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JDR. CLARKS SPLENDID RACE Wins Resolution Handicap in Fast Time and Close Finish at Havana. Havana. Caba, laaaary •-. M. GaaaMatta 1 osd racer Dr. dark shewed 1 aasaahlag good perfsraiaace al Orieatal Park this afternoon when be accoanted for the Ke-oiui on Ilaiidi-ap. :i dash sf a mile, in which he carried 129 pounds, made all tie- pace and beat Lewis a m a terrific Harsh. It was :i great StragghB between tue pair from the tap Sf Ml- back stretch to the end Iyiiis A. slipped ihrougli Best to the inside rail, moving up with a 1 nsh. and ■hasrhag in front at the eighth post, but in dark eaase again when • -ailed upon and responding with spleadid coinage were down fmi- a. and satgaated him in the filial strides, earning the decision by a nose after running the mile in 1:38*4, which was 1 lose to th" track record. It was Dr. larks firs; appearance at the meeting and hi- splendid -bowing made a favorable haaressioa on the big crowd present. Todays bolitlaj program wa- prodactlTe of sssse spirited raciag, conducted under asset pleasing aaa pices. Aaotbei Ihrilliag finish came with the ruti aiag of the third race, four of the eight starters crossing th" wiaahtg liae almosl abreast, with the result in doubt until the official plat lag was announced. The winner turned up in Tarascon. which ontgaased blidiaa in the last stride, with Pibroch and Marion Hoilins only beatea by Inches. The latter act the pace Is the last eighth and though tiring badly at the cud gamely held on. The Bell Call, after • toaykt of disappoiatarenta, .inally made g H d when he beat a band of three-yenr-olil mtiiden- in the opening oa-h. He was well aaaawrted by bia siabie connections ami won in easy fashion after forcing the pace until the final eighth, drawing away to arore by three lengths from Lerrtiettt. Itaffbaaallaa aaade ;i runaway affair of the second. Be wa- under restraint pretty much all the way and in the Stretch drew BWay into a long lead. In a previous nice the owner. Cotonei De Batraanpes, stood to win a small fortune, but the filly was a bit short and tired Johnny Ototinell finished recoad and aanther Cabaa-osraed horse. Light Fantastic, was third. Harry Glerer was an odds on choice in the fifth race, at one mile and fifty yards, and won all tin way. H- was hard pressed bj klendawortk in the flaal eighth, but was eajaal to the ta-k and gamely mainttiineii his advantage *o tin- end. The latter raa a splendid race and was gaining on the winm r at the end.
