Day and continued 110 racing days during which period C 93 races were run a total monetary distribution in stakes and purses of 592SO against 471300 for a similar period during the previous year yearManager Manager F J Hruen remained to take care of the windup duties of the meeting and also to make arrangements for a number of improvements He is plain ing to go to Ix uisville to witness the Kentucky Derby DerbyRAIN RAIN SLOWS THE TRACK TRACKThe The Adios Handicap at one mile and a sixteenth for a purse of 1000 was a supplementary at ¬ traction of the program and it furnished a spirited contest Mose Goldblntts Frank W was the fa ¬ vorite and the winner Under Kennedys skillful guidance lie was saved during the early running but after racing into an easy lead rounding the last turn he tired and had to be ridden hard at the end to withstand the belated but powerful fin ¬ ish of Sea Prince Walnut Hall was third thirdThe The descendants of the stallion Von Tromp seem to do well in Cuba This is not only true of the twoyearolds but also of the older horses Wit ¬ ness today in the first race Frivolity a fouryear old daughter of Mr Cebrians good sire winning in runaway fashion leading home Plantaganet and eight opponents The filly was accorded substantial backing popularThe and her victory proved immensely popular The Marse Abe gelding Get Em lived up to his name and rewarded his hackers by getting em in the second race scoring in a driving finish with the result in doubt until the judges announced their placings Hen Hutler was the pacemaker with Doctor I and Get Em in nearest pursuit In the final sixteenth the trio raced almost abreast and the proverbial blanket would have covered them at the end Rain was falling when the horses went to the post in the third race Just Fancy and Avion were equal choices in this race and the former finishing with a great rush after getting away slowly was returned winner by a half length The result might have been different if Avion had not raced wide entering the homestretch after taking the lead leadAVH AVH U from tiie stable of John Lowe ran a sparkling race to beat Le Hatafre in the sixth a dash of a mile and fifty yards The Ivan the Terrible filly was at 10 to 1 in the betting juid leading all the way gamely and suecessfullyre sisted every effort of Le Halafrtf to displace lier hanging on tenaciously to get the decision by a small margin marginThe The honor of winning the final race of the meet ¬ ing fell to Fireworth which defeated Jellion by a length with Whippoorwill in third place placeEdward Edward Hnrke who acted as a steward at Ori ¬ ental Park leaves for Havre de Grace tomorrow to assume his duties as general manager of that track and will arrange for the opening of the Hurford Agricultural and Hreeders Association rac ¬ ing meeting there thereW W H Suggs succeeds W Daly as trainer of E Alvarez stable which is to be shipped to Louisville LouisvilleE E J Crawford leaves for Havre de Grace tomor ¬ row He has decided also to race a stable at the New York tracks after the Havre de Grace meeting
